4 years ago
After a final day of unseasonably mild weather to end the weekend, more seasonal cooler weather is on the way. According to the National Weather Service, a warm day can be expected Sunday with the highest temperatures in Southeast Kansas. North Central Kansas will likely be a little cooler with more cloud cover and the cold ...

4 years ago
Nineteen Kansas Wesleyan students were recently inducted into the Alpha Chi national honor society. According to the school, Alpha Chi invites only those who rank within the top ten percent of their junior and senior classes. Each year, a select group is inducted. Alpha Chi is a collegiate honor society that has been in operation since 1922. ...

4 years ago
A new list of Salina’s Most Wanted is online. The first weekend of each month a new list of Salina’s Most Wanted is released. Those on the new December list are wanted for crimes which include 1st degree murder, criminal discharge of a firearm, aggravated battery, domestic violence battery, making criminal threats, trafficking contraband into a correction ...

4 years ago
A mild weekend can be expected with the next cold front arriving Sunday afternoon. According to the National Weather Service, the first cold Canadian airmass of the season will surge southward into Kansas Sunday afternoon. In the wake of th potent cold frontal passage, below normal temperatures will follow on Monday. Winds will pick up and become ...

4 years ago
Salina Police are seeking tips in connection with a recent business burglary. The crime is the latest Crime Stoppers crime of the week. Police say on December 2nd  officers responded to a business alarm at the Snak Atak convenience store, 1619 W. Magnolia. They found a shattered window and entry had been made into the store. An inventory ...

4 years ago
There have been 3 news deaths and 115 new COVID cases in Saline County since Wednesday. According to the Saline County Health Department, there are currently 713 active cases in the community. Salina Regional Health Center reports that 24 patients require hospitalization related to COVID-19. There now have been 173 COVID related deaths overall. The agency says it doe ...

4 years ago
Looking back at forty-plus years of newspaper columns was more than a trip down memory lane for former Salina Journal writer Tim Horan. The Abilene native who recently retired from his post as Editor at the Abilene Reflector-Chronicle has spent the last several months squeezing those stories in black and white into a new book entitled ...

4 years ago
A truck that was given a new look with suspected house paint has been returned to its owner. Salina Police Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that an officer was patrolling in the 400 block of N. Chicago St. early Friday morning when they spotted a suspicious truck parked in the area. The officer noticed the ...

4 years ago
A two-vehicle accident on Thursday was the result of texting and driving. Salina Police Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that a 2013 Nissan vehicle was stopped at the intersection of Centennial Road and Tony's Road to make a turn. A driver behind them was allegedly texting, though, and a 2004 Honda Civic hit the Nissan ...

4 years ago
A Salina business is cleaning up after a burglary Wednesday night. An employee of Kansas Hempire showed up to work Thursday at 10:30 a.m. and discovered broken glass, vape cartridges and a knife on the ground around the store. A window was broken on the north side of the business, and the knife is believed to have ...

4 years ago
A two-vehicle accident Thursday afternoon led to one Salina resident having minor injuries. Police Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that at 2:10 p.m., a 2017 Honda Pilot going west on Crawford St. ran a red light and hit a 1993 Mercury Topaz going north on Front Street. Both vehicles had to be towed from the scene. ...