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It's  madness on the hardwood at the Salina Fieldhouse. Not March Madness basketball, but rather Match Madness charitable giving.  What has become an annual event in Salina has turned into one of the biggest days of the year for many non-profit and service organizations and it's happening Thursday. The Salina Community Foundation Foundation is collecting donations ...

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A missing Salina woman has been found safe.  75-year-old Yvonne Pereirra-Mcwhorter has been located safe in WaKeeney. The statewide Silver Alert is canceled. _ _ _ The Salina Police Department requested the Kansas Bureau of Investigation issue a statewide Silver Alert for a missing Salina woman. The whereabouts of 75-year-old Yvonne Pereirra-Mcwhorter, of Salina, are unknown and the public’s ...

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A project that has been on the drawing board for over a year is underway in downtown Salina. Crews from Hutton Construction are in the early phases of adding a shade structure to the parking lot at the corner of Ash and Santa Fe. Salina City Manager Jacob Wood tells KSAL News the metal roof will provide ...

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A tiger habitat at Rolling Hills Zoo is among projects receiving funding via the Attraction Development Grant program. Lieutenant Governor and Secretary of Commerce David Toland announced Wednesday that that $1 million in Attraction Development Grant funding was awarded to support the development and enhancement of tourism projects across Kansas. According to the State, a few highlights from ...

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A couple of teenagers from Junction City were injured when they crashed in rural Saline County while fleeing law enforcement in a stolen car Wednesday morning. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 15-year-old Joseph Doss was driving a stolen Hyundai Elantra, actively fleeing law enforcement headed west on Interstate 70.  The car exited at Ohio Street. As ...

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A bridge project will cause potential travel delays on an area highway beginning Thursday. According to the Kansas Department of Transportation, repairs on the K-4 bridge over the Smoky Hill River are set to begin. During bridge repair, temporary traffic signals will direct one lane of traffic through construction at a reduced speed. Motorists should anticipate delays ...

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Community participation has been strong in responding to a survey supporting the City of Salina's application for a Community Development Block Grant through the Kansas Department of Commerce. City officials say they greatly appreciate the time residents have taken to complete and return their surveys. However, additional responses are still needed to meet the survey response ...

3 weeks ago
Kansas lawmakers have advanced a bill that would significantly limit student cell phone use during the school day. The Kansas House voted to agree with the Senate on Substitute HB 2299, sending the measure to the Governor's desk for final approval. Under HB 2299, all school districts and accredited non-public schools would be required to implement policies ...

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Tammy Walker Cancer Center's Daniel Craig is on a mission to stop a killer - by telling everyone to get screened for colorectal cancer. Craig joined in on the KSAL Morning News Extra  to inform listeners about the 800 free colorectal cancer screening tests that are now available to anyone age 45 to 75  (who have ...

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A woman accused of causing a fatal crash, and then leaving the scene will face trial for charges which include murder. At the conclusion of preliminary hearing which began Tuesday and ended early Wednesday, Judge Amy Norton determined there is probable cause for 33-year-old Kayla Errobo to face trial. The Judge ruled there is sufficient circumstantial evidence ...

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Salina students displayed their entrepreneurial projects at an annual competition. The Salina Area Chamber of Commerce, in association with the Network Kansas E-Community Partnership, hosted its eleventh annual Saline County Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge at Salina Area Technical College. According to the Chamber, twenty-four individuals and teams representing Salina South High School, Salina Central High School, and ...