8 years ago
An eccentric violin is the people's choice. Salina Arts and Humanities has announced the 2017 People's Choice in the Salina Sculpture Tour program as "Picasso's Violin" by Jodies Bliss from Colorado. The work will be placed in the Salina Innovation Center in Downtown Salina. "Picasso's Violin" is the seventh People's Choice selected by the public and purchased ...

8 years ago
Though it wasn't really polar, there was a chill in the air Saturday when a group of hearty volunteers took an icy dip as a large group of well-wishes cheered them on. The Salina Polar Plunge event to help support Kansas Special Olympics was held at the Webster Conference Center. In past years the lake has ...

8 years ago
High school students interested in law enforcement will have the opportunity this summer to see what law enforcement training and careers are like through the Cadet Law Enforcement Academy program. This is a special year for the program, with this being its 50th Anniversary. The Cadet Law program is hosted by the Patrol, and sponsored ...

8 years ago
A knock on the door awakens a man to a fire that destroyed over $90,000 worth of vehicles and tools he had stored in a Quonset hut near Smolan. Saline County Undersheriff Brent Melander tells KSAL News that 55-year-old Russell Jones was awakened around 8:30pm by a passerby who saw a fire inside his storage shed ...

8 years ago
There were no incidents Friday at Lakewood Middle School. And other than heightened security it was business as usual. There was a heightened police presence at the school following a threat found in a bathroom Thursday afternoon. Rumors swirled on social media, reporting that there was an "active intruder" and that there were more threats. Police ...

8 years ago
A shoplifting case is this week's Salina Crime Stoppers crime of the week. According to Salina Police, on Wednesday, February 7th, multiple items were stolen from Ulta Beauty at 2450 S. 9th Street. The business reported that between 1:30 p.m. and 1:44 p.m. three females took approximately $1000 worth of men’s cologne from the store without paying. ...

8 years ago
Renovation for a new Perkins Restaurant and Bakery are underway. According to the company, the new Perkins will be located near I-135 and W. Schilling Rd. at the building once occupied by Logan’s Roadhouse. This will be the 15th Perkins Restaurant & Bakery by Perkins franchisee CyHawk Hospitality, Inc. Vice President of Operations for CyHawk Hospitality, Matt ...

8 years ago
A candidate vying for the second congressional district seat in Kansas is getting pushback on social media for a controversial campaign promotion in which he is giving away the same make and model of gun that was used in this week's deadly school shooting in Florida.  . Marine veteran Tyler Tannahill is giving away an AR-15 ...

8 years ago
A Salina man was transported to the hospital in Abilene Thursday evening after his car rolled multiple times in a crash on Interstate 70 in Dickinson County. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 61-year-old Duane Davis of Salina was driving a Dodge Neon headed east. He was driving approximately 65-70 mph in the outside lane when ...

8 years ago
Agents with the Dickinson County Sherrif’s Department Drug Enforcement Unit began an investigation this month into the distribution of marijuana to local residents in the Dickinson County area. As a result on Feb 15th a search warrant was executed for a residence located at 2191 Eden Road Lot 16 Red Bud Lake, and an arrest. Makayla ...

8 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a residential burglary after the homeowner discovered he was missing two handguns. Sergeant Brent Rupert tells KSAL News that sometime between August 1 and August 31, of 2017 someone entered a home in the 1300 block of S. 9th Street and stole an Italian made .22 caliber semi automatic pistol and a ...