9 years ago
Visitors will someday be able to walk through a natural wonder in western Kansas that has been privately owned for decades. The Nature Conservancy of Kansas last week bought a 330-acre tract that holds 250 acres of rising rock formations, some that reach up to 100 feet high. The formations between Scott City and Oakley are known ...

9 years ago
Police were looking for a driver who fled the scene of a single vehicle crash in a Salina Park early Sunday morning. The crash  happened at around 7:45 in Sunset Park. Police, and witnesses at the scene told KSAL News that a black SUV entered the park from Republic Street. It followed the one-way road that ...

9 years ago
Kansas voters next month will decide the fate of a proposed amendment to the state constitution declaring that Kansas residents have the right to hunt, fish and trap wildlife. Constitutional Amendment 1 would add a section to the state's Bill of Rights to preserve hunting and fishing as a preferred way to manage wildlife. The measure ...

9 years ago
A large group of soldiers from Fort Riley are preparing to deploy to Iraq. The Army Friday announced a fall 2016 deployment of 1st Infantry Division Headquarters, from Fort Riley, Kansas, with approximately 500 soldiers going to Iraq in support of Operation Inherent Resolve. The 1st Infantry Division Headquarters will assume the role of Combined Joint Forces ...

9 years ago
More than 35 high school bands from Kansas and Oklahoma, including the Salina South high School band, are participating Saturday in the 30th annual Central States Marching Festival at Kansas State University. "The Central States Marching Festival has grown to be one of the most — if not the most — comprehensive, educational, beneficial and well-run ...

9 years ago
A Salina woman has turned her love of quilting into a business. A ceremonial ribbon cutting this week signaled the start of a new Salina business. The name says it all. Smoky Hill Quilting is all about quilting. Owner Becky Peterson has been sewing for 46 years, and quilting for 33 years. She can do most everything, ...

9 years ago
Three men from southwest Kansas were charged in federal court here today with conspiring to detonate a bomb at an apartment complex in Garden City where Muslim immigrants from Somalia live and worship, Acting U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said. A criminal complaint unsealed today alleged the men conducted surveillance to size up potential targets, stockpiled firearms, ...

9 years ago
A case involving the fatal shooting of a Salina South High School student back in May of 2015 finally came to a conclusion, when the final defendant was sentenced Friday afternoon. Judge Rene Young sentenced 20-year-old Jerome Forbes to a total of 68 months in prison. Forbes had pled to charges that include Involuntary Manslaughter, Felony ...

9 years ago
A recent study from the U.S. Geological Survey says the largest recorded earthquake in Kansas history was likely the result of waste water injected into the ground by one or two nearby wells. The 4.9 magnitude earthquake happened in November 2014 about 40 miles southwest of Wichita. The report, which will be published in Seismological Research Letters ...

9 years ago
Better together. That's what officials from Westar Energy and Great Plains Energy, doing business as Kansas City Power and Light, say they will be after a merger between the two utilities is complete. Leaders from both companies were in Salina Friday to discuss the merger of the two largest utility operators in Kansas and Missouri. Terry Bassham ...

9 years ago
The Blues are coming back home to Salina. For the 19th consecutive year, Blues Masters at the Crossroads will present  two nights of live music - steeped in blues tradition. "It has really evolved, it grew in reputation pretty quickly among the international blues community," said Marc Sheforgen with Acoustic Sounds of Salina. "We continue to draw fans ...