8 years ago
A student is in custody after bringing a gun and knife to a Salina elementary school on Friday. According to USD 305,  it was discovered Friday morning that a student brought a gun and knife to school at Stewart Elementary. The student brought the gun and knife not with the intention of harming anyone, but was ...

8 years ago
A Friends of the Salina Animal Shelter fundraising event took an emotional turn Thursday night with an unexpected, major donation. As supporters looked on in stunned silence, and then erupted in a standing ovation, the Petco Foundation made a $175,000 grant donation to the the Salina Animal Shelter. Petco District Leader Jeff Lang traveled from Kansas ...

8 years ago
New flights out of the Salina Regional Airport, east to Chicago and west to Denver, will soon take flight.  SkyWest Airlines will begin daily United Express jet service from Salina to Chicago and Denver. As the takeoff date nears, SkyWest Managing Director of Marketing Development Greg Atkin was in Salina on Thursday. Atkin met with Salina ...

8 years ago
Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt joined U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions and other law enforcement partners on Thursday to announce the largest coordinated sweep of elder fraud cases in U.S. history. At a news conference at the U.S. Department of Justice, the officials announced recent enforcement actions against numerous fraud schemes that have targeted senior citizens. ...

8 years ago
The Dane G. Hansen Foundation is pleased to bring the Lovewell Institute for the Creative Arts to NW Kansas this summer. The Foundation is sponsoring four, week-long musical theatre workshops for high school students (incoming freshman through graduating seniors). From the first word to the final bow, students conceive, write, choreograph, compose, design, rehearse, produce and ...

8 years ago
Salina Police are looking for a stolen car and may have a suspect in mind. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that 34-year-old Samantha McMahon of Manhattan contacted authorities after her 2000 Pontiac Grand Prix was stolen from in front of her mother's home in the 2300 block of Wesley Street in Salina. McMahon told police ...

8 years ago
A Wichita Republican is dropping out of the Kansas governor's race. Wink Hartman announced Wednesday he is ending his campaign and endorsing Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach for the Republican nomination for governor. Hartman says he is backing Kobach because of his conservative principles. Kobach is among several candidates including incumbent Governor Jeff Colyer seeking the ...

8 years ago
A social media post making its way around Facebook caught the attention of people across the country Wednesday, including in Salina. The post threatened a school shooting, citing "SHS." Because it was so vague multiple school districts and schools that start with the letter "s", including Salina USD 305 and Salina South High School, fielded concerns and ...

8 years ago
Another winter storm is impacting much of Kansas, and has prompted a Winter Weather Advisory for a large portion of central and eastern Kansas. Patchy freezing drizzle will continue throughout Thursday morning across the area with minor accumulations expected. By noon, temperatures should warm above freezing roughly east of I-35, ending the freezing precipitation threat. However ...

8 years ago
Kansas Governor Jeff Colyer was in Abilene on Wednesday for a special event. The governor stopped at the Eisenhower Presidential Library to officially sign his first bill. The bill signed by Colyer authorized the placement of a statue on the Statehouse grounds honoring former President and five-star General Dwight D. Eisenhower. The statue depicts Eisenhower in ...

8 years ago
Salina Police are looking for a stolen car that someone drove away from a bar and grill. Police report that Eloise Martinez was visiting Maggie Mae's, 409 S. Broadway on Tuesday afternoon around 2pm. She told officers when she walked out the door 15-minutes later her car was gone. Martinez also said she may have accidentally dropped the ...