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A man from Nebraska was injured in a single vehicle crash on Friday that is being investigated as a possible DUI. Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that 45-year-old Paul Sloan from York, Nebraska was transported to Salina Regional Health Center on Friday after he was injured in a crash on U. S. 81-Highway ...

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Salina Police are investigating a string of connected burglaries. Captain Jim Feldman tells KSAL News that thieves broke into the Boy Scouts of America, 644 S. Ohio, All Eyes On You Salon,905 Prescott and a nearby home. Employees at both businesses discovered the crime as they arrived to work on Friday morning. Police say burglars rummaged through ...

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State agencies including the Kansas Highway Patrol, Kansas Department of Transportation, and the Kansas Turnpike Authority are  stressing the impact of impaired driving during the holidays. The holiday season often brings people together to celebrate. The three agencies remind all drivers to understand the impact of impaired driving during their celebrations. Impaired driving is illegal and ...

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Sunday was the winter solstice, marking the shortest day and longest night of the year. Though it might not feel like it in Central Kansas, it also marks the first day of winter. The forecast for the Salina area through all of this Christmas week through Saturday is for unseasonably warm and dry. Expected high temperatures include: ...

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The Powerball holiday jackpot streak continues. No ticket matched all six numbers drawn Saturday night, sending the jackpot soaring to an estimated $1.60 billion for Monday night’s drawing. The jackpot has an estimated cash value of $735.3 million. According to the lottery, Monday’s jackpot ranks as the fourth largest in Powerball history and the fifth largest ...

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A proposed new hotel and parking garage in downtown Salina will be among topics discussed by Salina City Commissioners at their last regularly scheduled meeting of the year Monday. The downtown project, which was unveiled back in September, includes a new Springhill Suites by Marriott Hotel and parking garage. It would be located on S 7th ...

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The Grinch couldn't have stolen Christmas if Ebenezer Scrooge hadn't done it first, according to Charles Dickens researchers at Kansas State University. Naomi Wood, professor of English, says that we would not have Christmas classics like "How the Grinch Stole Christmas," "The Polar Express" and "A Visit from St. Nicholas" if Dickens had not created the ...

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BROOKVILLE — When Marty Wendel accepted his first basketball head coaching position at Ell-Saline six years ago, he did so with eyes wide open. "I was fully aware of what I was getting into," Wendel said of taking over a floundering Cardinals program that in the five years before his arrival compiled a dismal 13-89 record ...

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The Salina Area-Wide Christmas Brass Choir, 100 musicians strong, took over the Salina Central Mall on Saturday. This is the fifth year of the Salina Area-Wide Christmas Brass Choir. It is privately administered by Steve Lueth, a retired instrumental instructor. The group is an area-wide, community centered brass group that began with 32 players, and has grown ...

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Addi Johnson of Salina sent her grandma a flurry of texts on Saturday - suggesting a change to her original guess in hopes of winning Santa's Stash. But sage advise from her grandma, Linda Grob proved to be the difference. [audio mp3="https://www.ksal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/santa-stash-Linda-gut-feel-25.mp3"][/audio]   Linda was sitting in for Addi who had to travel, and the plan not to ...

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As the holiday season rolls on, Kansas Wesleyan’s Power of And Campaign is rolling on, as well. According to KWU, the largest fundraising campaign in school history has exceeded $49 million dollars during the past six years and that discussions are underway for closing out the campaign’s third phase.  “More and more supporters continue to give ...