8 months ago
The Salina Fire Department is still investigating a fire that killed one person late last week. Salina Fire Chief Shane Pearson tells KSAL News an investigation into a fire at 119 S. Columbia is ongoing.  The Chief says they are unable to release any more information, including the name of the victim. The agency responded to the ...

8 months ago
An emergency street replacement project will begin in a West Salina neighborhood. According to the City of Salina, starting Monday an emergency street replacement project will begin. A portion of Redwood Drive between Cherokee Drive and just west of Hemlock Drive will be replaced. This emergency repair is necessary due to an unexpected street failure. The project will require ...

8 months ago
A motion picture filmed in the summer of 2023 in several Kansas communities is set to premiere. “Sod and Stubble” was filmed in Downs, Wichita and El Dorado. It will premiere Friday night at a Wichita Theatre, and then Saturday night the stars, cast, and crew will attend an event in Downs. “Sod and Stubble” will premiere ...

8 months ago
The Tony's Pizza Events Center and Saline County Livestock and Expo Center is all about agriculture this week. The 60th Mid America Farm Expo is going on through Friday. There are over 200 booths, exhibits, and displays inside and outside the venues. For many, the main attraction is the large number of of farm equipment on ...

8 months ago
A Kansas man is under arrest after a child told a babysitter there was a monster under their bed. According to the Barton County Sheriff's Office, 27-year-old Martin Villalobos Jr. was found hiding under a bed at a home near Great Bend this week. Villalobos fled from the home, but he was arrested the next morning ...

8 months ago
A Salina high school student with big dreams of starting his own pool business, won the top prize at the 4th Annual Charlie Walker Pitch Challenge. On Wednesday night at the campus of K-State Salina, 11 entrepreneurs pitched their business models to get a chance of winning cash prizes. Salina Central high school freshman Marshall Zuccarelli, now ...

8 months ago
You can get in on the fun with the fastest growing sport in America, as an indoor pickleball facility is now open in Salina. Salina Smash has opened its doors to the public with 4 full-sized pickleball courts on 1820 S. 9th St. Unit B. General Manager Josh Gardner tells KSAL News, he plans on adding ...

8 months ago
Salina USD 305 Public Schools have unveiled another in a series of district produced school safety videos. According to the district, the seventh video is a part of a series focused on working with families to uphold school safety. In the video, Superintendent Linn Exline explains the anonymous reporting app, STOPit, and the response procedure, Run, Hide, ...

8 months ago
The Cold Weather Rule ends on Monday, March 31. In addition, Monday is the deadline to apply for the Low Income Energy Assistance Program, known as LIEAP. According to the Kansas Corporation Commission, the Cold Weather Rule protects residential customers, served by KCC regulated utilities, from disconnection when temperatures are forecast to drop below 35 degrees. Applications ...

8 months ago
The three-day grace period for returning mail-in ballots in Kansas is coming to an end. The Kansas House and Senate voted yesterday to override Governor Laura Kelly's veto of a bill requiring that voters must return their ballots by 7:00 p.m. on Election Day. The new law will take effect on January 1st, 2026.

8 months ago
Kansas Wesleyan University will join with the Smoky Hill Museum to co-sponsor a special showing of “The Ellis Trail to Nicodemus”. According to KWU,  “Ellis Trail” is the story of pregnant newlywed Emma Johnson-Williams's journey west and the birth of the first baby born in Nicodemus, a location in what is now Graham County, that was ...