8 months ago
The Saline County Relay for Life recently held its annual fundraising event at the St. Francis Campus in North Salina. The event at the new location attracted a larger crowd than last year. A total of 19 teams registered for the event, up from 15 in 2024. Participants were welcomed by a sunny sky, and a powerful ...

8 months ago
A couple of bicycle riders were injured when they were hit by a tire that became detached from a trailer. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, Wayne and Barbara Akers, both age 75 and from Marion, were riding bicycles on the shoulder of U.S. 36 Highway in Rawlins County in NW Kansas. An approaching 2015 Chevrolet Silverado ...

8 months ago
It was the year the Royals won the World Series, Coke introduced its new formula and Salina was introduced to the idea of a local Jam Fest. When Steve and Rick Hanson first cooked up the idea in 1985, they thought it would be fun for a conglomeration of bands to join forces on stage at ...

8 months ago
A Salina man was injured in a rollover crash on Burma Road. Captain Jim Hughes with the Saline County Sheriff's Office tells KSAL News that on Thursday afternoon around 3pm, 65-year-old Johnny Schneider was transported to Salina Regional Health Center to be treated for non-life-threatening injuries. Deputies say Schneider was driving southbound in a 2012 Honda Civic ...

8 months ago
U.S. Senators Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and Gary Peters (D-Mich.) – both members of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies – introduced the Federal Operational Resilience in Emergency Conditions and Storm Tracking (FORECAST) Act that would exempt certain National Weather Service (NWS) employees from any executive order or memorandum imposing a hiring ...

8 months ago
Tips are being sought in a case involving a missing high-dollar surveyor's tool. The case is the latest Salina Crime Stopper crime of the week. Police say on Tuesday, May 27th, at about 1 PM a subject advised he was surveying the area of Mulberry and Walnut between S. 7th and S. 8th streets in Salina, ...

8 months ago
A disgruntled customer has been arrested for allegedly twice trying to set a Salina bank on fire. According to Salina Police, Thursday night at about 11:00, a subject was driving past First Bank Kansas, 1333 W. Crawford, when they observed the side of the building on fire. As the citizen pulled up to the bank, they ...

8 months ago
Salina Police have made an arrest after a child was allegedly inappropriately touched. Police say on Tuesday at about 1:30 PM, officers responded to Salina Regional Health Center in reference a possible sexual assault. The investigation determined that during the early morning hours Tuesday  31-year-old Christopher Terry of Salina, allegedly inappropriately touched a child who was under the ...

8 months ago
What started as a traffic stop on Interstate 70 ended with one of the largest drug busts ever in Geary County. According to the Geary County Sheriff's Office, on June 1st and June 2nd, a coordinated multi-jurisdictional criminal enforcement effort was conducted along the I-70 corridor through Geary County. The operation was aimed at locating, identifying, ...

8 months ago
When Saline and Dickinson County Republicans convene later this month to elect a person to temporarily take over the unexpired term of JR Claeys in the Kansas Senate, so far at least two people will be up for consideration. The meeting will be held on Monday, June 16, at 7:00 p.m. at the Courtyard by Marriott ...

8 months ago
New leadership is taking charge at the hospital in Abilene. Kimberly Haverly is the new Administrator at Memorial Health System. According to Salina Regional Health Center, which manages Memorial Health System's operations, Haverly’s health care experience spans 14 years including serving as Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer at a rural hospital, leading a 1,000-member ...