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 ...

3 years ago
Authorities are looking for a Sunday robber who flashed a gun at the Flying J and ran out with some cash. Salina Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that around 12:30am Sunday, a man dressed in a gray hoodie and face mask entered the Flying J on North Ohio and showed a handgun to a ...

3 years ago
Police are investigating a business burglary at a Salina convenience store. Police Captain Paul Forrester tell KSAL News that a maintenance staff member at Casey's General Store on West Crawford discovered that over the weekend someone had broken into the car wash equipment area and tried to pry open the coin machine. Police are reviewing video footage ...

3 years ago
A musical comedy murder mystery dinner theatre is planned to benefit the drama department at Salina Central High School. Central theatre students will present "Killer Karaoke Cadaver" Saturday, April 15th, and Sunday, April 16th, at Martinelli’s Little Italy in Downtown Salina. All proceeds will go to fund the students’ trip to the International Thespian Festival in Bloomington, ...

3 years ago
A distinguished Kansas Wesleyan University alumnus is returning to campus. According to KWU Jake Montoya, a 2005 graduate,  has accepted the position of director of athletic and jazz bands. Montoya will take a leadership role in the Music Department’s recruiting process and will have a role in alumni engagement, as well. “This is a home run hire ...

3 years ago
On a sunny April afternoon, Fort Hays State University celebrated its recently completed charging station with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Community members, alongside university administration, faculty, alumni, and students, learned how the collaborative project came to fruition and admired the finished product, which served as a backdrop for the event outside the university’s Center for Applied ...

3 years ago
The Salina Spring Poetry Series will continue Tuesday with a reading by Gary Jackson. According to Salina Arts and Humanities, the reading will begin at 7 pm at Ad Astra Books & Coffee House (135 N. Santa Fe Ave.). Admission will be $5 at the door and free for students with ID. Huascar Medina, Kansas Poet Laureate ...

3 years ago
The Abilene and Smoky Valley Railroad is ready to start chugging down the tracks. According to the organization, the schedule for the soon-to-begin 2023 season includes over 200 rail trips between Abilene and Enterprise,  some of which will include new special excursion and dinner trains and events. The timetable represents the railroad’s most ambitious schedule yet ...