8 years ago
Harmful algal blooms continue to be a problem at Kansas lakes. One state fishing lake is now closed, and health officials have issued warnings for nearly a dozen other lakes. The blue-green algae bloom has forced yesterday's closure of Hodgeman State Fishing Lake, near Jetmore in western Kansas. Lakes under warning are in Brown, Shawnee, Marion, Osage, Barton, ...

8 years ago
Investigators are looking for a person who forged a business check at a Salina bank. Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that back on August 9, a suspect stole a blank check from Overland Property Group, 204 S. Santa Fe, filling in an amount of $784.41 before signing and cashing it in at the Bennington State ...

8 years ago
Salina downtown will come alive Friday night with two big events. The sold out Feast on the Fe, and Friday Night Live, will coincide with one another. A band from Kansas City. the Pale Fire Kings, will entertain at both events. With a melodic mixture of blues and folk, the Pale Fire Kings are perfect entertainment for ...

8 years ago
Salina City Commissioner Jon Blanchard and Rocking M Media/KSAL News Director Todd Pittenger sat down late last week week for a chat on Salina Community Access Television’s “Your City in Action”. The two touched on numerous topics, including things like the revitalization of downtown Salina, economic development, job creation, and expansion in South Salina. Blanchard, who is ...

8 years ago
Posters promoting white nationalism were plastered on  the campus of Kansas State University on Wednesday, and have prompted a response from the school. The school released the following statement: "The messages posted on Wednesday, Sept. 13, do not reflect the values of Kansas State University. Kansas State University maintains campus publicity and official bulletin board rules, which can be found ...

8 years ago
Police are investigating a residential burglary that occurred in north Salina Wednesday. Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that sometime between 1:45pm and 8:45pm someone entered a home in the 300 block of N. Penn and stole a 46-inch Sansui TV, a DVD player, wireless router, plus numerous hand tools. Police say a number of dress shirts ...

8 years ago
Immersing their guests in the artistic experience is all part of this year’s Art Gone Wild Plein Air Event at Rolling Hills Zoo this weekend. Regional plein air artists, along with the Zoo’s own animal artists, will be in the park showcasing their artistic talent during Salina’s only plein air event. Plein air is a unique ...

8 years ago
A traffic stop conducted by a Saline County Sheriff Deputy has gone viral after being posted on social media earlier this month. The video, posted on "The People's Content" Facebook page back on September 3rd, has been viewed over 7 million times. The video is of a traffic stop along Interstate 70 in which the driver, ...

8 years ago
The 10th Annual Love Chloe Kickball Jam is aiming for a world record this weekend. "This year we are going to attempt an official Guinness World Record," said Heidi Feyerherm, President of the Love, Chloe Foundation. "We've got 500 custom kickballs that are ready to go and so anyone that comes to do the world record attempt ...

8 years ago
Drawing parallels to what is being “said about Muslims now” to what was being said about Jews in America’s most anti-Semitic times, occurring during the isolationist/ semi-fascist 1920s, Rabbi Moti Rieber then spoke of the importance of action in bringing about more compassionate Kansas communities in the next year. Rieber was the featured speaker at this ...

8 years ago
A small fire briefly interrupted classes at a Salina school Wednesday morning. According to USD 305, Lakewood Middle School students and staff evacuated to the outdoors for approximately one hour following a fire alarm. The alarm was due to smoke from a small fire started in a bathroom that was quickly extinguished. The Salina Fire Department responded, ...