1 year ago
Severe weather rolled across Central Kansas late Tuesday night prompting tornado sirens to sound across many areas, including in Salina. Storms that dropped heavy rain and hail also dropped funnel clouds and tornadoes. Spotters reported a tornado northeaest of Kanopolis Lake, and in the New Cambria area. A rotating wall clould passed over Salina, but fortunately did ...

1 year ago
The Kohl's store in Salina is here to stay and it is not of the 27 stores that are closing across the U.S. Starting this month in April, 27 Kohl's stores throughout the country are reportedly closing down due to "underperformance." Sources say, in 2024 Kohl's experienced a 7.2% decrease in sales and expects a 2% ...

1 year ago
Everyone is invited to participate in the "Smoky Hill Stride". The first ever Salina event is planned for Wednesday in conjunction with National Walking Day. According to the Salina Mobility Working Group, they invite the community to lace up their walking shoes and join the Smoky Hill Stride on Wednesday, April 2nd, at 5:30 p.m. This free, ...

1 year ago
A long-time staffer at the Salina Area Chamber of Commerce has been promoted to a new management position. According to the Chamber, Tiffany Benien is the new director for Visit Salina. Benien, who has served as the sports & special events manager for Visit Salina since June of 1995, will succeed Sylvia Rice who had served as the director ...

1 year ago
Two juveniles were arrested after committing multiple crimes during the span of a month. Police Captain Jim Feldman tells KSAL News on Friday, March 28th two juvenile males were caught trying to steal a lunchable from Dollar General on 840 E. Crawford. The employees advised the teens to leave the store. Allegedly when the juveniles left, ...

1 year ago
A residential fire on Neal Avenue was quickly contained by Salina Fire Department. At approximately 9:30 p.m. on Monday night March 31st, the Salina Fire Department responded to a residential fire at 629 E. Neal. Initial reports indicated a fire in the attached garage of the residence. Upon arrival, fire crews encountered an active fire in the ...

1 year ago
Denial is not just a river in Egypt. For those who are still in it, cutting through the chaos is one way out, even though the chaos is confusing, on purpose. In Topeka or D.C., just following bills is, well, debilitating. Near-daily executive orders are in reality executive disorders. But we can wake to this truth. It’s not ...

1 year ago
The Salina Symphony’s Out of the Box series returns on Sat., April 26, at 7 p.m. at Theatre Salina’s Sunflower Financial (Black Box) Theatre. The program will feature exhilarating music championed by Alarm Will Sound, an innovative chamber ensemble described by the New York Times as “one of the most vital and original ensembles on the ...

1 year ago
After a windy day Tuesday, severe weather will be a possibility by evening. According to the National Weather Service, initially strong southerly winds and higher wind gusts will start around 10 am Tuesday and persist through 1 am Wednesday morning. Across Central Kansas wind could gust in excess of 50 MPH. Showers and storms will begin to ...

1 year ago
Thanks to generous donations from community and county foundations, the Kansas Starbase of Salina program has been restored after being temporarily suspended. On Tuesday, February 4th, 2025  the Department of Defense (DoD) Starbase Kansas program was suspended due to a continuing resolution gap in U.S. government funding. The program is known to be one of the ...

1 year ago
The first annual Civics Bee in Salina, featured a strong showing of over 15 area Middle school students at Kansas Wesleyan University and three students are heading to Wichita for State. On Saturday, March 29th the Salina Area Chamber of Commerce hosted the National Civics Bee at the local level on the campus of KWU. A ...