10 months ago
Kansas Wesleyan’s strong tradition of music will be on full display this spring with a wide range of musical events open to the public. Highlights include two full symphonic orchestra concerts, collaboration with Theatre Salina and performances that feature area high school students, as well as the usual ensemble concerts and recitals. “It’s such a busy semester,” said Michelle ...

10 months ago
U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran of Kansas said a freeze on federal funding and change at the U.S. Agency for International Development left $340 million in lifesaving food grown in the United States sitting at domestic ports awaiting delivery to locations around the world where people were starving. On Friday, President Donald Trump said he wanted to ...

10 months ago
The Kansas City Chiefs are returning to the Super Bowl for a historic chance to win the league’s first three-peat. The game also marks a three-peat for the Kansas Lottery, which has offered sports betting throughout the state for all three championship games that feature the local team. But it may be the last time Kansas will ...

10 months ago
Family, friends, and colleagues gathered to wish Salina City Manager Mike Schrage farewell. Friday was his last day on the job in Salina, and a retirement reception was held. Schrage resigned at the last meeting of the year in December. He is leaving for a similar position as city manager in Warrensburg, Missouri. After a crowd gathered, ...

10 months ago
A program that teaches elementary school children science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) has been suspended. The Kansas STARBASE program, which operates in five cities across the state including Salina and employs 29 full-time staffers, is shutting down due to a halt in government funding. STARBASE is operated by the Department of Defense. In Kansas it ...

10 months ago
A police pursuit ends with a man facing numerous traffic violations and drug charges. Salina Police Captain Jim Feldman tells KSAL News Friday at 1:30 am, an officer attempted a traffic stop of a 2002 Honda Accord at the intersection of Santa Fe and Elm.  The driver did not comply and a pursuit began. During the pursuit, ...

10 months ago
Unknown suspect(s) broke into a lounge / bar and stole cash from two arcade machines. Salina Police Captain Jim Feldman tells KSAL News on Thursday, February 6th, employees from The Bad Pickle Lounge on 101.5 N. Broadway Blvd. noticed the back door was damaged when they arrived at 9:30 am. They discovered two arcade machines damaged, ...

10 months ago
A Salina attorney who specializes in immigration is reporting that US Immigrants and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents were in Salina Thursday and left with two people. According to the Law Office of Micki Buschar, two individuals were detained by ICE officials in Salina. The attorney says ICE Wichita was looking for someone, and stopped two men ...

10 months ago
The man currently leading the Salina Fire Department can take the "interim" off his title. Shane Pearson is the new Salina Fire Chief. According to the City of Salina, Chief Pearson is in his 25th year of service at the Salina Fire Department. He has served as interim Fire Chief since November 2024. Prior to the interim ...

10 months ago
Property tax legislation is moving forward in the Kansas Legislature. The Kansas Senate has voted to advance a proposed amendment that would limit property taxes collected by local governments. The measure would cap property tax valuation increases in the state to three percent per year.

10 months ago
A man is dead after a train collided with an SUV in northeast Kansas. Emergency crews were called to a private driveway near Delia, Kansas, on Wednesday after a train struck a vehicle. Authorities say 51-year-old Adam Foster had stopped his vehicle on a set of railroad tracks before being struck. Foster died at the scene, and ...