2 years ago
Salina Area United Way is now accepting grant applications for the 2022 Make A Difference Grants. According to the agency, there will be $100,000 available in grant funding for this upcoming year. The purpose of Make A Difference Grants is to be responsive to community needs and providing funding for programs that make a difference in our ...

2 years ago
While it's more common in the spring, severe weather which rolled across the area Saturday night produced wind up to 78-miles per hour, hail up to the size of quarters, and 1.74 inches of rain in the Salina area is not really that rare in the fall. Severe weather in Kansas in the fall is not ...

2 years ago
After spring-like severe weather rolled across the area Saturday night, potentially record-setting summer-like heat is settling in now for the next several days. Storms Saturday night produced wind up to 78-miles per hour, hail up to the size of quarters, and 1.74 inches of rain in the Salina area. According to the National Weather Service, unseasonably hot ...

2 years ago
Damaging severe thunderstorms Saturday evening dropped heavy rain and large hail, along with wind clocked at 78 miles hour in the Salina area. Street flooding, downed powerlines, and debris on roads prompted  Saline County Emergency Management to initially discourage travel. At 8:39 PM a wind gust was clocked at 78 mph at the Salina Regional Airports as ...

2 years ago
The Wreaths Across America Mobile Education Exhibit will make several stops across Kansas to honor those who served and welcome home Vietnam veterans. According to the organization, their mission is to "Remember, Honor and Teach".  The Mobile Education Exhibit achieves this goal by bringing the local community, veterans, active-duty military, and their families together through interactive ...

2 years ago
A stolen vehicle is recovered undamaged by Salina Police on Thursday. Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that investigators are reviewing surveillance video from the Sunset Plaza area after a 2006 Lincoln Zephyr was stolen from the parking lot at Dillons on West Crawford. The 39-year-old owner told police she left the keys in the vehicle and ...

2 years ago
A Salina man is facing a slew of charges for allegedly stealing a couple of vehicles and possessing illegal drugs. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that 39-year-old Anthony Bernal was taken into custody after officers found him sleeping in a stolen Pontiac G6 in the Wal-Mart parking lot Thursday evening. Police say Bernal has also ...

2 years ago
Hundreds of runners will lace up their shoes Saturday to support an event in Salina that directly supports cancer patients undergoing treatment .  The Fe for a Cure 5K Race/Walk supporting cancer patients undergoing treatment at the Tammy Walker Cancer Center is back after a two-year reprieve due to COVID-19. The race will be held ...

2 years ago
A couple of Saline County organizations are among a group of similar organizations across Kansas sharing in nearly $6.5 million in state grants awarded by Governor Laura Kelly  to continue improving services for adult and child crime survivors. According to the Governor's Office, the funding comes from State General Funds and will go toward nonprofits offering ...

2 years ago
Officers responding to to suspicious persons call and find abandoned Dodge Caravan stolen from Garden City. Captain Paul Forrester of the Salina Police Department tells KSAL news that officers were called to the 100 block of S. Baker St. at approximately 12:30 AM on September 15th. A neighbor called in after he witnessed two or three ...

2 years ago
The largest power provider in Kansas has been ordered to explain an increase in its capital spending plan. The Kansas Corporation Commission has ordered Evergy to explain a $1.2 billion increase in the company’s capital spending plan filed this year compared to projections shared when the company presented its Sustainability Transformation Plan last year. According to ...