3 years ago
A Salina man was arrested after crashing into a parked car, leaving the scene, and later calling police to report the crash. Salina Police say 22-year-old Christopher Hays was driving home from a bar at around 1:40 in the morning Tuesday when he crashed into a parked car. Hays left the scene, drove home, and called police, ...

3 years ago
Three teenagers were arrested following Tuesday evening altercations in which two people were injured with a tin snip-type cutting tool and a third person was injured by a shotgun blast. According to Salina Police, an officer on routine patrol at 6:10 in the evening witnessed an SUV turn from Penn Street onto Elm at a high ...

3 years ago
A long-time Brookville area farmer is being remembered. 64-year-old Joe Kejr passed away on Saturday. Kejr was a former state legislator and a 3rd generation farmer. He took over Kejr Farms from his father, which has since expanded in scale and scope and now includes members of the 4th and 5th generation of the family. Joe ...

3 years ago
Kansas law soon will require individuals to be age 21 or older to buy cigarettes. Gov. Laura Kelly announced Tuesday she has signed bipartisan legislation raising the minimum age for buying, possessing or consuming tobacco products in the state from 18 to 21. The Senate passed House Bill 2269 on a vote of 28-11 in late March, after the House ...

3 years ago
A Salina man left his truck in the 500 block of N 7th. When he discovered it missing, he assumed his family had taken it. Captain Paul Forrester of the Salina Police Department tells KSAL news, Samuel Treece, 78 from Salina. Parked his light blue 1990 GMC Sierra with a rusty lift gate in the 500 ...

3 years ago
A group of Salina students are published poets. According to USD 305,  nineteen South High School students were published in the book, A Celebration of Poets, 2022. Jeri Clouston was their SHS Advanced English 1 teacher who incorporated the poetry contest into her lesson plans. “It was a special opportunity for our students to use what they ...

3 years ago
 An attempted illegal left hand turn led to a three vehicle accident on Ohio, Monday afternoon.  KSAL Staff interviewed Captain Police Paul Forrester and he explained the series of events.  Around 2:40 PM in the 600 block of S Ohio,  Teena Church, a 60-year-old Tescott resident, driving a 2013 Chevy Traverse, stopped in the northbound lane to ...

3 years ago
Salina Arts & Humanities 47th Smoky Hill River Festival is fast approaching. The organization on Tuesday unveiled highlights of this year's epic arts party, which is June 8-11 in Oakdale Park. Festival staff reported that an energetic and epic arts party will be held in less than 60 days. The event will include many changes in ...

3 years ago
The 2023 "Bethany Backer’s Campaign" is complete.  According to the school, throughout the campaign 429 Backers united to “Raise the Curtain” on renovation plans for the Burnett Center for Religion and Performing Arts. The class of 1971 was this year’s class challenge winner with 20 supporters from their class being part of this year’s Backers ...

3 years ago
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation  is investigating the death of a man believed to have shot himself while authorities were conducting a search warrant at his home in Marion. According to the KBI, on Monday at around 10:35 a.m., the Marion County Sheriff’s Office and the Marion Police Department began conducting a search warrant at 341 S. ...

3 years ago
Grammy Award-winning rockstar, activist, and Kansas native Melissa Etheridge is heading out on a summer tour and planning a stop in Salina. She will per perform at the Stiefel Theatre on Thursday, June 29th. Melissa Etheridge stormed onto the American rock scene in 1988 with the release of her critically acclaimed self-titled debut album, which led ...