8 years ago
A Kansas National Guard soldier was transported to the hospital in Salina following a one vehicle crash Sunday afternoon. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 21-year-old Caelan Simpson of Wichita was driving a military vehicle, headed north on Interstate 135. He was attempted to exit onto Interstate 70, and was traveling too fast. The vehicle rolled, ...

8 years ago
Salina South Middle School will dedicate a brand new, unique student work area this week. On Friday a grand opening will be held for the South Middle School Makerspace. According to the school, the Makerspace is a place where students can make, build, create, work hands-on, imagine, take risks, try again, play, explore their own interests, ...

8 years ago
Tim Rives will discuss "Three Ways the Old West Influenced Dwight Eisenhower" during the next Miller Nichols Charitable Foundation Lunch and Learn program. A light lunch will be provided during the free program in the Visitors Center Auditorium at noon on Thursday, Sept. 21. Rives is the deputy director and supervisory archivist at the Eisenhower Presidential ...

8 years ago
The Salina Salvation Army is preparing for its  busiest time of the year. The agency right now is working on plans for the upcoming holiday season. Seasonal programs include the free community Thanksgiving dinner, the Angel Tree, a holiday aid basket program that includes a toy shop, and a senior Christmas dinner. To fund these programs, and ...

8 years ago
The wait is over for Kansas bird hunters. The 2017 Kansas Upland Bird Hunting Forecast is available online and in printed form. The report summarizes data from spring and summer surveys and predicts what pheasant, quail and prairie chicken hunters may experience across Kansas this fall. The good news is that it’s good news. Biologists create ...

8 years ago
A north Salina auto repair shop was damaged by fire Friday afternoon. First responders were called to Virg's Auto Repair at 501 E. Pacific just before 1:00 in the afternoon to the report of a fire. Salina Fire Marshal Troy Long told KSAL News at the scene that at 12:56 pm a passing motorist saw flames ...

8 years ago
The kids of Saint Francis Community Services will be among those who benefit from a new degree program at Kansas Wesleyan University. The Salina college and the Salina organization that helps children signed a partnership Friday morning to work together and develop a new Bachelor of Science in Social Work program. Saint Francis Community Services is ...

8 years ago
On Sunday, September 10, 2017 at approximately 10:12 a.m., officers were sent to 721 Seneca in reference to a deceased person in a vehicle. Upon arrival, they found a silver colored 2003 Lincoln Town Car parked in the driveway. Inside the vehicle was a deceased person identified as Raul Lopez-Vargas, 52, of Solomon, Kansas. The death ...

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 ...