9 years ago
Nearly forty-percent of visitors who enter the gates at Rolling Hills Zoo end up spending the night in Salina. "According to our surveys that we do at least 36-percent of our visitors will spend the night in Salina," said Linda Henderson, Development & Marketing Director at Rolling Hills Zoo. Henderson and Assistant Director Kathy Tolbert joined in ...

9 years ago
The Agriculture Department is forecasting a far smaller U.S. winter wheat crop than a year ago. Its National Agricultural Statistics Service on Wednesday predicted the 2017 crop would be down 25 percent to 1.25 billion bushels. Its forecast average wheat yield of 48.8 bushels per acre is down 6.5 bushels from last year's record yield. The outlook ...

9 years ago
Salina Fieldhouse is generating excitement as it nears completion, and already a couple of events have been booked. At a media event officials announced Wednesday morning that the multi-million dollar facility will be open early this summer. Recreation Superintendent Travis Scheele said it will be open by mid-July. Scheele said that parks and recreation events that are ...

9 years ago
Kansas legislators are reviving a plan to fix the state budget by increasing income taxes that many think wouldn't raise enough new revenue. House and Senate negotiators signed off Wednesday on a measure that would roll back past tax cuts championed by Republican Gov. Sam Brownback. It would raise more than $1 billion over two years. The ...

9 years ago
A vehicle that had been reported as stolen earlier this month was recovered yesterday by the Salina Police Department. Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that at 12:10 P.M. on Tuesday, Salina law enforcement were sent to the 600 block of Montrose to recover a missing vehicle that someone had seen and reported in the area. Officers tried ...

9 years ago
A series of events lands a Salina man in the hospital and with several criminal charges, including felony theft. Employees at CNC Autosales at 732 S. Broadway in Salina told authorities that a white male in his mid 20s came to the car lot and asked to look inside on a 2006 Chevy Cobalt. The employees gave ...

9 years ago
A theft of a trailer was reported in Smolan, Kan. on May 9th. John Noller, 50, of Smolan, told the Saline County Sheriff's Office that his flat bed trailer had been taken sometime between May 7th at 8 A.M. and May 9th at 8 P.M. Prior to the theft, the trailer was parked at the Anderson Machine ...

9 years ago
A Salina South High School graduating senior is one of an elite group of the class of 2017. He has been named a Presidential Scholar. Tyler Ross is one of 161 winners that were chosen across the country out of a group of more than 5,100. Ross is one of only three students in Kansas to ...

9 years ago
Ellsworth County law enforcement caught a suspected burglar who fled, and was on the run for a couple of hours. According to the Ellsworth County Sheriff's Office, at 11:18 Tuesday morning a burglary in progress was reported at a residence located at 816 Highway 156 in Ellsworth County. When Deputies arrived, the suspect had fled the ...

9 years ago
Saline County County Administrator Rita Deister told Commissioners Tuesday that “based on rough estimates, an increase in unencumbered budget funds, estimated revenues, and new construction revenues may allow the Commission to have a minimum mil increase”.  She estimated that there will be $6,000,000 in new construction in the County.  She wrote about an” unencumbered budget ...

9 years ago
The third request for a private fireworks display within a matter of weeks prompted discussion by the Saline County Commission before it was narrowly approved. Commissioners Tuesday narrowly approved a request from Director of Emergency Management Hannah Stambaugh to allow a private fireworks display on Saturday, May 20th at the Salina County Club.  The show is ...