2 years ago
A much anticipated solar eclipse will darken much of the country on Monday, including Central Kansas. Though the Salina area is not among the locations which will experience a total eclipse, 86 percent of the sun will be blocked. The eclipse will begin during the noon hour, at 12:33. It will peak at 1:49, with the ...

2 years ago
A school administrator who spent most of his 44-year-career in education as a guidance counselor at Salina South High School is being remembered. Floyd “Stan” Standridge passed away peacefully on Friday. Mr. Standridge held two Masters Degrees, and was proud to be an educator for 44 years. He spent most of his extensive career as a ...

2 years ago
Maegen Stucky, an elementary teacher at Roosevelt Elementary School, McPherson USD 418, and Whitney Aves, a family and consumer sciences teacher at Hutchinson High School, Hutchinson USD 308, were named Region 1 finalists for the 2025 Kansas Teacher of the Year (KTOY) award during a ceremony on Saturday. According to the Kansas Department of Education, this ...

2 years ago
Salina Central High School Theatre Repertory Theatre classes will present a double cast (casts from 2 repertory theatre classes performing in alternating performances) of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. According to the school , there are two classes which will perform starting with the M3 class cast on Thursday night and Saturday night, and the W2 ...

2 years ago
The new April list of Salina’s Most Wanted is online. The first weekend of each month a new list of Salina’s Most Wanted is released. The April list went online Saturday morning. Those on the new list are wanted for crimes which include aggravated robbery, aggravated domestic violence battery, making criminal threats, stalking, fleeing an eluding, felony drug ...

2 years ago
Junction City firefighters battled a large fire which engulfed three large structures. According to the agency, the fire was located at at 948  Grant Ave. Two large storage buildings and a trailer house were all fully involved, and there was a limited water supply. There were multiple explosions due to LP gas containers, and power to ...

2 years ago
Film Director Ken Spurgeon spoke Thursday evening at the Smoky Hill Museum about his experience in the film industry and his many ventures in film directing.  Ken Spurgeon is a historian, teacher, producer/director, writer and a Kansan. He currently works as a history professor at Friends University in Wichita. Spurgeon's films focus on historical subjects, primarily ...

2 years ago
Salina Police are trying to unravel a theft case involving two handguns and a rifle that were allegedly stolen from two locations. According to Police Captain Jim Feldman, a 61-year-old female victim contacted authorities this week to report the loss of a Ruger SR9 pistol and a Ruger 57 pistol plus a Ruger carbine rifle - ...

2 years ago
A motorcycle rider led Salina Police on a high speed pursuit in central Salina Friday morning that ended in a crash. The pursuit ended at the intersection of Crawford and Phillips. The motorcycle crashed as it was trying to make a turn. Police told KSAL News at the scene the rider was wearing a helmet, and was ...

2 years ago
Police are seeking tips in a case involving a man who was caught on camera passing counterfeit money. The case is the latest Salina Crime Stoppers crime of the week. Police say on Monday, March 25th, at about 8:30 PM a male subject entered Dollar General at 2000 S. 9th street and made a purchase of ...

2 years ago
A founding member of the all-volunteer Saline County Sheriff Mounted Patrol and Rescue Squad, and long-time co-owner of Salina's Royal Tire Company is being remembered. 86-year-old LeRoy Schmidt passed away peacefully on earlier this week. LeRoy was the co-owner of Royal Tire Company for 32 years, retiring in 1988. LeRoy was very involved in the community. He ...