7 years ago
A staff member at Ell-Saline High School has been honored. According to the school,  Larry Laas, 7-12 counselor in the USD 307 Ell-Saline School District, has been named this year’s KCA Hall of Fame Recipient. Prior to Ell-Saline, Laas was a counselor in USD 333 at Concordia High School.  He has been a member of the Kansas ...

7 years ago
Saline County Commissioners learned that a pre-trial services program may bring about a 10-15% reduction in the number of occupied jail beds.  This program is coordinated by Community Corrections and will begin April 15.  This news is welcome but commissioners acknowledged that this step alone won’t reduce the number of inmates to what can be ...

7 years ago
A student at Kansas Wesleyan University has been honored as an All-American. According to KWU, senior Autumn Zimmerman was honored as an All-American at the 2019 Pi Kappa Delta National Convention for debate and forensics. The national tournament was held at Hofstra University in New York and included more than 80 schools. In addition to Zimmerman, KWU ...

7 years ago
It is billed as being "Like None Other!" Organizers Tuesday morning unveiled plans for the 2019 Smoky Hill River Festival. 2019 will be the 43rd year of the annual celebration of the arts in Salina. This year's festival is June 13th - 16th. The popular Festival Jam will get things started Thursday night. The Big Band Dance ...

7 years ago
A number of tools were stolen from a Salina construction site last weekend at 148 N. Oakdale. Police Captain Gary Hanus tells KSAL News that sometime between 7pm Friday and 6am Saturday morning, someone forced open a temporary door on a building at the former St. John's Hospital, then pried open a job site toolbox and ...

7 years ago
Salina Police are looking for a female suspect who forged a couple of checks and then left the drive-through lane at a bank. According to Captain Gary Hanus, on Monday afternoon at 12:36pm a white female driving a white, Volvo pulled into the First Bank Kansas location at 235 S. Santa Fe and used a forged ...

7 years ago
The city of Abilene made an elite list. Abilene is one of 20 finalists from around the country on USA Today's Readers' Choice Top 10 list for "Best Historic Small Town." According to USA Today, all 20 finalists have populations below 30,000 residents, making them fun and affordable ways to dive into our nation's past. Abilene is not ...

7 years ago
In a special meeting, Saline County Commissioners heard final recommendations from Jim Robertson, of Voorhis/Robertson Justice Service, who spent the last year analyzing the county’s inmate population.  Robertson said that there is “no zero cost option in Saline County” for dealing with a growing jail population.  He concluded that building a new jail on a ...

7 years ago
Bicycle racks will soon be available on all five local bus routes for CityGo public transportation in Salina. According to CityGo, beginning on Monday  bicycle racks will be available on every bus on both Peak and Regular routes, for free customer use.  The permanent installation of the racks is part of OCCK’s plan to improve transit ...

7 years ago
A Salina man driving with a revoked habitual drivers license allegedly made death threats to an acquaintance. Police Captain P. Forester told KSAL News: Shane Allen (31), his son (8), and Kristen Wyatt (27) all from Plainville, were in the 300 block of N. Broadway when John Blaskowski Jr. (40) from Salina pulled up next to them ...

7 years ago
A '91 Ford F350 was stolen after being loaned to a friend. The Salina Police Department is investigating the stolen truck. According to Angela Young (69) of Salina she loaned the truck to her son. Her son allowed his friend to use the truck so he could go to Walmart on the 4th but the truck ...