8 years ago
The Salina Community Economic Development Organization and the Salina Area Chamber of Commerce will be hosting the Entrepreneur Summit next week. The event is the first step in a planning process to determine what current assets exist in the community to support starting new businesses, what gaps exist in the entrepreneurial environment, and how those gaps ...

8 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a theft from a local construction company. Authorities say Ponton Construction, located at 1325 Armory fired an employee on March 14. Days later the known suspect allegedly used the company's Lowe's business account card in Texas to make four purchases totalling $9,100. The card was denied the fifth time he tried to use it ...

8 years ago
String band Old Crow Medicine Show is coming to Salina. The group will perform at the Stiefel Theatre this summer. Old Crow Medicine Show's music has been called old-time, folk, and alternative country. Along with original songs, the band performs many pre-World War II blues and folk songs. The band started busking on street corners in 1998 ...

8 years ago
Saline County Sheriff's deputies are investigating after someone stole a 16-foot car trailer from a lot located in the 1300 block of West North Street. Deputies say sometime between March 16 and March 31, someone stole the trailer which also had a concrete sifter on board as well. Loss is estimated at $1,500.

8 years ago
Authorities are saying a school threat in Derby is unfounded. Derby Public Schools officials say a concerned parent called yesterday to report their child overheard another student threatening to shoot up the school bus as it headed to Wineteer Elementary School. The school bus driver was instructed to inspect the bus and all backpacks, but no weapons ...

8 years ago
It is billed as a "A Sensory Feast". Organizers Tuesday morning unveiled plans for the 2018 Smoky Hill River Festival. This years' theme is "A Sensory feast". The popular Festival Jam will get things started Thursday night. The Big Band Dance will be back again as well, Friday night inside the Tony's Pizza Events Center. Along with ...

8 years ago
A vehicle stolen from the hospital's employee lot was recovered and an arrest was made on Monday. Salina Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that 19-year-old Nathan Dimick was taken into custody Monday evening after a tip to authorities from his father. Police say Dimick stole his dad's girlfriend's 2011 Chevy Impala from the lot at ...

8 years ago
A New Cambria woman discovers she was the victim of a computer scam after hosting family at her home over the Easter weekend. Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that the 65-year-old woman recounted to her family a computer problem she solved by purchasing a 9-year protection policy from someone she thought worked at ...

8 years ago
A Colorado man has admitted to robbing a bank in Manhattan. According to U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister, 42-year-old Kenneth Wayne Fisher Jr., formerly of Colorado Springs, Colo., pleaded guilty to one count of bank robbery. Fisher admitted that on Aug. 26, 2015, he robbed Sunflower State Bank at 2710 Anderson Ave. in Manhattan. He gave a ...

8 years ago
Officials are hoping for the best, but prepared for the worst on Tuesday. Weather conditions will make for extreme to catastrophic grassland fire danger in some areas of Kansas. According to the National Weather Service, strong northwest wind of 35 to 45 mph, with gusts to around 50 mph at times, are expected during the day ...

8 years ago
K-State Polytechnic is ready to showcase its campus in Salina for their Open House on Saturday, April 7th. The event will kickoff at 8 A.M., Saturday morning and lasts until 1 P.M. The Open House is a good opportunity for prospective students, current students, alumni and family and friends to experience everyday life at K-State Poly Tech. There ...