12 months ago
A Salina manufacturer will close by the end of the year, and will gradually layoff 98 employees. Coperion K-Tron notified officials including the Salina mayor, the Kansas Department of Commerce, and KansasWorks that it is closing its manufacturing facility at 606 N. Front Street by the end of the year. The first eight will be let go ...

12 months ago
A man is headed to prison for leaving his baby in the I-135 canal in Wichita. Thirty-five-year-old Vincent Perez was sentenced yesterday to 54 months in prison for aggravated child endangerment and aggravated battery. Perez was accused of leaving his child in the canal near Harry and Hydraulic in July 2024. The baby was rescued and taken ...

12 months ago
More than a dozen people are sickened by carbon monoxide exposure in Reno County. The incident was reported yesterday at StraightLine H-D-D in the 18-hundred-block of East Wasp Road near Yoder. One person was taken to a hospital, and 15 other people were treated at the scene and refused additional medical treatment. Officials say the carbon monoxide ...

12 months ago
Salina Police are seeking tips in connection with a recent business burglary. The crime is the latest Salina Crime Stoppers crime of the week. Police say On Wednesday, January 15th, Ferco Rental at 264 N. Broadway reported a belated burglary of a storage trailer. Sometime between Sunday, January 5th and Monday, January 13th, someone gained access ...

12 months ago
This weekend a super effort to collect soup for the hungry in Salina kicks off. Everyone in Salina is invited to participate in the "Souper Bowl of Hope". The event is organized by those who organize Project Salina.  They invite everyone to join in the effort of gathering 59,000 cans of soup, in conjunction with Super Bowl ...

12 months ago
A change in  immigration policies has prompted the Kansas State Department of Education to offer guidance to schools. According to the agency, a U.S. Department of Homeland Security directive issued on Tuesday of this week rescinded previously issued guidelines for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) enforcement actions that limit law ...

12 months ago
Ad Astra Books & Coffeehouse is now accepting applications for the Cash Hollistah Scholarship. The scholarship, named after Salina rapper/poet Cash Hollistah, will be awarded to a graduating senior in Central Kansas who shows merit in the field of community enrichment, as well as poetry, music, or visual art. Students must fulfill academic requirements, and plan to ...

12 months ago
A man reported his SUV was stolen, as he witnessed a suspect drive away with it. Salina Police Jim Feldman tells KSAL News on Wednesday evening, a 43-year old man arrived and parked his 2005 GMC Yukon SUV at the Airliner Motel on 781 N. Broadway. The man who was staying at the motel, left his ...

12 months ago
Salina Police are searching for a stolen truck. Police Captain Jim Feldman tells KSAL News the victim reported his truck was stolen after he turned it over it to a known subject to be serviced. On Saturday, January 19th, the acquaintance  visited the victim at his residence on Tenlawns Place, where the man lent his truck ...

12 months ago
A major broadband provider and a coalition of smaller developers complained Wednesday about lack of transparency at the Kansas Department of Commerce in awarding millions of dollars in state and federal funding to upgrade internet service in underserved areas of the state. Concerns about the Department of Commerce’s grant-making process were shared with the Kansas Senate’s ...

12 months ago
A musical version of  the ancient Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice will come to life on the stage at Salina Central High School. The Salina Central Theatre Department will present Hadestown Teen Edition on Friday and Saturday,  January 31st and February 1st. According to the school, Orpheus and Eurydic is written as a folk opera with ...