5 years ago
Former Kansas Secretary of State and current candidate for U.S. Senate Kris Kobach will make multiple stops across Kansas over the next several days, including a stop in Salina. Kobach will make a stop in Downtown Salina Sunday. According his campaign, Kobach will host a "U.S. Constitution 101" event on Sunday evening.  He will present a ...

5 years ago
Salina Regional Health Center is "Baby Friendly". According to the hospital, they have been awarded an international Baby-Friendly Designation after a rigorous review process conducted by Baby-Friendly USA, the organization responsible for bestowing this certification in the United States. Standards for the designation are built on the Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding, a set ofevidence-based practices ...

5 years ago
New leadership is in place at one of the ;largest organizations which provides foster care services in the the Midwest.  TFI Family Services has named Tina Holt as the new Vice President of Development and Marketing.  Holt previously served in this role, and they say they are pleased to have her back. Holt has worked at ...

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Adult singers are invited to join the Salina Silvertones Chorus with rehearsals beginning Monday, February 24 for the 2020 season. The chorus’ 90-minute weekly rehearsals begin at 10 a.m. Monday on the second floor, Salina Senior Center, 245 N. 9th, Salina.  Director is Linda Collins, retired USD305 vocal music teacher. There is no charge to sing ...

5 years ago
A state bill proposed this week would raise the minimum age for tobacco-use from 18 to 21 in the Sunflower State. Officials in Topeka say the measure would go a step further than current federal law with respect to both open- and closed-tank vaping devices. The federal law reportedly only bans the latter. If passed, the proposal ...

5 years ago
A Salina man was tased and arrested after allegedly hitting a police officer in the face. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that 28-year-old Jacob Thompson was taken into custody Thursday night after an altercation at a gas station. Police were initially sent to the McDonald's at 125 E. Diamond Drive after staff told dispatch that ...

5 years ago
A concerned citizen's call to police leads to a drug related arrest. Salina Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that a woman who was visiting the Central Mall located at 2259 S. 9th observed what she thought was a drug deal in the parking lot Thursday afternoon. She was able to provide officers with a tag ...

5 years ago
Police are asking for the public's help in identifying a couple of alleged shoplifters who were caught on camera. The crime is this week's Salina Crime Stoppers crime of the week. Police say on February 6th, at approximately 12:45 PM, officers were sent to Sam’s Club, 2919 Market Place, Salina, in regards to a shoplifting case. ...

5 years ago
Crops need water. And in the central United States, the increasing scarcity of water resources is becoming a threat to the nation’s food production. Tsvetan Tsvetanov, assistant professor of economics at the University of Kansas, has analyzed a pilot program intended to conserve water in the agriculture-dependent region. His article “The Effectiveness of a Water Right ...

5 years ago
It all started with a simple act of kindness. In 2011, a young woman who lived in Debbie Rivers’ neighborhood made a Facebook post about not having any food to eat. Rivers knew the family had fallen on some hard times, so she started inviting her neighbor over for weekly dinners. Rivers never imagined what would ...

5 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a residential burglary after a wallet and cash were stolen from a van. Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that sometime between 9pm on Tuesday and 6:30am Wednesday, someone walked into a garage in the 2000 block of Highland and entered a Honda Odyssey. Police say a 43-year-old woman had left her purse ...