5 years ago
A Junction City woman has won a new truck and $10,000 in cash. According to the Kansas Lottery, Cassandra Bruton of Junction City will be cruising around in style after winning a brand new 2020 Chevrolet Silverado and $10,000 cash in the lottery's “Summer of Silverado” second-chance promotion! “I still cannot believe it! I did not come ...

5 years ago
The Executive Director of Rolling Hills Zoo is leaving. According to the zoo, Bob Jenkins announced that he will be retiring from the Zoo, and the zoo world, at the end of October. “I’ve been thinking about it for a while,” shared Jenkins, “and after serious reflection it seemed like this was the right time to retire ...

5 years ago
There are 18 new positive COVID-19 cases in Saline County. According to the Saline County Health Department, there have now been 877 total cases, with 105 currently active.  There are 760 people who have recovered, and a total of 12 deaths. Salina Regional Health Center is reporting they have 6 hospitalized COVID-19 patients. The county Our dashboard has ...

5 years ago
Underserved populations have been hit hard by the effects of COVID-19, and a new federal grant will attempt address those inequities. KU Medical Center will leverage the grant to partner with community health leaders in 10 Kansas counties, including Saline County. The first goal is to improve COVID-testing efforts. The University of Kansas Medical Center has ...

5 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff's Office fielded multiple theft and burglary reports from a Gypsum residence. Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that 51-year-old Donald Stebbins, Gypsum, says that his X-Box 1X and video game, "Grand Theft Auto V" were stolen from his home at 606 Spring St., Gypsum. The burglary happened sometime between 7:40 ...

5 years ago
Police are asking for the public's help in finding a stolen dune buggy. The crime is this week's Salina Crime Stoppers crime of the week. According to police, on September 24th between 3:00 AM and 8:30 AM, a trailer that was loaded with a dune buggy was stolen from the 1000 block of Gypsum Avenue. The trailer ...

5 years ago
Officials at Fort Hays State University are investigating a possible hate crime on campus. The school says university police are investigating a report of an incident involving an automobile which was defaced with racist language. Senior leadership in the departments of Student Affairs, Academic Affairs, University Police, and the Compliance and General Counsel’s offices are also actively ...

5 years ago
When completed this fall it will soar again over Santa Fe Avenue like it did in 1931. As part of a massive tower renovation at the historic Stiefel Theatre,  beautifully hand-crafted stone replicas of the original tower terra cotta were being installed Thursday. According to Jones Gillam Renz Architects, the pieces by Architectural Stone Products are ...

5 years ago
Volunteers will gather Saturday morning in Salina to help make the community a better place to live. People of all ages will roll up their sleeves and tackle a variety of community service projects during the annual Fall Fix-Up effort. Organizers tell KSAL News they didn’t have a similar Spring Spruce-Up because of Covid-19, but feel ...

5 years ago
A fall ballet will be performed at a Salina park this weekend. The Tamara Howe School of Dance along with Ballet Salina present Elite Syncopations this Sunday. According to organizers, Elite Syncopations is a one-act ballet created in 1974 by Kenneth MacMillan for the Royal Ballet. It is described as having an up-beat, hip swinging aura of spontaneity, with 'easygoing rhythms'. The ...

5 years ago
Plans continue to be drawn up for a new jail should voters okay a half-cent sales tax increase on November 3rd to build it at a site that has not yet been determined. Saline County Administrator Phillip Smith-Hanes joined in on the KSAL Morning News Extra with a look at the proposed facility that would have ...