3 weeks ago
The federal minimum wage in the U.S. is cemented at $7.25 an hour - which Kansas has not budged from since 2009. State Senator Cindy Holscher wants that to change with a bill that would boost the baseline across Kansas to $16 an hour. Holscher tells KSAL News that Kansas is lagging behind. [audio mp3="https://www.ksal.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Holsher-min-wage.mp3"][/audio]   Holscher added the measure ...

3 weeks ago
A Salina woman who was taking part in an anti-ICE protest contacted police after she felt threatened by a man in a pickup. Police Captain Jim Feldman tells KSAL News that officers were sent to the corner of 9th and Magnolia on Saturday afternoon around 4:45pm after a man in a pickup allegedly drove near a ...

3 weeks ago
Those interested in participating in this year's Charlie Walker Pitch Challenge are invited to participate in a workshop later this week. Opportunities to win some startup cash and hone business skills are coming back to Salina this spring.  Applications are now open for the 5th Annual Charlie Walker Pitch Challenge, which will be held Wednesday, April ...

3 weeks ago
Kansas children may soon start school at a younger age. House Bill 2717 would change the mandatory starting age for school to six-years-old. The bill's sponsor, State Representative Susan Oliver Estes of Wichita, says there is a bipartisan belief that starting school at age seven is too late.

3 weeks ago
Two people are dead following a crash in Reno County. Authorities say a Chevy Malibu crossed into oncoming traffic and struck a Jeep Liberty on a bridge about a half mile north of U.S. 50 on K-14 Highway on Saturday morning. Both drivers died from their injuries, and a passenger in the Chevy Malibu was injured. The deadly ...

3 weeks ago
Ballots have started arriving in the mail for the special election in Salina which will decide if the ordinance which bans pit bull dogs will be repealed. Ironically, the person who became the poster child for imposing the ban won't get a say in the matter because she no longer lives within the Salina city ...

3 weeks ago
Salina Area Technical College is kicking off Career and Technical Education (CTE) Month with a major win for students and workforce development. Through the latest Congressional Appropriations bill, Salina Tech has secured $200,000 in federal funding to support the college’s Industrial Maintenance and Automation (IMA) program. According to the school, the funding will be used to ...

3 weeks ago
Meteorologists from the National Weather Service this week will begin a kind of barnstorming tour to help prepare storm spotters and weather enthusiasts for the upcoming severe weather season, and their first stop is in Salina. Saline County Emergency Management, in partnership with the National Weather Service in Wichita, will host the annual Storm Fury on ...

3 weeks ago
Researchers at the University of Kansas have shown the National Severe Storms Laboratory’s Warn-on-Forecast System (WoFS) has potential to help weather forecasters issue warnings to emergency managers and the general public well before tornado formation. Their study appears in the peer-reviewed journal Weather and Forecasting. The current lead time on issuing tornado warnings is about 15 minutes. The difference ...

3 weeks ago
With the air temperature hovering around 40 degrees, the water temperature was barely above freezing at 34 degrees Saturday morning as a group of volunteers took the "Polar Plunge" into the ice covered lake at the Webster Conference Center. The Salina Polar Plunge event to help support Kansas Special Olympics was held at the Webster Conference ...

3 weeks ago
The new February list of Salina’s Most Wanted is online. The first weekend of each month a new list of Salina’s Most Wanted is released. The February list went online Saturday morning. Those on the new list are wanted for crimes which include aggravated battery, making criminal threats, stalking, intimidation of a witness, fleeing and eluding, endangering a child, ...