7 years ago
A student who attends Bennington Elementary School has been honored as one of the top two youth volunteers in Kansas. Hunter Hotaling, 18, of Lansing and Riley Padget-Cook, 11, of Minneapolis today were named Kansas' top two youth volunteers of 2019 by The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards, a nationwide program honoring young people for outstanding ...

7 years ago
The world famous Harlem Globetrotters rolled into Salina on Monday, and in what was a homecoming game for Hannah "Mighty" Mortimer the "clown princes of basketball" did not disappoint. The Globetrotters brought their family show of dunks, dance, and fun to the Tony's Pizza Events Center. The evening featured incredible ball handling wizardry, rim-rattling dunks, trick shots, hilarious ...

7 years ago
In a joint study session, commissioners from Saline County and the City of Salina heard a proposal from GH2 Architects regarding the future of the EXPO Center. Kala Ade, Project Manager for GH2 Architects, proposed: The City pay $1.7 million to demolish “Barn 2” on the Expo Center site and the City would complete an expansion ...

7 years ago
Within six minutes, commissioners from Saline County and City of Salina reached agreement on mitigating the impacts of the solid waste landfill in Saline County.  The City agrees to pay the County an annual “road impact fee” of $90,000 in 2019.  This figure will be adjusted annually to reflect highway construction costs.  In 2020 and ...

7 years ago
A million dollar winning lottery ticket remains unclaimed in Kansas The Kansas Lottery is urging all Kansans to double check their Powerball tickets from the December 29th, 2018 drawing. One ticket sold in south central Kansas matched the first five numbers in the drawing, but not the Powerball. The winning ticket is worth one million ...

7 years ago
Police are looking for a vandal who shattered a large window at a Salina business. Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that sometime between midnight on Sunday and 9am, someone broke a 6-foot by 7-foot window at Fine Line Barbershop located at 623 E. Crawford. Replacement cost for the glass and business name stencil is over $1,100.

7 years ago
A concerned citizen contacted authorities after noticing the glass door at a Salina business was shattered. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that officers were called to the FedEx facility located at 3450 Centennial Drive around noon time on Sunday. Police report a safe that was bolted to the floor with a small amount of cash ...

7 years ago
A Salina man returns home to discover multiple electronics stolen from his ransacked residence. Police say the man needed to make a visit to Concordia and left his 15-year-old daughter in charge at home in the 1400 block of Pawnee. When he returned the next evening he found his house in disarray and that a number of ...

7 years ago
The Salina Area United Way is seeking volunteers for the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance, VITA, program. Volunteers will serve as Tax Preparers and Quality Reviewers. A participant shares that volunteers helped me find a deduction that gave me a nice refund. VITA Volunteer Information Meeting will be Wednesday, February 6, noon at the VITA Program Office, ...

7 years ago
A homeowner's personal security system and good police work leads to the arrest of a Salina man accused of damaging a front door. According to Police Captain Paul Forrester, 23-year-old Marco Alvarez was arrested on Sunday morning around 7:30am for trespass and felony damage to property after officers reviewed surveillance video from a home in the ...

7 years ago
A Salina Police Officer was arrested and  booked into the Saline County Jail early Sunday morning on a  possible charge of interference with a law enforcement officer. Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that around 1:57am, 34-year-old Amanda C. Londono was driving a 2018 Honda Accord southbound on I-135 when a deputy on patrol ...