8 years ago
Salina Arts & Humanities, in collaboration with downtown stakeholders, announces the upcoming First Friday Night Live concert event on September 1. Friday Night Live is a series of arts and entertainment programming for Salina residents and visitors designed to increase attendance and participation in arts-related events and to strengthen partnerships with local business owners in ...

8 years ago
Donations of things like bottled water are not the best way to help the hurricane victims in Texas. The Kansas Division of Emergency Management is urging Kansans who wish to help the victims of Hurricane Harvey on the Gulf Coast, to donate money to a reputable volunteer, charitable or faith-based organization rather than sending food, clothing ...

8 years ago
Law enforcement authorities are investigating the death of a Sedgwick County jail inmate at the Meade County Jail. The Sedgwick County Sheriff's Department says preliminary reports indicate the inmate died just before 7:30p.m. Monday after fighting with another inmate. Paramedics unsuccessfully tried lifesaving measures on the inmate but he died at the scene. The sheriff's department says the ...

8 years ago
Kansas has revoked the certification of a former police officer after a government watchdog's complaint about his 1995 California misdemeanor conviction for domestic violence. State regulators finalized on Tuesday the order against former Marion police officer Michael A. Stone. He did not immediately respond to a Facebook message seeking comment. A complaint filed by blogger Lee White with ...

8 years ago
A Saline County landlord is seeking guidance in connection with a bed bug infestation issue. Larry Mattison told the Saline County Commission that he has recently dealt with 3 or 4 tenants who have had bed bug infestations.  He said that once the problem is known, it can be treated.  But, if the problem is not ...

8 years ago
After the County appraises property values, the State monitors the actual sales prices of residential and commercial properties.  County Appraiser Sean Robertson told Saline County Commissioners that both the “ratio” and “coefficients of dispersion” from the county’s 2016 valuations were within the State’s targets. Robertson said the “ratio” looks at how well the assessed valuation is ...

8 years ago
A woman comes home to discover her home in east Salina was broken into while she was at work. Police say sometime between 8am and 4pm on Monday someone damaged the front door on an apartment in the 700 block of Fairdale Road and stole a 52-inch TV and glass TV stand. Thieves also removed a couple ...

8 years ago
A Salina man is in jail after being accused of slashing another man with a knife. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that 55-year-old Lee Roy McCray was taken into custody on Monday in connection to an incident last week at the Budget King Motel at 809 Broadway. Police say on August 23 around 1am, McCray ...

8 years ago
The closing of two anchor stores does not mean the end for the Salina Central Mall. The longtime Salina business is working with a real estate group, and has plans to remodel and expand as nearly a half-dozen new businesses are ready to locate there. The announced closing closing of of Dillard's store this week, while ...

8 years ago
A Authorities say a deputy has killed a driver in central Kansas after he tried to take another officer's gun. The man was killed Monday night near Moundridge after Newton Police attempted to stop a vehicle with suspected ties to car burglary. Police said in a news release that the driver fled on Interstate 135 and ...

8 years ago
A voice that was heard on the radio for years in the Midwest, including on KSAL Radio, is being remembered. Chris Abercrombie passed away on Friday. The 68-year-old Abercrombie, a Lindsborg native, had a passion for radio. He worked in the broadcasting industry much of his adult life, working at multiple radio stations in Kansas and ...