7 years ago
With the cost of a life-saving transplant often exceeding $800,000, most transplant families are unable to shoulder that financial burden. The Children’s Organ Transplant Association is a national charity dedicated to organizing and guiding communities in raising funds for transplant-related expenses. In Salina, volunteers are raising funds for transplant patients like local child, Hayden Murnahan. Hayden ...

7 years ago
As flooding from the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers continues to affect the Midwest, volunteers from the Kansas Wing of the Civil Air Patrol were requested to provide assistance in identifying levee conditions along the Missouri River. On Tuesday of this week, at the request of the Kansas Division of Emergency Management, Kansas Wing, Civil Air Patrol ...

7 years ago
Hundreds of runners will hit the streets in and around Abilene on Saturday for the 17th running of the Eisenhower Marathon. The event is one of the largest of its kind in Kansas. The Eisenhower Marathon is a qualifying event for the Boston Marathon. It attracts runners from all over the country, and in some years, ...

7 years ago
A two car, head-on crash in eastern McPherson County sent a Texas man to the hospital. The Kansas Highway Patrol tells KSAL News that the crash happened on US 56 Highway just east of the community of Galva on Thursday morning. A 2003 Dodge pickup being driven by 68-year-old Michael Ray Kotria of Weimar, Tex. was traveling ...

7 years ago
One person was killed in a single vehicle crash in north Manhattan. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 40-year-old Andrew Drysdale was driving a 2008 Toyota Yaris headed north bound on K 113 Highway, or Sethchild Road. He failed to stop at the intersection of U.S. 24 Highway, or Tuttle Creek Boulevard. The car crashed through a ...

7 years ago
Loud music resulted in knife threats on Santa Fe. The Salina Police Department told media; On April 3rd at 2:40 pm police were called to the 200 block of N. Santa Fe. 5 subjects were sitting in a parked car in front of The Voo. Mark Edson (48) pulled up next to them in a silver ...

7 years ago
Salina Police were contacted after a Salina man was scammed out of over $2,000. Charles Kirby (56) of Salina was selling a $1,000 1992 Chevy Silverado for his friend online. He was contacted by a female claiming to be from Texas about the vehicle. The woman gave Kirby a cashier's check for $2,980, he cashed the ...

7 years ago
An unknown suspect broke into a Salina woman's car at Jerry Ivey Park. Salina Police told media; Around 5:00 PM on April 3rd, Brenda Shultz parked her 2018 Kia Sorento on the west side of Jerry Ivey Park. Around 40 minutes later she returned to her car and discovered the back passenger window was shattered. Her purse ...

7 years ago
Experience the power of polytechnic and attend K-State Polytechnic’s annual Open House this Saturday from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Open House is a day full of fun activities for all ages. Start the morning with delicious flapjacks and fixings at the Flight Team pancake breakfast from 8 a.m. to noon. Tour through the hands-on academic ...

7 years ago
A student from Clay Center was on the winning team, while a student from Assaria also fared well in a competition at  Fort Hays State University. A team of four Fort Hays State University students won the $6,000, first-place Faulkner Challenge business plan prize at the university last weekend. The competition is hosted by the university’s Center ...

7 years ago
A combination of art and music will come alive for another "First Friday" event in downtown Salina. According to Salina Arts & Humanities, "First Friday" programming kicks off at 4 p.m. on Friday, April 5 with events including a visual-arts reception for “Art Factory 19,” a showcase of nineteen Salina Central High School AP Studio Arts ...