7 years ago
Four park locations in Salina will accept and recycle Christmas trees into mulch between December 17 and January 31, 2019. The mulch will be used around newly planted trees and to surface nature trails. Christmas trees must be free of ornaments, stands, netting and plastic bags. Yard waste will not be accepted. Drop-off locations include: Lakewood Park, ...

7 years ago
Salina Presbyterian Manor received a certificate of recognition from Presbyterian Manors of Mid-America for reaching goals in fiscal year 2018, covering the months of July 1, 2017, through June 30, 2018. The recognition came through PMMA’s Emerald Awards Program, designed to encourage its 17 locations and 2 hospices to achieve high levels of resident and employee ...

7 years ago
Beginning Jan. 1, 2019, visitors at Prairie Spirit Trail State Park and Flint Hills Trail State Park will no longer be required to purchase trail access permits. The Kansas Wildlife, Parks and Tourism (KWPT) Commission repealed the regulation that requires trail access permits at the Commission’s Nov. 15, 2018 public meeting in Russell in an ...

7 years ago
For the 36th year in a row Salina Chef Bill Fekas prepared the biggest Christmas dinner in Salina. Bright sunshine and mild temperatures set the scene as a large crowd gathered for the annual Bill Fekas Family Christmas Dinner. Fekas had a dream in 1982 to prepare and serve a free dinner for anyone who was alone ...

7 years ago
If you don't like cold and snow you'll like the Christmas forecast this year. A white Christmas in Central Kansas is rare, This year, there is virtually no chance of a white Christmas. For official records a white Christmas is defined: 1 inch or more of snow on the ground. It can either fall on Christmas day, ...

7 years ago
A stolen $90,000 SUV is the latest Salina Crime Stoppers crime of the week. The Salina Police Department is currently investigating the theft of a vehicle that occurred on Monday, December 17th, atMarshall Motors, 3500 S. 9th Street. The parties broke into the building and obtained the keys to a Red 2018 Jeep Trackhawk, then stole the ...

7 years ago
With just a couple of days left the Salina Salvation Army's Kettle Campaign has ac chance of reaching its goals. Donations are still needed, though, to make this happen. The campaign, which began back on November 17th, is the agency's single largest fundraiser each year. The agency tells KSAL News as of this weekend $94,113 has been ...

7 years ago
Volunteers are gearing up for another Bill Fekas Family Christmas Dinner. Bill Fekas had a dream back in the early 1980s – to prepare and serve a free dinner for anyone who was alone on Christmas Day. Fekas told KSAL News that Salina businessman Dean Evans told him to get the ball rolling and he would pay ...

7 years ago
Police were investigating a stabbing incident near a Salina school late Friday afternoon. First responders were sent to the 1400 block of Norton Street, in the area of Heusner Elementary School to the report of a stabbing. They discovered a person with a stab wound in their upper chest / neck area. The victim was transported by ...

7 years ago
An officer who has been serving and protecting Salina for over 35 years called it a career on Friday afternoon. Family, friends, and colleagues gathered to honor and say goodbye to Salina Police Captain Mike Sweeney. Sweeney started with the department in 1981 as a reserve officer. He had just been discharged from the United States ...

7 years ago
Salina has a new city manager. A day after a public forum in which two candidates for the positions answered questions and met the community, the city announced that Mike Schrage will be hired. Schrage has served Salina for 13 years. He held the role of Deputy City Manager for 12.5 years and has been the ...