8 years ago
The Salina Central boys basketball squad fell to third-ranked Maize both times in the regular season. Last time the Mustangs were at Maize High School, they fell behind 21-0. In the biggest game of the 2017-18 campaign, the Mustangs returned the favor. Central used an 18-0 explosion to grab a 16-point advantage, locked down Maize’s leading scorer, ...

8 years ago
Two Salina radio stations raised over $111,000 to help in the fight against childhood cancer. Rocking M Media Radio Stations Y 93.7 and Real Country 101.7 on Friday concluded a two-day radiothon to benefit St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Listeners from all over Kansas opened up their hearts, and their wallets, to help in the effort. Calls ...

8 years ago
The Dane G. Hansen Foundation has awarded $100,000 to Salina Area Technical College, to fund the Dane G. Hansen Foundation Medical Scholarship Program for students in the college’s new Nursing program. Salina Tech President Greg Nichols said the scholarship doesn’t specify a certain number of recipients or a dollar amount, giving the college the flexibility to ...

8 years ago
Thanks to the largest single gift in the history of the school, a dormitory at Bethany College will undergo a major renovation. The school announced Friday a planned $2.5 million renovation of Alma Swensson Hall. According to Bethany, Crossland Construction, recognized as one of the top construction firms in the nation, is providing project management. The ...

8 years ago
A theft from a storage building is this week's Salina Crime Stoppers Crime of the Week. Between December 1, 2017 and February 16, 2018, unknown suspect(s) entered a storage building located in the 700 block of Maple Street in Gypsum, Kansas. The following items have been reported stolen: Harley Davidson motorcycle seat from a 2013 Harley ...

8 years ago
Police are investigating a case of vandalism in east Salina. According to Captain Paul Forrester, sometime just before 3am Thursday morning, someone in a red, 4-door pickup circled around the backside of a couple of Salina businesses and shot out two glass doors and a window with a BB gun. Police say the damage at the Social ...

8 years ago
A new study is ranking the business climate in Kansas as average. Financial site 24/7 Wall Street ranked Kansas 26th on its new "The Best (and Worst) States for Business" list. The study looked at Bureau of Labor statistics on salaries, bachelor degrees, GDP and more. The best business climate is in Massachusetts, while the study found Louisiana ...

8 years ago
A teen, who was smoking outside a house near Kansas Wesleyan leads investigators to a group of males who allegedly took part in a smash and grab burglary from Smokes 4 Less at 1805 S. 9th. Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that an officer on patrol observed a 16-year-old male smoking outside a house in ...

8 years ago
Two Salina radio stations are into their second and final day of a two-day effort to help in the fight against childhood cancer. Rocking M Media radio stations Y 93.7 and Real Country 101.7 are hosting a two-day radiothon to benefit St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Both radio stations are broadcasting continuously, from 6 AM till ...

8 years ago
Students have been allowed back into their rooms at Kansas State University's Wefald Hall following an early morning fire Friday. Twenty-four students are being relocated because of water damage to their rooms. A university employee inspecting conditions after the fire slipped on some standing water and was injured. Staff with the university's Division of Student Life are ...

8 years ago
A man  who Salina Police had been seeking in connection with a recent shooting has been caught. Police say that Darren James Jackson Sr. was arrested Thursday afternoon. Police believe that Jackson was the gunman in a shooting that took place February 5th at a house in the 100 block of N. Front Street. First responders found ...