7 years ago
After 43 years of service with the Salina Area Chamber of Commerce,  the President and CEO is calling it a career. Don Weiser is retiring later this spring. Weiser spent the last 4 ½ years as the president and CEO of the Chamber. Weiser first joined the Chamber staff in 1975 as Executive Assistant to then President ...

7 years ago
An organization that started with a collection of horses in a barn is planning to celebrate its 20 year anniversary as an accredited zoo. Rolling Hills Zoo detailed plans on Thursday for a year long celebration. Rolling Hills Executive Director Robert Jenkins said there will be different specials and activities planned each month as part of ...

7 years ago
A Salina man has 20,000 reasons to be a fan of the Kansas Lottery. Richard Bronson of Salina has a strategy for playing Keno. He follows the same routine almost every day and this week it paid off with a $20,022 win on an 8-Spot Keno ticket. “I go to one Dillons and buy a multi-draw Keno ...

7 years ago
Two Salina women had several items--including multiple tablets--stolen from their northeast Salina apartment. Police Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that the burglary happened sometime between 7:55 a.m. and noon on Wednesday at an apartment complex at 1132 E. Ash. One of the victims, a 61-year-old Salina woman came home for lunch to find a light left ...

7 years ago
A Wichita Republican lawmaker is considering a run for the U.S. Senate. Senate President Susan Wagle is planning to form an exploratory committee as she weighs a possible senate run in 2020. Current Kansas U.S. Senator Pat Roberts announced last week that he will not seek re-election next year.

7 years ago
A Salina woman came home to find a burglary in progress--with a half naked man standing in her garage. Police Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that dispatch received a call of a burglary in progress in the 700 block on Meadowbrook on Wednesday at 1:20 p.m. Forrester says that 37-year-old woman came home and found clothing ...

7 years ago
Sitting in their home in Fayetteville, Arkansas on break for the holidays, Dave and Alice Dawson have many reasons to be thankful. Their son, Max, is home for the holiday from St. John’s Military School where they enrolled him almost a year ago. Not only has Max excelled academically, socially, and athletically since he entered ...

7 years ago
The Partners 4 Success program, an initiative of Salina Adult Education Center, is gearing up for Class #11.  Information meetings are being held at Catholic Charities, 1500 S. Ninth Street, Thursday, January 10th at 1:00 p.m. or Friday, January 11th at 9:00 a.m.  One of the information meetings is required in order to participate in ...

7 years ago
The Salina Area United Way’s Annual Community Volunteer Event will be held on February 12, 2019 from 2:00 – 4:00 at the Hilton Garden Inn & Convention Center located at 3320 S. 9th Street. Gather together with 200 of your closest friends and write a new chapter in the "United Story" by participating in the Annual ...

7 years ago
The Sunset Plaza Shopping Center at 1201 West Crawford Street in Salina is preparing to undergo substantial interior and exterior renovations. Dillons corporate office tells KSAL News the project includes an interior remodel of the Dillons grocery store and the long-vacated movie theater on the west side of the property. The exterior facade, which is still ...

7 years ago
Kansas Governor-elect Laura Kelly is making appointments ahead of her inauguration. Kelly has named Roger Werholtz as interim Secretary of Corrections. Werholtz previously served as corrections secretary from 2002 to 2010. Kelly is also retaining Adjutant General Lee Tafanelli on an interim basis to ensure a smooth transition in leadership of the Kansas National Guard.