9 months ago
Tis’ the season. Smoky Hill River Festival wristband sales officially begin Thursday morning. 2025 will be the 49th year of the annual celebration of the arts in Salina. This year’s epic arts party  this year’s epic arts party is June 12th-15th in Oakdale Park. Admission to the River Festival is by weekend wristband, $15 in advance, or ...

9 months ago
Twenty four new pieces of art will be unveiled in downtown as the 2025 SculptureTour Salina takes the wraps off this Saturday. The sculptures will be simultaneously unwrapped at  11:00am. Everyone is encouraged to come downtown for the reveal and bring family and friends. A Walking Tour Map / Ballot can be picked from one of the ...

9 months ago
One of the oldest churches in Salina will be celebrating its 155th anniversary this Sunday. Immanuel Lutheran Church, located at 255 S. 7th Street, was founded on May 11th, 1870 by Swedish immigrants who settled in the Salina area.  It remained ia part of the Augustana Lutheran Church until becoming a member of the Lutheran Church ...

9 months ago
Police are investigating the theft of construction equipment from a Salina rental company. Police Captain Jim Feldman tells KSAL News that last Friday, two men came into Bobcat of Salina on W. Diamond Drive and rented a MT 100 Stand-On Loader with a trailer. When the equipment was not returned on Monday, staff tried to contact them ...

9 months ago
On the coattails of a new exhibit, a presentation at the Smoky Hill Museum will focus on Civil War events that happened in Kansas. According to the museum, the May presentation titled “The Civil War in Kansas” is planned for this Thursday, May 1st. Will Haynes from the Watkins History Museum in Lawrence will discuss the ...

9 months ago
A three vehicle crash at a railroad crossing just west of Salina sent one person to the hospital. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, three vehicles were stopped at a railroad crossing at the intersection of  State Street and Old 40 Highway 40.  As a train was approaching, 47-year-old Jorge Torres-Murillo of Culver tried backing up ...

9 months ago
After over three decades the disappearance of a Salina woman is still a mystery.  Tuesday marked another year of one of the most well-known missing person cases in Salina. It's been 32 years since Kathryn Adam was last seen. On April 29th, 1993, 35-year-old Kathryn Adam went missing. Adam was last seen at 4:30 in the morning ...

9 months ago
A scheduled water release from a reservoir in Western Kansas will to support water supplies for the cities of Hays and Russell. According to the Kansas Water Office, the release will help recharge the groundwater resources and increase streamflow in the Smoky Hill River, benefiting municipal water wells for both communities. The decision to release water follows ...

9 months ago
Monday marked the final day in business for 112 Joann Fabric stores across the country, including the store in Salina. Over a third of all Joann Fabric stores are now closed. The company filed for bankruptcy back in January, its second filing in eleven months, and has now been bought by a retail liquidator. More than 250 ...

9 months ago
Holocaust Remembrance Week at Kansas Wesleyan University will focus on the Jewish experience in Hungary. KWU Professor of History Dr. Mike Russell joined in the KSAL Morning News Extra with a look back at the closing days of World War II and how collaborators like the Arrow Cross Party in Hungary helped fuel the carnage. [audio mp3="https://www.ksal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Dr-Russell-shoes-on-river.mp3"][/audio]   The ...

9 months ago
A woman who went missing from Salina back in the summer of 2023 is feared to be deceased. Back on August 24th, 2023, police began asking for the public’s help in finding 19-year-old Haley Ann Davis of Salina.  She was reported missing on August 10th of that year, after last being last seen in Salina. She ...