6 years ago
An organization whose mission is to "build permanent endowment funds and meet charitable community needs" is preparing to celebrate its 20th anniversary. The Greater Salina Community Foundation invites the community to its 20th Anniversary Celebration on Friday, November 8th, from 5 to 7 p.m. at 638 Francis St., Salina. The evening will kick off with a social ...

6 years ago
Numerous improvements have been made to the Kansas Department of Transportation’s KanDrive website that provides motorists continuously updated conditions of highways across the state. “The website received more than 2 million views last winter,” said Alan Spicer, Assistant Bureau Chief in Transportation Planning. “It’s important to keep the traveling public notified of current and changing road ...

6 years ago
The Friends of the Salina Public Library will have its Fall Book Sale on Oct. 26 and 27 in the library’s Prescott Room. The Saturday sale will run from 9 a.m.-3 p.m., and the Sunday sale will be from 1-3 p.m. They will also mark Friends of the Library Week Oct. 20-26 with a membership ...

6 years ago
No one was hurt when multiple gun shots were fired at a Salina business early Friday morning. Police Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that authorities were sent to the 300 block of W. Beloit to the report of seven to eight gun shots fired at 12:48 a.m. Friday. However, after investigating, authorities did not find any ...

6 years ago
More Salina businesses have reported fraudulent checks that appear to be from the same scheme. Police Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that one of the businesses, B&K Prescription Shop, 601 E. Iron, told authorities that two checks made out to individuals turned up to be fraudulent. Both checks went through Bennington State Bank and were ...

6 years ago
Police are asking for the public's help in identifying a suspect who robbed a Salina gas station. The crime is this week's Salina Crime Stoppers crime of the week. According to the Salina Police Department, On October 11th, at 8:56 PM, a person entered the 5 Corners Gas Station located at 848 N. Broadway. The person brandished ...

6 years ago
A Salina business owner is facing charges after he allegedly took customers' money for SCUBA-diving trips that never left dock. 49-year-old Mark Alan Ash, owner of H2O Aquatic Adventures, was booked into the Saline County on Wednesday on charges which include theft by deception, impairing a security interest and selling/disposing of personal property. Ash is accused of ...

6 years ago
For the 6th year in a row Downtown Salina is planning a Halloween-themed pub crawl. The "Creepy Crawl", formerly known as the "Zombie Pub Craw", is Saturday. Organizers invite adults who want to get an early start of Halloween festivities to walk, crawl,slither or slide to ten of downtown's kicking establishments to enjoy drink specials, live ...

6 years ago
Necropsy results have determined that the cause of death for the African lion, Sahar, to be due to encephalitis (inflammation of the brain) caused by a fungal infection. According to the zoo, the infection, which caused lesions in both the brain and a lung, were not detectable by routine examination or by the standard clinical tests ...

6 years ago
A construction company contacted authorities this week after discovering scammers were using fake business checks with his logo. Captain Jim Hughes with the Saline County Sheriff's Office tells KSAL News that the owner of Frisbie Construction, 7793 E K4 Highway told investigators they have changed bank accounts and banking practices after they discovered scammers sent fake ...

6 years ago
A Salina man was injured in a rollover crash north of the city on Wednesday morning. Deputies with the Saline County Sheriff's Office were sent to the 3400 block of N. Halstead Road after 37-year-old Michael Sorden was hurt in a single car accident around 7am. Deputies say Sorden missed a turn from Watkins onto N. ...