8 years ago
Vice President Mike Pence will visit Kansas. Pence is scheduled to attend an October 18th campaign event in Wichita for Republican candidate for governor Kris Kobach. Details about the vice president's visit have not been revealed. The vice president is also expected to visit Topeka on October 19th to campaign for Second Congressional District Republican candidate Steve ...

8 years ago
Kansas State University Polytechnic Campus is hosting a a special aviation event.  Girls in Aviation Day is this Saturday. It's a free program for girls ages 8-18, designed to introduce the possibilities available with a career in aviation. According to the school, Girls in Aviation Day is a free event hosted by the Kansas State University ...

8 years ago
A duo from Lindsborg will highlight this week’s Friday Night Live concert in downtown Salina. According to Salina Arts and Humanities regional duo Prairiefolk will perform. Prairiefolk is an Americana duo from Lindsborg, Kansas featuring Tyler Atkinson and Jesse Crawford. Though their sets include old-time fiddle tunes, folk songs and the occasional pop cover, the duo focuses ...

8 years ago
A man was sent to hospital after his car hydroplaned in central Salina. Police Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that 23-year-old Quentin Penn, Salina, was driving eastbound on Crawford at 10:20 a.m. on Tuesday when his car hydroplaned due to the wet conditions. The car crossed over the center-line and hit the curb at the intersection ...

8 years ago
Today’s home fires burn faster than ever. In a typical home fire, individuals may have as little as one to two minutes to escape safely from the time the smoke alarm sounds. Knowing how to use that time wisely takes planning and practice. The Salina Fire Department has teamed up with the National Fire Protection Association ...

8 years ago
The Friends of the Salina Public Library will have its Fall Book Sale on Oct. 20 and 21 in the library’s Prescott Room. The Saturday sale will run from 9 a.m.-3 p.m., and the Sunday sale will be from 1-3 p.m. They will also mark Friends of the Library Week Oct. 15-19 with a membership ...

8 years ago
At Rolling Hills Zoo, a little rain won’t stop the fall festival fun during Pumpkin PaZOOla on Saturday, October 13th.  With rain in the forecast, Rolling Hills Zoo is moving all of the Pumpkin PaZOOla activities into the Wildlife Museum building this weekend. During Pumpkin PaZOOla children 12 & under will receive half price admission along ...

8 years ago
Additional details are being revealed in a murder and suicide in Derby. The Sedgwick County Sheriff's Office says Kristin Gile had an active protection from abuse order against her husband, Randy Gile, at the time of her death. Authorities say Randy Gile shot at his father-in-law and caused minor injuries before killing his wife and taking his ...

8 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a damage to property case after a window was damaged at a church. Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that sometime between noon on Friday and Sunday morning at 8am, someone fired a BB gun and shot a hole through a 4-foot by 6-foot window at Christ the King Lutheran Church, 111 ...

8 years ago
The Streetscape and waterline work on Santa Fe Avenue is heading north according to the City of Salina, as crews will turn their attention to the Walnut intersection this week. · Work will begin on the northwest corner of the intersection adjacent to Martinelli's to remove sidewalk and curbs with a temporary sidewalk being installed. · Walnut ...

8 years ago
Heavy rainfall over the past couple of days have prompted some flooding issues around the area, and at least one water rescue in the Salina area. Late Sunday night a woman was rescued by first responders in rural Saline County after driving her vehicle into a water-filled ditch along South Cooley Road. Saline County Sheriff Deputies, ...