7 years ago
Match Madness tips off Thursday at the Salina Fieldhouse. The eighth annual event is one of the biggest days of the year to help boost non-profit and service organizations around Salina. Megan Robl with the Greater Salina Community Foundation tells KSAL News that gifts can be earmarked for your favorite charity from 7am to 7pm. [audio mp3="https://www.ksal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/3-20-match-madd.mp3"][/audio]   According to ...

7 years ago
One of the bands headlining this year's Smoky Hill River Festival in Salina has landed another big gig. Larkin Poe will perform at the 50th anniversary Woodstock concert. Larkin Poe, fronted by sisters Rebecca Lovell and Megan Lovell, is scheduled to play on the first day of the three day Woodstock 50 concert on August 16th ...

7 years ago
Kansas game wardens are mourning the loss of a former colleague who was credited for helping in multiple arrests and saving a child. According to the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism, former agency K-9 Meg passed away this week just 14 months following her retirement. Meg is credited with making a multitude of poaching cases, ...

7 years ago
Kansas organizations seeking to get more volunteers involved in special projects are encouraged to apply for special grants which are available. According the Volunteer Kansas organization, they are offering organizations in Kansas the opportunity to apply for Seed Grants in the amount of $500. Grants are given to help support service projects that will engage volunteers. “This ...

7 years ago
Over two dozen Rudd Scholarship winners are heading to college in Kansas. Twenty Five Kansas high school seniors have been named as part of the newest class of Rudd Scholars, each receiving a 4-year scholarships. Fifteen will to attend Wichita State University. In addition, five Kansas students received Rudd Scholarships to attend Emporia State University, and ...

7 years ago
Authorities are investigating after a pedestrian was hit by a vehicle in the area of the Kansas State University campus in Manhattan. According to the school, the Kansas State University Police Department responded to a report of a vehicle versus pedestrian accident in the crosswalk at Denison Ave. and Todd Road at approximately 2:30 p.m. Tuesday. One ...

7 years ago
Salina will be among a handful of cities across the country to host "Science on the Screen" on the big screen. The Salina Art Center Cinema is again this year a "Science on Screen" grantee. Through the program, participating  organizations will use one of the nation’s favorite pastimes—going to the movies—to promote public understanding of science. The ...

7 years ago
A jewelry collection was stolen from a home near downtown. Salina Police are investigating a residential burglary in the 600 block of W. Walnut that occurred Monday sometime between 7:40am and 5pm. Police say the victim came home from work and noticed her house was out of order. She then discovered her gold wedding band with three ...

7 years ago
Salina Police are investigating the theft of a watch collection that could link back to a house fire in 2014. Police say the homeowner told officers that sometime between 2014 and March 18, 2019, someone removed four high-end watches from the home that are worth about $15,000. The man told police this week that during that time ...

7 years ago
Old social media posts have doomed a judicial appointment by Kansas Governor Laura Kelly. According to the governor's office, in light of the information that has surfaced regarding Judge Jeffry Jack’s social media presence, Kelly is withdrawing his name from consideration for the Kansas Court of Appeals vacancy. Jack, at the request of Governor Kelly, submitted ...

7 years ago
A man who told police officers he was robbed at knife point as he worked at Long John Silver's Sunday morning - recanted his story Monday and was taken into custody. Captain Gary Hanus tells KSAL News that investigators, "Did a great job on this case," and arrested 26-year-old Darius Harris after inconsistencies in his story ...