4 years ago
The leader of Salina’s only fulltime family and women’s shelter is stepping down. The Ashby House Board of Directors says executive director Andy Houltberg has resigned. They say they accepted the resignation "with a heavy heart". Houltberg is credited with leading a new strategic plan, building new partnerships with key community service organizations, and helping to improve and ...

4 years ago
An alumnus has made a large donation to Kansas Wesleyan University. According to the school, it has received a new gift toward its Power of AND Campaign, as the estate of the late Judith (Judy) Bauer ’73 has been donated to the university. The gift is valued at nearly $300,000, the majority of which will go ...

4 years ago
Woodcut printmaking and paper artist Hannah Gebhart was selected to design the 2022 Smoky Hill River Festival Print. According to Salina Arts and Humanities, a native Salinan, Gebhart is a Des Moines-based woodcut printmaking, paper artist, and founder of DinoCat Studio. Growing up, she spent her spare time at the Salina Art Center, taking as many classes ...

4 years ago
The Stiefel Theatre in Salina has removed its COVID-19 mandate for attendance to shows. According to the facility, going forward it will be following the local government guidelines and hoping that things continue to improve as many artists have now removed their COVID restrictions. A few artists will continue to have specific COVID requirements that will be ...

4 years ago
A California man was hurt when he crashed into a snowplow on Interstate 70 east of Salina on Thursday. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 40 year-old Jonathan Ho Siuhang from Arcadia, California, was driving a Honda SUV traveling west on I-70 following a Kansas Department of Transpiration snowplow. The SUV rear-ended the snowplow. Ho Siuhang was ...

4 years ago
After serving zillions of burgers and receiving tons of awards, Salina's Cozy Inn is set to celebrate their 100th birthday on Saturday in downtown. On a snowy Thursday morning, Andrea (Howard) Windholz joined in on the KSAL Morning News Extra with stories from the grill at Salina's most famous eatery. She says her parents purchased the restaurant ...

4 years ago
A man who traveled halfway across the world to find a Saline County woman has been taken into custody for alleged threats. Falk Meier-Berndt, a 22-year-old man from Hanover, Germany, was arrested Wednesday night on requested charges of criminal threat, stalking and harassment by telecommunications devices. Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan said that Meier-Berndt had come ...

4 years ago
An 18-year-old Salina woman is alright after she was involved in a hit and run accident Wednesday afternoon. Police Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that at 3 p.m., a gray SUV going west on Charlotte Ave. hit a 2014 Ford Fiesta going south on Larson Street. The gray SUV had front-end damage and left the scene ...

4 years ago
Authorities are identifying a man who died in a Reno County wildfire. Forty-five-year-old Chadwick Penner was found dead in a wooded area on Sunday. The Cottonwood Complex fire started on Saturday in an unattended brush pile and spread to more than 12-thousand acres. The fire destroyed 35 homes, 92 outbuildings and 110 vehicles.

4 years ago
There are 18 new COVID cases in Saline County and no new deaths since Wednesday, March 2nd. According to the Saline County Health Department, there are 34 known active cases of COVID-19 in Saline County. Salina Regional Health Center reports that 2 people are hospitalized due to COVID-19. The agency is ending its regular COVID reporting, and the Saline ...

4 years ago
A pair of Salina Police Officers are being recognized for de-escalating a situation involving a suicidal man who was armed with a knife. Police say on February 24th at 9:01 PM, officers responded to a report which had been received from a crisis hotline that a 58-year old man was suicidal, and had possession of a ...