10 years ago
The sound of cannon fire will signal the unveiling of 22 new sculptures in Downtown Salina on Saturday for Sculpture Tour Salina. It's the sixth year for a tradition that continues to bring new art and conversations about art into downtown. "It really does add some flair to the community and part of the reason that we ...

10 years ago
A Thursday morning donut disturbance has Salina Police investigating an odd hit and run case. Salina Police Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that at about 7:30 Thursday morning, officers were sent to the Elmore Center at 755 E. Crawford to the report of a disturbance. Hurts Donut from Wichita was selling donuts in the parking ...

10 years ago
A damage to property and a theft case highlight Thursday's Salina Police Log. A 4' X 4' double pane window was damaged at Salina Scale, 415 N. 9th Street. The damage, from a small projectile, was discovered this week. Total damage is estimated at $1,000. A 5-drawer rolling tool chest, and the tools in it, ...

10 years ago
A Salina woman trying to get a consolidation loan falls for a scam. Police Captain Mike Sweeney says that a woman in her 40s was researching loan consolidation online. The woman found a website titled cashnetpayday.com and filled out an application. A short time later she was contacted via a phone call. A man with a ...

10 years ago
The Kansas Republican Party's chairman and other top GOP officials say they'll support Donald Trump as the party's nominee for president. But not all Republicans are ready to back the brash billionaire now that he is the presumed GOP candidate. State GOP Chairman Kelly Arnold predicted Wednesday that Kansas Republicans who've opposed Trump's bid for the nomination ...

10 years ago
A Kansas Highway Patrol investigator says a truck driver failed to set the emergency brakes on a truck and likely caused an Amtrak train derailment west of Dodge City. The truck owned by Cimarron Crossing Feeders rolled downhill, broke through two fences, crossed U.S. 50 and struck the railroad bed. That displaced ties and tracks on ...

10 years ago
Time to say goodbye to that old computer monitor that's taking up space in your garage, "We'll take it off your hands," said Chris Slubowski, Household Hazardous Waste Coordinator for the City of Salina. Slubowski tells KSAL News that citizens will be able to stop by the 8th Annual Electronic Recycling Event scheduled for Saturday, May ...

10 years ago
Who were the people that founded Salina? The Story of Christina Phillips Campbell is a First Thursday Presentation tomorrow at the Smoky Hill Museum with Dr. Boo Hodges. "I don't think this town exists today - at all if Christina Phillips had not arrived in 1858," said Hodges during the KSAL Morning News on Wednesday. "She was the ...

10 years ago
More than 116,000 people have signed an online petition urging the inspector general to investigate what it calls voter suppression at a federal government agency entrusted with making voting more accessible. The progressive advocacy group CREDO Action said it planned to deliver petition signatures Wednesday to the U.S. Election Assistance Commission's Inspector General Patricia Layfield. The commission ...

10 years ago
Salina Police are investigating after someone stole the air compressor and air conditioning unit on a building located at 760 N. Broadway. Police say someone cut the pipes and removed the unit sometime between 1pm Monday and 5pm Tuesday. Loss and damage is listed at $3,000.

10 years ago
Police are reviewing surveillance video from two Salina sandwich shops after burglars emptied two safes. Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that the Subway Restaurant at 1014 E. Crawford and Subway at 676 Westport Blvd. were both hit by burglars over the same time frame. Police say both shops were targeted sometime during the overnight hours on ...