6 years ago
The Salina Arts & Humanities Foundation has approved $23,000 in Horizons Grants for local artists and cultural organizations. The grants were juried and scored by a professional panel with expertise in the granting areas. Horizons Grants support initiatives that demonstrate a commitment to artistic excellence and community involvement by engaging audience members as active participants. Applicants ...

6 years ago
A Salina man is in jail on drug charges after leading officers on short foot chase that ended in the mud. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that 51-year-old Marquis Richardson was arrested early Monday after an officer on patrol attempted to make a traffic stop in the 700 block North 9th Street just after ...

6 years ago
A vehicle stolen from Salina was recovered in Lawrence undamaged over the weekend. Police say a 2008 Ford Taurus X was stolen from the parking lot at the Chapel Ridge Apartments. A photography light kit was in the vehicle too. The thief used a stolen Kansas dealer tag from Wichita on the car before abandoning ...

6 years ago
Authorities are looking for the owner of a 370 pound gun safe, that was found empty in a ditch on Sunday. Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that around 11:40am Sunday morning, a motorist sighted the black, gun safe lying in a ditch in the 4300 block E. North Street. Deputies say the Liberty Revolution ...

6 years ago
No one was injured after a single gunshot was fired in a room at a Salina hotel. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that officers were called to the Fairfield Inn and Suites at 2455 Virginia on Saturday afternoon after a hotel guest thought his electrical outlet had blown up. A staff member went to ...

6 years ago
A man on trial in connection with a shooting death in Salina that happened back in 2018 has been found guilty of second degree murder. According to the Saline County Attorney's Office, at the conclusion of a jury trial late last week, jurors found 26-year-old Mika Thille guilty of second degree murder. A first degree murder conviction ...

6 years ago
Another person on the latest list of Salina's Most Wanted has been caught. The new list of Salina’s Most Wanted went online back on Saturday, February 1st. Since that time, nine of them of them have been caught. According to the Saline County Sheriff’s Office, the latest arrest is Darrel Henry. He was wanted for a felony ...

6 years ago
A group of alumni from Salina Central High School are working together to establish a scholarship fund to honor their classmates who have passed away.  Central graduates are working to establish a scholarship to honor their classmates from the graduating classes of 1998, 1999 and 2000 who have passed away. The fund, established through the ...

6 years ago
The Battle of the Bulge will be the topic of discussion at the next lunch and learn event at the Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum in Abilene. According to the organization, the next Lunch & Learn program is at noon on Thursday, February 27 in the Visitors Center Auditorium, 200 SE 4th, Abilene. Free and open ...

6 years ago
A special group show, “The Year of the Super Kitchen”, will debut Monday, Feb. 24 at The Gallery at Kansas Wesleyan University. Admission to the exhibit, which will run through March 27, is free. The event will feature works from three local artists, Debbie Wagner, Becky Hyberger and the late Peggy Medina, KWU ’05 and ...

6 years ago
MarCon Pies, named one of the Eight Wonders of Kansas Commerce, is back in production after the business ceased operations in 2018. Originally located in Washington, Kansas., Craig and Mary Ann Stertz of Lincoln, Kansas., purchased the business and relocated it to their hometown of Lincoln after converting an underutilized building in the downtown business district ...