2 years ago
An automobile is stolen from a Salina business and then recovered the next day. Police Captain Jim Feldman tells KSAL News that sometime between 4am Sunday morning and 2pm Sunday afternoon, someone entered Fresh Look Cleaners on East Crawford and grabbed the title and keys to a 1997 Jaguar XJ 4-door sedan. The light blue Jag, valued ...

2 years ago
A new spring season of First Friday events in Downtown Salina is set to begin. The First Friday spring season will kick off on Friday, April 5th, highlighted by The Good Sam Club Band  performing from 6:00 – 8:00 pm on the City Lights Stage. Other first Friday events include: Peaceful Body Wellness Retreat 148 S Santa ...

2 years ago
Police in Junction City seized over 2,300 polls believed to be laced in fentanyl. According to the Junction City Police Department, in the last two weeks ongoing investigations into fentanyl distribution have led to significant breakthroughs. Officers and Detectives have seized over 2,300 fentanyl-laced pills, known on the street as as "Dirty 30s". They also seized ...

2 years ago
An intruder was shot as he was trying to enter a home in McPherson early Easter morning. According to the McPherson Police Depaartment, Sunday at 3:29 AM officers responded to a shooting which occured in the 400 Block of East Avenue A. According to McPherson Police Chief Mikel Golden, a 41 year old male was at home ...

2 years ago
A student from Salina has been elected the Student Government Association President at Bethany College. The SGA Presidential Election was held last week, and Kalysa Hamel was elected President. Kalysa is a junior biology major from Salina. She graduated from Salina South High School in 2022. Kalysa tells KSAL News she chose Bethany College because she is very ...

2 years ago
Salina Area Technical College has broken ground on its new Industrial Maintenance and Innovation building. The 15,000 square foot modern facility will consist of an 80 seat auditorium, IMA shops and classrooms with 20-40 seats, along with administration and instructor offices. The facility will also include working facilities for welding, automotive machineries, nursing and more. Mike McCall, ...

2 years ago
An account has been established to help a mother and her daughter who were injured when their pickup was hit head-on in a crash in which two teens were killed. Back on March 15th, 42-year-old Rosa Vasquez  of Lorraine, Kansas and her 12-year-old daughter Judy were both injured in a crash in the 2800 block of ...

2 years ago
K-State Salina had a successful turnout for its Easter Purple Egg Hunt this Saturday Morning. The event took place at the campus’s Student Life Center, located on 2320 Centennial Road, where it featured more than 3,000 purple eggs filled with treats.  There were three hunts separated by age, with one egg in each age range containing ...

2 years ago
Research is on the rise at the University of Kansas, and the reverberations of that growth are benefiting people across the Sunflower State and beyond. Research expenditures spanning all KU campuses increased to $368.6 million in 2023, capping nearly a decade of steady expansion. Last year alone, externally funded research at KU supported the salaries of 4,372 ...

2 years ago
Free colorectal cancer screening tests will remain available through the end of next week, April 7th. According to the Tammy Walker Cancer Center, Colorectal cancer is now the leading cause of cancer death for men under the age of 50 and the second leading cause of cancer among women in the same age group according to ...

2 years ago
The 40th Salina Spring Poetry Series will kick off on Tuesday with a reading by Cash Hollistah. The reading will begin at 7 pm at Red Fern Booksellers (106 S Santa Fe Ave). Admission will be $5 cash at the door and free for students with ID. According to Salina Arts and Humanities, Traci Brimhall, Kansas Poet ...