1 year ago
A Salina Police Officer will not face charges in connection with a fatal shooting, nor will a Kansas State Trooper. According to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, they have completed an investigation into the July 24 officer-involved shooting resulting in the death of Jesse Wray, of Salina.  KBI’s investigation included shooting reconstruction, forensic testing of evidence, interviews ...

1 year ago
Salina Police are reminding everyone to arrive alive at your Thanksgiving Day festivities - with your seat belt on. Beginning November 21st through November 30th 2024, the Salina Police Department will join many other law enforcement agencies across the state, including the Kansas Highway Patrol, in the Kansas *THANKGIVING SAFE ARRIVAL traffic enforcement campaign. Although all Kansas ...

1 year ago
Family and friends are remembering and honoring an area teen who lived a full life as he shared his personal  cancer battle with the world. The world is a little less after losing 15-year-old Hayden Ballou on Sunday. It was no secret to anyone who knew him that Hayden lived his life in a way we ...

1 year ago
Piggybacking on news that a $400,000 challenge has been met, Salina Area Technical College received a grant of $600,000 from the Patterson Family Foundation. According to the school,  the legacy of Neal and Jeanne Patterson is carried forward through the Foundation’s mission of “Working together to help rural communities thrive.” The Foundation’s philanthropic reach spans 119 counties ...

1 year ago
One of the biggest events of its kind in the Midwest, and what’s billed as the largest collector toy show in Kansas, is coming to Salina this Saturday. Kenwood Hall and the 4-H Building will be bursting at the seams with toys at the 12th Annual Salina Heart Land Toy Show. Organizers say vendors are coming ...

1 year ago
The court-appointed monitor for Kansas’ settlement of a foster care lawsuit challenged the state’s reliance on “sleep-only” housing because the practice didn’t contribute to satisfactory outcomes for children and distorted statistics on the number of youths in stable residential settings. Monitor Judith Meltzer, senior fellow with the nonprofit Center for the Study of Social Policy, said ...

1 year ago
A college women's soccer coach is under arrest for sex crimes. Earlier this week 46-year-old Joshua Macharia was arrested on two counts of aggravated sexual battery. He was later released from the McPherson County Jail on $20,000 bond. Macharia is the head women's soccer coach at Central Christian College in McPherson. He is on administrative leave pending ...

1 year ago
Following rave reviews from last year’s event, rock music and the string quartet will meet again on the Stiefel Theatre stage. According to the venue, Philadelphia based composer Andrew Lipke has created Rock ‘n Roll meets the String Quartet.  This presentation shows how much rock and classical music have in common. Performing alongside the Salina Symphony ...

1 year ago
 Humanities Kansas recently awarded $11,774 to the Salina Art Center in Salina to support “High Strangeness: Encounters with the Unexplained in Kansas and Beyond,” an exhibition and series of events that will connect audiences with first-hand accounts of UFOs, unexplained phenomena, and "high strangeness" incidents in Kansas and the diverse perspectives people have about them.  According ...

1 year ago
The Salina Police Department delivered an update on a suspect that is possibly tied with a burglary and chase. Salina Police Captain Jim Feldman tells KSAL News on November 13th at 1:30 am, an officer observed a 2005 Nissan Maxima going 40 in a 30 MPH zone, in the 400 block of N. Santa Fe. A ...

1 year ago
The Salina Symphony announces two fall concerts featuring members of the Youth Education Program. Salina Youth Symphony Concert The Salina Youth Symphony Fall Concert will be held Sunday, November 17, at 7 p.m. at the Stiefel Theatre. The concert will feature members of the Salina Youth Symphony, Youth Jazz Band and Preparatory Orchestra. The Salina Youth Symphony features ...