2 years ago
There’s a new year, a new mayor, and a new face on the Salina City Commission. Salina has a new mayor, Bill Longbine and a new City Commissioner in Jerry Ivey. As part of the Salina City Commission’s annual reorganization  Monday commissioner Longbine was selected by his peers to be mayor for the next year. Greg Lenkiewicz ...

2 years ago
A best selling author and award-winning lecturer will be the featured speaker at the Salina Area Chamber of Commerce annual banquet and meeting this spring. According to the Chamber, Dr. Amy Cuddy, Social Psychologist, Award-Winning Harvard Lecturer and Bestselling Author, will be the featured speaker at the Salina Area Chamber of Commerce Annual Meeting. The event is ...

2 years ago
Road crews will be out in full force around Salina as a dangerous winter storm takes aim at central Kansas. Jim Kowatch Operations Manager for Salina's Public Works Department tells KSAL News they sent some staff home early on Monday to rest up so they could return to run snow plows and drive sand trucks during ...

2 years ago
An out of state phone call prompts Salina Police to investigate a domestic violence case in progress. Police Captain Jim Feldman tells KSAL News that officers were sent to the 1400 block of Derby Street on Sunday morning around 7:30am after a third party on the phone heard a disturbance and called authorities. Police say an argument ...

2 years ago
The Salina Area United Way's year-end Rockin’ Around With Paramount fund raising event brought in $50,000. According to the United Way,  this year’s event saw a major $20,000 increase in dollars raised from the previous Dueling Pianos Christmas last year. Rockin’ Around With Paramount was a benefit for the Salina Area United Way’s 2023-2024 Annual Campaign, raising ...

2 years ago
What has turned into one of the more popular events featuring local acts at the Stiefel Theatre in Salina is now about a month away. The annual “Rockin The Fe” concert is coming on Friday, February 9th. Local Salina band the Sunset Sinners will headline this year’s Rockin the Fe along with friends Paramount and Visual ...

2 years ago
Kansas has reached its highest employment in state history. Kansas Governor Laura Kelly's office reports that according to data from the Kansas Department of Labor, employment was at an all-time high in 2023, with nine of the top 10 employment months taking place throughout the year. The 10th top employment month was in 2022. Kansas currently has ...

2 years ago
The January list of Salina’s Most Wanted is online. The first weekend of each month a new list of Salina’s Most Wanted is released. The January list went online Saturday. Those on the new list are wanted for crimes which include among others robbery, aggravated battery, domestic violence, fleeing and eluding, burglary, theft, embezzlement,  and felony drug ...

2 years ago
The Salina Fire Department is preparing to reward some of its firefighters with promotions. According to the agency, a promotion ceremony is scheduled for Monday, January 8th, 2024, at 08:00 AM immediately following the shift change. The event will occur at Fire Station #1, 222 W. Elm Street. The Promotion Ceremony will honor the following individuals: Chad ...

2 years ago
Tips are being sought in a recent case involving the theft of tools. The crime is the latest Salina Crime Stoppers crime of the week. According to the Saline County Sheriff's Office, on November 10th deputies responded to the 600 Blk of E Farrelly Road for a report of a theft of multiple tools. Sometime between ...

2 years ago
A Salina man is in jail after an argument took a violent turn inside a home near Indian Rock Park. Police Captain Jim Feldman tells KSAL News that officers were sent to the 400 block of South Connecticut Ave. after a neighbor heard screaming next door and called 911. Police say 50-year-old Darryl Jones, Jr. battered his ...