8 months ago
The people of the Pawnee Nation once thrived in present day Nebraska and northern Kansas as farmers and hunters. Dr. Carlton Shield Chief Gove will be in Salina Thursday at the Smoky Hill Museum for his presentation titled “History of the Kitkehahki Pawnee in Kansas.” Dr. Gove joined in on the KSAL Morning News Extra and says ...

8 months ago
If you enjoy gardening, learning, and giving back as a volunteer, consider becoming an Extension Master Gardener in 2025.  Central Kansas District K-State Extension will be offering the 2025 Master Gardener Basic Training Course in Salina starting September 4th. Classes begin September 4th and will run each Thursday through December 4th.  This training will be held ...

8 months ago
A three car crash tied up traffic on northbound I-135 near the State Street exit on Tuesday afternoon. The Kansas Highway Patrol reports there were some minor injuries associated with the accident involving a driver from Bennington, Kansas and two vehicles from Colorado. Troopers say around 4:15pm the driver of a 2013 Chevy Avalanche was northbound on ...

8 months ago
The Saline County Food Action Community Team (FACT) invites the public to attend one of two upcoming community listening sessions aimed at completing a comprehensive assessment of the local food system. These sessions are open to all and will focus on gathering feedback about the full scope of Saline County’s food system — from growing ...

8 months ago
It’s a sure sign summer in Salina is winding down. Salina’s Kenwood Cove Water Park is preparing to close for the year. Kenwood Cove is open normal hours all this week, through Sunday, August 10th. Water Walking and Lap Swim will continue through Saturday, August 9th. After closing Sunday, Kenwood Cove will open again one final time. ...

8 months ago
The Salina City Commission has announced three City Manager finalists. Following a nationwide search led by Government Professional Solutions, the three City Manager finalists are Darrin Tangeman of Orleans, Massachusetts, Michael Tremblay of Fort George G. Meade, Maryland, and Jacob Wood of Salina, Kansas. Government Professional Solutions provided the following biographies on the three finalists: Tangeman ...

8 months ago
Rolling Hills Zoo is celebrating the arrival of a new addax calf, born on August 2nd about 7:45 a.m According to the Zoo, this marks the second calf for mother Felicity and the fifth calf sired by Ajax, the zoo’s resident male addax.  This calf is a sibling to Fern, a female addax born to Felicity and ...

8 months ago
Sonny Beck rolled out the red carpet for Beck's Hybrid ribbon cutting on Tuesday. Over 1,200 farm fans rolled into Salina for the 2025 Kansas Becknology Days at Beck's Hybrids just off I-70 on North Ohio. The newly opened facility boasts a 96,000 square-foot distribution center on 140-acres that are decorated with numerous test plots of corn, ...

8 months ago
A stolen car shows up abandoned and burned just south of New Cambria. A concerned citizen contacted the Saline County Sheriff's Office after noticing a 2016 Hyundai Sonata parked in the middle of the road with a door left open. Deputies say the car was reported stolen by the owner who loaned the vehicle to a friend. ...

8 months ago
A couple of aging structures on a farmstead were destroyed by fire on Monday. Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that around 1:34pm, volunteers from Rural Fire Department #5 were sent to a property in the 3000 block of North Gypsum Valley Road. Deputies say upon arrival they observed an old barn that was engulfed ...

8 months ago
A Salina man accused of a double murder is being transferred to the Larned State Hospital, the largest psychiatric facility in Kansas. Saline County Attorney John Reynolds tells KSAL News paperwork is being prepared for 36-year-old Preston Reyna to transfer from the Saline County Jail to the state hospital. Reyna has locally been undergoing a court ordered ...