6 months ago
Salina Sacred Heart Jr/Sr High School has announced its honor roll recipients for the Spring 2025 semester. According to the school, they proudly celebrate the academic achievements of students who earned a place on the High Honor Roll (3.75–4.00) and Honor Roll (3.50–3.749) . These students have demonstrated exceptional dedication to their studies and exemplify the values ...

6 months ago
A Wichita man is accused of assaulting a crew member on a flight. Twenty-four-year-old Julius Priester was a passenger on an American Airlines flight from Connecticut to Chicago on Tuesday night when he allegedly took off his shirt, ran to the back of the plane and yelled "help me." He then allegedly grabbed a flight attendant, forced ...

6 months ago
The much anticipated start of  the summer swim season in Salina, which has been delayed because of the weather, should be able to get underway with the opening of Kenwood Cove on Friday. According to the water park, due to the cooler weather this week, the water temperature has dropped to 67 degrees.  Thursday's forecast won't ...

6 months ago
The Salina Art Center Cinema is collaborating with a faith- and family-focused studio. The cinema will host a special limited engagement screening of "The Last Rodeo", May 30 through June 2, in partnership with Angel Studios. In The Last Rodeo, a retired rodeo legend risks it all to save his grandson. Haunted by a painful past and desperate ...

6 months ago
A Kansas farmer is accused defrauding the federal government. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, a federal grand jury in Topeka returned an indictment charging a Kansas man with defrauding the federal government, by selling crops that he used as collateral for a federal government loan. According to court documents, Steven W. Porubsky, 48, of Topeka ...

6 months ago
A Wichita surveyor is hoping someone will find a high tech tool he lost in Salina and return it. According to Police Captain Jim Feldman, the 31-year-old told officers he was surveying in the area of Mulberry and Walnut between South 7th and South 8th Streets on Tuesday afternoon around 1pm. While carrying a number of tools ...

6 months ago
A former Kansas lawmaker is joining the Trump administration. Former State Representative Patrick Penn has been appointed as the Deputy Undersecretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services at the United States Department of Agriculture. Penn served in the Kansas House representing portions of Wichita and Bel Aire from 2021 until earlier this month.

6 months ago
The Kansas Highway Patrol is confirming that seven people died in crashes on the state's roads over the Memorial Day weekend. None of the deadly crashes were DUI-related. Troopers also arrested 20 people for DUI. Highway patrol personnel also assisted 590 motorists over the holiday weekend.

6 months ago
Salina Police are looking for a stolen car and the thief who took it. Police Captain Jim Feldman tells KSAL News that the owner of a 2012 Ford Fusion contacted authorities after discovering her car had been stolen from her driveway. Police say the vehicle was taken sometime Tuesday between 1am and 7am from a home in ...

6 months ago
Maddie Lytle is Salina's top treasure hunter. She found the Smoky Hill River Festival Medallion. According to Salina Arts and Humanities, on Tuesday Lytle and her mother, Susan Schreiber, took their lunch break together to search for the Medallion. The most recent clue, “clear your mind,” led them back to the trail behind the YMCA and ...

6 months ago
An officer's welfare check on a woman in distress leads to the arrest of a Salina man. According to Police Captain Jim Feldman, police were sent around 11pm Saturday night to check on a woman who looked distraught and out of place while sitting on a curb in the area of S. Broadway and Franklin Street. Officers ...