8 years ago
Someone in South Carolina has about a billion reasons to celebrate. The state education lottery announced last night that a winning Mega Millions ticket was sold in the state. The jackpot was $1.6 billion. It's the largest US lottery jackpot ever. The winning numbers were 5, 28, 62, 65, 70 and the Mega number was 5. Even ...

8 years ago
Ten focus groups are scheduled to meet on October 29 to provide input about characteristics needed by a new superintendent to be successful at USD 305. The Board of Education will meet at 8:00 p.m. at the district office in the Schmidt Room to review results from focus group meetings. Individuals invited to groups include Salina ...

8 years ago
The public is invited to help plant native prairie grass and wildflowers at Indian Rock Park this Saturday. The group will meet at the park’s north picnic shelter, near Gypsum Ave. Cups of seed and instruction will be provided for all volunteers. The prairie restoration effort is the first of many future improvements to the historic Indian ...

8 years ago
Salina Police are investigating the theft of a diamond ring from a home in the 400 block of S. Delaware. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that a 65-year-old man contacted authorities after searching for weeks around his house for a collector's glass car in which he kept a silver, diamond ring tucked inside. The man ...

8 years ago
A Salina man was arrested on charges of aggravated battery after a woman told officers she was grabbed by the throat and lifted off the floor. Police took 39-year-old Abel Erives into custody after a medical examine confirmed the victim had injuries consistent with being strangled. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that back on October ...

8 years ago
The Kansas State University Polytechnic Campus will be offering safety certification through the Unmanned Safety Institute. K-State Polytechnic launched UAS program offerings beginning in 2009, only the second in the nation at the time. UAS program offerings now include bachelor’s degrees with emphasis areas in UAS flight and operations and UAS design and integration, a UAS ...

8 years ago
Mega Millions may have to change its name to Mega Billions. After 24 drawings with no jackpot winner, the jackpot for tonight’s drawing is a record-shattering $1.6 billion. The cash option is just short of a billion at $904.9 million. Never in U.S. history has there been a jackpot of this size. Combined with the current ...

8 years ago
Kansas still likes Ike. A fourth tribute to President Dwight D. Eisenhower Eisenhower was dedicated on Monday. Governor Jeff Colyer and members of the Eisenhower family participated in the official unveiling of a new statue honoring President Dwight D. Eisenhower on the statehouse grounds Monday. The statue is located on the northwest lawn of the Capitol. “Ike ...

8 years ago
A shoplifter who paid for his Kool-Aid at a self-check counter at Wal-Mart was arrested for stealing arrows and other items from the Salina store located at 2900 s. 9th on Friday. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that 20-year-old Jacob Vaughan of Salina was arrested a short time after leaving the store with 4 ...

8 years ago
An investigation into who allegedly stole a Subaru from a Salina auto dealer leads to an arrest. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that 18-year-old Rydge Grewe was taken into custody on Friday evening. Police say the 2017 Subaru WRX that was stolen from the lot at Money Automotive, 2222 S. 9th last Monday was recovered ...

8 years ago
A rollover crash on a gravel road east of Salina sends two young women to the hospital. Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that deputies were called to the intersection of Whitmore Road and Cloud on Friday evening around 5pm after a driver lost control and rolled his vehicle. Deputies say 18-year-old Couper Shutts of ...