8 years ago
A rare set of flags exhibited in President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s White House Oval Office will be auctioned this week. The flags were displayed during Eisenhower’s second term, which was highlighted by Alaska and Hawaii’s addition to the United States. During this term, Eisenhower appointed Charles Evans Whittaker and Potter Stewart to the Supreme Court, among five Supreme ...

8 years ago
The Salina Police Department has been honored with an award for traffic safety. At Monday's Salina City Commission meeting, AAA Kansas presented the Salina Police Department with a AAA Community Traffic Safety Award for the 2017 review period. Shawn Steward, Senior Specialist, Public and Government Affairs for AAA Kansas delivered the award to Salina PD Chief ...

8 years ago
The director of education and programing at the Salina Art Center has received a national award.  Gretchen Boyum has been awarded a Walking College Fellowship as part of the 2018 program. The Fellowship, which is from America Walks, a national advocacy organization working to empower communities to create safe, accessible, and enjoyable places to walk, will ...

8 years ago
One of the most influential women in the history of Salina was honored on Monday, and is now forever memorialized at a building that is part of her legacy. Karen Graves, the first female mayor of Salina, was the guest of honor on Monday as the “Karen M. Graves Plaza” was dedicated outside the north ...

8 years ago
The search for a Salina man with a warrant for his arrest leads to the arrest of two more Salina men. Police Sgt. Jim Feldman tells KSAL News that authorities were looking for 19-year-old Jesse Wray on a warrant at his residence, 431 S. College at noon on April 20. Officers observed Wray entering in to the ...

8 years ago
Salina Police are in search for a vehicle that was stolen in front of its owner's home. According to Police Sgt. Jim Feldman, that vehicle was taken between April 20th at 8 p.m. and midnight on April 21 from a residence at 245 S. 9th St. The vehicle in question is a 4-door 1998 Toyota Camry that ...

8 years ago
The Salina Police Department made an arrest after a Salina woman left four children home alone for an extended period of time. Police Sgt. Jim Feldman tells KSAL News that SPD received a call on Sunday at 5 p.m. from a concerned neighbor about the status of children inside of a home in the 900 block ...

8 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff's Office is investigating after a home just outside of Salina had several items of jewelry stolen. Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that burglary happened on Friday, April 19 at a home in the 3700 block of E. Country Club road. Soldan says that the homeowners, Ronald and Lisa Frank, arrived ...

8 years ago
Kansas is taking steps to keep guns out of the hands of offenders. Governor Jeff Colyer signed a measure into law Friday which makes it illegal for people convicted of a misdemeanor domestic violence offense within the past five years to have a gun. Kansas law currently bans anyone convicted of felony domestic violence from owning ...

8 years ago
A ceremony on Monday will honor one of the most influential women in the history of Salina.  The first woman mayor will be honored when the north outside plaza of the Tony’s Pizza Events Center is dedicated as the “Karen M. Graves Plaza.” Karen Graves served on the Salina City Commission from 1977-1983, including a term ...

8 years ago
Salina area students will be among those participating in a "Shark Tank" inspired competition at Kansas State University this week. According to the school, the Kansas Entrepreneurship Challenge, a statewide student entrepreneurship competition featuring high school and collegiate teams from across Kansas, will be Tuesday, April 24th. The contest, which is in partnership with the Kansas Masonic ...