7 years ago
A Salina teen was threatened through the drive thru window while working at McDonald's on S. Broadway. According to Capt. Gary Hanus of the Salina Police Department: The incident happened last night between 11:00 and 11:15 PM. Officers received the call from a young male employee after a man allegedly walked up to the drive thru ...

7 years ago
Flood damage repairs are underway in Harvey County. County officials say crews are working to clear flood debris and make repairs to damaged roads. Harvey County officials say there is several-hundred-thousand-dollars' worth of flood damage and they are receiving assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency with their recovery efforts.

7 years ago
Boil Water Order Issued for Sundowner West Mobile Home Park, Saline Co.  The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has issued a boil water Order for the Sundowner West Mobile Home Park located in Saline County. Customers should observe the following precautions until further notice: If your tap water appears dirty, flush the water lines by letting the ...

7 years ago
Nominations are being currently being solicited for inductees into the 2019 class of the Salina Business Hall of Fame. The Salina Area Chamber of Commerce established the Salina Business Hall of Fame in 2005 to honor prominent business leaders both past and present, which have made extraordinary contributions to Salina, earned the respect of the Salina ...

7 years ago
Kansas Governor Laura Kelly and Lieutenant Governor Lynn Rogers announced at a press conference today details on the upcoming Office of Rural Prosperity Listening Tour. The tour is intended to foster new ways to help rural Kansas communities by hearing from the residents themselves. “Rural Kansas has been overlooked and unheard for far too long,” Governor Kelly ...

7 years ago
The Dane G. Hansen Foundation has awarded a $100,000 grant to the Saline County Department of Senior Services to assist in the restoration and repairs to the building.  Strengthening critical community services so that the people of Northwest Kansas enjoy the highest possible quality of life is a part of the Dane G. Hansen Foundation ...

7 years ago
As the nation reflects and remembers the courage and lives lost to break through Hitter's Atlantic Wall 75-years ago on D-Day, staff at the Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum will be culminating a week of activities with a Remembrance Ceremony in Abilene on Thursday morning. Museum Curator, William Snyder tells KSAL News that beginning at 9:30am, ...

7 years ago
Bizarre behavior lands a Salina woman in county jail. Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that the incident began shortly after 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday in the 1700 block of W. State St. where a line of cars were waiting on a train to cross the roadway. With the line of cars all stopped at ...

7 years ago
The lion will sleep tonight...at Rolling Hills Zoo. A new lion pride arrived Wednesday morning. The pride includes 9-year-old male Sahar and 5-year-old female littermates Kamali and Zalika. The trio of African lions moved to their new home in Salina from the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago. Rolling Hills Zoo General Curator Brenda Gunder told KSAL News ...

7 years ago
The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services is turning to a Kansas company to handle child welfare cases in the Omaha area. State officials announced yesterday that they will award a five-year, 197-million-dollar contract to the Salina, Kansas-based St. Francis Ministry. The new contract is less than two-thirds as expensive as the current agreement with Omaha-based ...

7 years ago
Eisenhower National Airport in Wichita is the recipient of two federal grants. City officials announced yesterday that the Wichita Aviation Authority received an eight-point-six-million-dollar FAA grant for runway work. The airport previously was awarded a six-point-seven-million-dollar grant to replace part of the runway's keel section. Airport officials say the grants will help extend the life of the runway ...