4 years ago
Kansans will have more time to get a travel-compliant Real ID driver's license -- a lot more time. The Department of Homeland Security announced  it's delaying full implementation of the law until May 3rd, 2023. The deadline had been October 1st of this year. The federal Real ID Act requires standardized criteria for driver's licenses and other ...

4 years ago
Presbyterian Manors of Mid-America’s pandemic response was awarded the platinum award from the Hermes Creative Awards competition. The 2021 Art is Ageless® calendar, featuring artwork by seniors ages 65 and older received a gold award in the competition. According to the organization, in response to the pandemic, they created a new Media Room at www.PresbyterianManors.org/media-room featuring ...

4 years ago
The May list of Salina’s Most Wanted is online. The first weekend of each month a new list of Salina’s Most Wanted is released. The April list generated nearly a dozen arrests and one crime stoppers reward was paid out. Those on the May list are wanted for crimes which include among other things felony 1st degree ...

4 years ago
A Kansas angler’s prized catch may actually be worth a prize this spring and summer. The first-ever Great Kansas Fishing Derby will run May 1st to July 31st with at least 500 specially tagged fish located in up to 37 public waterbodies in Kansas. The Great Kansas Fishing Derby is sponsored by the Kansas Department ...

4 years ago
A Kansas teen has won the prestigious 2021 National Junior Duck Stamp Contest, marking the first time a Kansan has won since the contest began in 1993. According to the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks, and Tourism 18-year-old Margaret McMullen of Wichita entered an acrylic painting of a drake and hen hooded merganser pair to take ...

4 years ago
There are 14 new COVID cases in Saline County, and no new deaths. The UK variant, B.1.1.7, has been identified in one of the positive cases in Saline County. According to the National Institute of Health, infections with this variant are  more easily transferable. According to the Saline County Health Department, there have now been 6,216 total ...

4 years ago
Salina City Commissioners will discuss a vacancy on the commission which was created this week by the resignation of commissioner Rod Franz, which is effective immediately. Franz was inured in a fall in early April. Chris Franz, Brian Franz, and Gayle Martin, who all have power of attorney for Franz, submitted a resignation letter to Mayor Melissa ...

4 years ago
A massive expansive of the Schwan's Company's pizza plant will in part, be covered by a grant through the United State government. U.S. Senator from Kan., Jerry Moran, and Salina Vice Mayor, Dr. Trent Davis, were among the many dignitaries on hand at the Schwan's construction site for the announcement on Friday morning. Salina has been awarded ...

4 years ago
A burglary is reported at Salina Power Sports, 632 S. Broadway Blvd. Between 1:15 a.m. and 1:30 a.m., Thursday, someone forced their way in through a window, causing $75 worth of damage. The suspect then loaded tools bags from within the business and attempted to steal a golf cart, before trying to take a motor ...

4 years ago
A Saline County fire crew is able to put out a trash fire that started in the back of a trash truck before damage occurs. Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that trash in the back of a Salina Waste Systems 2016 Freightliner truck became on fire at 1:47 p.m., Thursday. The trash truck was ...

4 years ago
An event designed for those who like to sample beer is coming back to Salina. "Salina on Tap" will return this fall. The popular "Salina on Tap" event will be held in the arena at the Tony's Pizza Evens Center on October 9th from 1- 4. The 21 and over "Salina on Tap" event will showcase over ...