6 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 ...

6 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 ...

6 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 ...

6 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 ...

6 years ago
A Kansas law that prohibits electioneering within 250 feet of a polling place is upheld. A federal judge ruled yesterday that the law is constitutional and does not infringe on First Amendment rights. The group Kansas for Change as well as residents in Sedgwick, Johnson and Douglas counties argued that the law violated their free speech rights. Supporters ...

6 years ago
A vehicle is recovered after it was stolen from a Salina impound lot, but later found abandoned in rural Saline County. Salina Police Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that the Saline County Sheriff's Office called Auto House, 565 Westport, to tow a 1999 Ford Mustang on Tuesday. The vehicle had been left hidden and abandoned ...

6 years ago
The October list of Salina’s Most Wanted went online Saturday, and by Thursday morning four people on the list were caught. According to the Saline County Sheriff’s Office the latest arrest  is Seth Batson. He was wanted for  a felony probation violation  in a theft by deception case. Since the Most Wanted program began back in July ...

6 years ago
Kansas State University's  Bulk Solids Innovation Center in Salina is launching an online Powder and Bulk Solids Academy. According to the school, courses offered from November 2020 through March 2021 will teach industrial personnel in a fully virtual environment. Todd Smith, business and strategy manager at the Bulk Solids Innovation Center, said the online format will provide ...

6 years ago
For National Hunger Action Month, all ten 24/7 Travel Stores locations across Kansas collected monetary donations for local food banks at the register and matched donations for the first $30,000 donated throughout the month of September. According to the company, through community donations and corporate matching dollars, 24/7 Travel Stores raised $57,996.25 for community food banks. ...

6 years ago
There are 13 new COVID-19 Cases in Saline County, and one new death. According to the Saline County Health Department, Tuesday afternoon they were notified of an additional death of a Saline County resident related to COVID-19. The total number of cases for the county is now 859, with 103 currently active.  There are 744 people who ...

6 years ago
A health care worker at a Salina assisted living facility has tested positive for COVID-19. According to Salina Presbyterian Manor, one of their essential health care workers tested positive this week for COVID-19 during the campus’ routine employee surveillance testing for the virus. The employee is in isolation and quarantined at home. “Our top priority continues to ...