7 years ago
The Salina Art Center Cinema has installed a hearing loop in the 92 seat downtown movie theater. The hearing loop was made possible by private support from patrons. The hearing loop is a wire taking a feed from a PA system and transmitting it through a wire loop around the room. This loop creates a magnetic ...

7 years ago
The city of Norton is under a state of emergency. Kansas Governor Jeff Colyer declared the state of emergency because of harmful algae blooms in Sebelius Lake, which provides Norton's water supply. The Kansas National Guard is delivering bottled water to the town. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment issued a boil water advisory for Norton ...

7 years ago
Candidates for Kansas Governor on the Republican ticket stormed in to Salina on Saturday morning in what was the final debate before the primary election. Hundreds of well-wishers, supporters and citizens watched; wearing clothing with slogans, pins and stickers of their favorite candidate as four of the men up for the GOP nomination for Kansas Governor ...

7 years ago
Col. George M. Boyd, a former Kansas Wing commander and Tuskegee Airman as well as Civil Air Patrol's 2010 Senior Member of the Year, died Thursday. He was 91 and would have turned 92 Saturday. "Col. Boyd's passing represents a real loss to CAP, to the Tuskegee Airman, to the entire aviation community and to the ...

7 years ago
A missing person's case is this week's Salina Crime Stoppers Crime of the Week. On Friday, December 15, 2017, Alex Michael LaRussa was reported to the Salina Police Department as a missing person by his family. LaRussa was last seen on Friday, December 8, 2017, in the area of Iron and Ohio at about 9:30 p.m. LaRussa ...

7 years ago
The final Kansas Republican Party gubernatorial debate leading up to the primary election will be held in Salina. The 1st Congressional District of will host a debate in conjunction with the Republican State meeting on Saturday, June 23rd. It will begin at 10:00 in the morning at the Salina Innovation Center located at 336 S. Santa ...

7 years ago
A truck thief was arrested after being spotted by the victim's family driving his stolen Ford F-150. Salina Police Sergeant Jim Feldman tells KSAL News that 17-year-old Johnathan Hulse was taken into custody after he allegedly jumped into a pickup with the keys inside and drove away from the 200 block of Millview early Thursday morning. Police ...

7 years ago
Salina Police are issuing a message to the public. They say don't leave your keys in your vehicle. According to the agency, in April they had eight reported stolen autos. Nearly all of them had the keys left in them. They say six of these had the keys left in them. Police have this advice: lock your ...

7 years ago
The Tony's Pizza Events Center is preparing to experience a resurrection.  Resurrection Tour 2018, featuring Puddle of Mudd, and Saliva, will roll into town in early September.  It will make a stop  on Friday, September 7th. Res·ur·rec·tion (rezəˈrekSH(ə)n) – “The revitalization or revival of something; the resurrection of something under a charismatic leader.” A fitting definition ...

7 years ago
Kansas State University Polytechnic Campus has received a waiver from the Federal Aviation Administration to fly unmanned aircraft systems beyond the line of sight. It's the first such waiver granted to a university by the FAA. The FAA certificate to Kansas State Polytechnic's Applied Aviation Research Center waives the rules regarding visual sight of aircraft operations ...

7 years ago
A Salina restaurant that has been in business for over 40 years is closing. La Hacienda, located at 641 S Broadway, announced it plans to close for good in early July. La Hacienda has been serving home made Mexican food in Salina for 43 years. La Hacienda was known, for among other things, serving both home made ...