4 years ago
A driver and their passenger are hurt in a central Salina rear-end accident. Salina Police Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that the accident happened at 7:10 a.m., Monday, in the 600 block of E. Crawford. A 17-year-old female, Minneapolis, Kan., was driving a 1998 Chevy 1500 pickup west on Crawford when it had to abruptly stop ...

4 years ago
Salina Police are looking for a car thief and a stolen Honda Accord. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that someone jumped into a vehicle that was left running in the parking lot at the Kwik Shop on West Schilling early Tuesday morning and drove away. The owner told officers he had allowed a friend to ...

4 years ago
The application process has started for two categories of the Horizons Grants Program through the Salina Arts & Humanities Foundation.  According to Salina Arts and Humanities, the application process is open as of May 1 for projects funded in 2022. The Lana Jordan Developing Artist Grants and the Organizational Project Grants are now open for application, ...

4 years ago
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has amended its travel quarantine list to remove the state of Colorado but has added more than 20 Colorado counties to the list, effective as of May 6. “We recognize that adding Colorado to the quarantine list presented challenges to those living in the border communities,” said Dr. Lee ...

4 years ago
A student from Gypsum is among the first five winners of the Robert E. and Patricia A. Schmidt Foundation scholarships to attend Fort Hays State University. According to the school, Makenna Bartholomew, from Gypsum is among the inaugural class of Schmidt Foundation Scholars. Other winner include Edwin Garcia-Arreola, Lakin; Bianca Bultman, Elkhart; Julina Wall, Ingalls; and ...

4 years ago
Kansas Wesleyan University will continue a recent trend of remembering the educational history of the region. According to KWU, they will grant children and grandchildren of St. Mary of the Plains College alumni a 50% tuition scholarship. The announcement follows April 13’s news of a similar scholarship being launched for families of Marymount College alumni. The scholarship ...

4 years ago
Alaska's "Fiddling Poet" is coming to perform in Salina. According to Salina Arts and Humanities, next week on Monday visiting artist Ken Waldman will perform his show “Portrait of an Artist as Santa Claus,” downtown at Ad Astra Books & Coffee House. The event is described as old-time Appalachian music, original poetry, and storytelling – all wrapped ...

4 years ago
There are 12 new COVID cases in Saline County, and no new deaths. According to the Saline County Health Department's COVID Dashboard, there have now been 6,257 total cases with 75 cases currently active. The total number of community members who have lost their lives to this deadly virus is now 114. Salina Regional Health Center reports they ...

4 years ago
The latest list of Salina’s Most Wanted went online back on May 1st, and since then eight of them have now been caught. According to the Saline County Sheriff's Office ,the latest arrest is Lukas Doyle Riley. He was wanted for felony fleeing and eluding, felony drug crimes, and multiple traffic charges. Those on the May list ...

4 years ago
Sometime over the past month, numerous items are stolen and some property is damaged in rural southern Saline County. Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that the damage and theft occurred at 413 E. Lapsley Rd. between April 28 and May 8, where several cars are stored on a field. The victims include Derald Blake, ...

4 years ago
Students at Kansas State University Polytechnic Campus recently elected new Student Governing Association, or SGA, leadership for the 2021-22 academic year. Jon Martin, junior in computer systems technology, Bennington, will serve as student body president and Eric Webb, junior in computer systems technology, Wichita, will serve as student body vice president. Both Martin and Webb previously held SGA positions. Martin served ...