7 years ago
Construction of the City of Salina Police Department Training Center Range Project is set to begin. According to the City of Salina, construction will begin in September. To celebrate, a ground breaking event is scheduled for Thursday August 29 at 4:30 p.m. at 3770 Yost Drive. Remarks will be made by Mayor Trent Davis, Chief of Police ...

7 years ago
Seventy-six adult and teen volunteers spent time this summer reading to children at four of Salina’s schools’ thanks to the Salina Area United Way.   The listeners -- children from birth to 18 – each week got to pick out a book of their very own. During the seven-week program, 1308 free books were given ...

7 years ago
The three newest members of the animal family at Rolling Hills Zoo are healthy and happy. Last week three Amur tiger cubs were born to mother Andrea and father Dhenuka. According to the zoo, the cubs are being well cared for by their mother. The zoo says it was informed this week by the Tiger Species Survival ...

7 years ago
The Salina Public Library, in partnership with Smoky Hill Museum, has several events planned in conjunction with 2019’s Salina Reads. Salina Reads is a community-wide read. An interview rebroadcast, presentations and a community tour are set to compliment this year’s book selection — “Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the ...

7 years ago
The Salina Art Center welcomed five new members to the Board of Trustees at its annual meeting on July 17, 2019. The Board of Trustees is critical to guiding the Art Center’s mission to create exchanges among art, artists, and audiences that reveal life. The new members include many familiar faces with a long history of ...

7 years ago
Salina Police are looking for a vehicle that was stolen from a residential area near downtown. Police say sometime between 12:30am Tuesday and 11pm Wednesday someone started a 2001 Pontiac Grand Prix in the 800 block University and drove away. The 36-year-old owner told officers the car's ignition was damaged and could be started without a key. Investigators ...

7 years ago
Police are investigating a residential burglary in central Salina. Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that sometime between 8:30am and 10:30am Wednesday morning, someone pushed open a window on a attached garage and entered a home in the 1700 block of Osborne. Police say the thieves removed a 50-inch TV and also took a safe with approximately ...

7 years ago
The Salina streetscape project on Santa Fe Avenue is nearing the finish line. Work crews from Smoky Hill Construction have been busy laying bricks in the middle lane heading north toward Ash Street. The red clay blocks date back to the early days of Salina's main street and were unearthed during the transformation process to be ...

7 years ago
Authorities in Northwest Kansas are looking for a man who allegedly made a traffic stop, and took money from a motorist, while impersonating an officer. According to the Cheyenne County Sheriff's Office, on Wednesday a citizen reported being pulled over by a person identifying themselves as a Cheyenne County Sheriff’s Deputy. The suspect then extorted cash ...

7 years ago
A series of recent earthquakes centered near Hutchinson in Reno County have prompted stat officials to begin an investigation. According to the Kansas Corporation Commission, they are collecting data and analyzing recent injection well activity in Reno County in an effort to uncover the cause of the series of earthquakes. Amid damage reports and a concern ...

7 years ago
A researcher at the University of Kansas was indicted Wednesday on federal charges of hiding the fact he was working full time for a Chinese university while doing research at KU funded by the U.S. government. Feng “Franklin” Tao, 47 of Lawrence, an associate professor at KU’s Center for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis, is charged with one ...