9 months ago
This weekend, Abilene is buzzing with excitement as hundreds of geocachers from across the country arrive for MOGA 2025—the Midwest Open Geocaching Adventure—hosted by the Flint Hills Geocachers. Geocaching is an outdoor treasure-hunting activity where participants use GPS-enabled devices to find hidden containers (geocaches) at specific coordinates, often containing a logbook and sometimes trinkets. To mark the ...

9 months ago
Police are seeking tips in a vandalism case involving vulgar graffiti. The crime is the latest Salina Crime Stoppers crime of the week. Police say on Saturday, March 22nd, at about 9:15 PM a witness observed three suspects spray painting vulgar graffiti on a detached garage owned by Compro Reality, 157 S. Santa Fe. The suspects also ...

9 months ago
The military exercise that arrives in Salina every two years is back and breaking the sound barrier. A military exercise designed to strengthen joint air command, control, fire support architecture and procedures to ensure the integration of joint forces has arrived at the Salina Regional Airport (SLN). According to the Salina Airport Authority every two years they ...

9 months ago
A scammer persuaded a Salina woman to send over $7,000 by claiming he was an award winning professional bull rider. Police Captain Jim Feldman tells KSAL News a female reported being a victim of fraud. The woman stated she connected with someone on social media who claimed to be a professional bull rider by the name ...

9 months ago
Oklahoma lawmakers are trying to rename a highway for two murdered Kansas women. Lawmakers have proposed renaming a stretch of State Highway 95 in Oklahoma as the Veronica Butler and Jilian Kelley Memorial Highway. Butler and Kelley were killed last year while traveling from Hugoton, Kansas, to pick up Butler's children. Four people were charged in the ...

9 months ago
The Salina Fire Department is still investigating a fire that killed one person late last week. Salina Fire Chief Shane Pearson tells KSAL News an investigation into a fire at 119 S. Columbia is ongoing.  The Chief says they are unable to release any more information, including the name of the victim. The agency responded to the ...

9 months ago
An emergency street replacement project will begin in a West Salina neighborhood. According to the City of Salina, starting Monday an emergency street replacement project will begin. A portion of Redwood Drive between Cherokee Drive and just west of Hemlock Drive will be replaced. This emergency repair is necessary due to an unexpected street failure. The project will require ...

9 months ago
A motion picture filmed in the summer of 2023 in several Kansas communities is set to premiere. “Sod and Stubble” was filmed in Downs, Wichita and El Dorado. It will premiere Friday night at a Wichita Theatre, and then Saturday night the stars, cast, and crew will attend an event in Downs. “Sod and Stubble” will premiere ...

9 months ago
The Tony's Pizza Events Center and Saline County Livestock and Expo Center is all about agriculture this week. The 60th Mid America Farm Expo is going on through Friday. There are over 200 booths, exhibits, and displays inside and outside the venues. For many, the main attraction is the large number of of farm equipment on ...

9 months ago
A Kansas man is under arrest after a child told a babysitter there was a monster under their bed. According to the Barton County Sheriff's Office, 27-year-old Martin Villalobos Jr. was found hiding under a bed at a home near Great Bend this week. Villalobos fled from the home, but he was arrested the next morning ...

9 months ago
A Salina high school student with big dreams of starting his own pool business, won the top prize at the 4th Annual Charlie Walker Pitch Challenge. On Wednesday night at the campus of K-State Salina, 11 entrepreneurs pitched their business models to get a chance of winning cash prizes. Salina Central high school freshman Marshall Zuccarelli, now ...