6 years ago
A special "Women Helping Women Fund" has now awarded more than $100,000 back to women in the community since 2011. This fund at the Salina Community Foundation provides emergency assistance grants to help women in crisis get back on their feet. As a permanent resource for women who are struggling, the endowed fund is sustained by ...

6 years ago
A couple of the most influential female acts in music history are coming to Salina. What is being billed as "two game changing powerful women acts" are coming to the Stiefel Theatre this fall. Joan Jett and the Blackhearts  and the Indigo Girls are both coming this fall. Joan Jett Joan Jett is an originator, an innovator, and ...

6 years ago
Authorities are continuing to follow leads in an unsolved Saline County murder which happened three years ago. Back on June 25th, 2016, 57-year-old Lori Heimer was found deceased in her home in rural Saline County. Her body was found on the family's 80-acre farm near Assaria, just south of Salina. Investigators from the Kansas Bureau of Investigation  ...

6 years ago
Kansas Governor Laura Kelly today announced Lauren Fitzgerald as the new Press Secretary for the Office of the Governor. “I’m pleased to have Lauren step up into this role,” Kelly said. “She’s been by my side from the early days of the campaign, and has proven to be a strong contributor on the communications team. I’m ...

6 years ago
A high-clearance emergency vehicle rescues a driver and his dog who were stuck in mud and flood waters. Captain Jim Hughes with the Saline County Sheriff's Office tells KSAL News that just before 8am Tuesday morning, deputies were sent to the 3300 block of E. North Street after a driver got stuck in deep ruts in ...

6 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a damage to property case after a couple of windows were shattered on a truck. Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that sometime between 10pm on Sunday and 7:30am Monday, someone shattered the driver side windows on a 2011 Chevy Silverado pickup that was parked in the 2800 block of Melanie Lane. Officers ...

6 years ago
Transgender people in Kansas will be allowed to change the sex designations on their birth certificates. The Wichita Eagle reports that the Kansas Department of Health and Environment has entered a consent judgment in a federal lawsuit that would allow people to legally change the gender in their birth records through a personal sworn statement. Residents would ...

6 years ago
The University of Kansas Medical Center has named Akinlolu O. Ojo, M.D., executive dean of the University of Kansas School of Medicine, where he will oversee the Kansas City, Salina and Wichita campuses for the School of Medicine, effective August 26, 2019. “We are pleased that Dr. Akinlolu Ojo will join us to lead the three ...

6 years ago
An aviation company is planning to set up shop in Salina, bringing with it 50 jobs initially, and within three years up to 450 jobs. According to officials as the Salina Regional Airport, their largest hangar, Hangar 959, has been leased to 1 Vision Aviation. 1 Vision is currently headquartered in Sioux City, Iowa, and is FAA ...

6 years ago
An aggravated burglary in the 1900 Block of Roberts results in approximately $7,000 total loss. Captain Paul Forrester of the Salina Police Department said: Sometime between 11:00 PM on the 21st and 6:00 AM on the 22nd someone broke into a home and stole multiple items including: A Asus laptop, PlayStation 3, A Hewlett-Packard Printer, an ...

6 years ago
A currently unknown suspect is responsible for multiple damaged vehicles. Salina Police Department Captain Paul Forrester told KSAL News: On the 22nd between 6:30 PM and 10:00 AM on the 23rd  someone allegedly slashed the rear tires and broke the rear windshield of a 2007 Ford Mustang causing $900 in damages. The car was parked in a ...