2 years ago
With the November 7th elections just two weeks away, KSAL Radio featured two candidates running for a seat on the City Commission in Salina. Robert Klingenberg and Chad Farber joined in on the KSAL Morning News Extra on Thursday for our “Candidate Conversations.” Klingenberg and Farber fielded questions on a range of issues from child care, Salina's ...

2 years ago
An event to celebrate the completion of a portion of the Salina river trail is planned for this weekend. The Friends of the River Foundation has scheduled a ribbon cutting for a section of the new trail on Saturday at at 10:00 a.m., at the Salina Family YMCA. According to the organization, the ribbon cutting will ...

2 years ago
The Salina Central High School Drama Department will present a poignant true story this weekend. This Friday, Saturday, and Sunday Central High School Theatre will present the play, "The Diary of Anne Frank". According to the department, in this transcendently powerful new adaptation by Wendy Kesselman, Anne Frank emerges from history a living, lyrical, intensely gifted ...

2 years ago
The Docking Institute of Public Affairs recently released the annual Kansas Speaks Survey of public opinion. A panel of 485 adult residents of Kansas ages 18 and older were surveyed online to assess their attitudes and opinions regarding various issues of interest to Kansas citizens. This year’s survey covered topics including quality of life, the ...

2 years ago
Salina Area Technical College and the Kansas National Guard’s Regional Training Institute in Salina are hosting a Veterans Day flag-raising ceremony starting at 9:30 a.m. on Friday, November 10 on the Salina Tech campus. The ceremony will be followed by a free breakfast for active duty members of the military, veterans and their families. At the event, ...

2 years ago
The Salina Art Center Cinema will host a special screening on the Day of the Dead, Thursday, November 2nd. According to the organization, "Shadows in the Desert: High Strangeness in the Borrego Triangle" will be screened at 6 PM.  The organizations says "Shadows in the Desert"is a feature-length documentary that will delve into the high strangeness in ...

2 years ago
With the November 7th elections just two weeks away, KSAL Radio featured two candidates running for a seat on the City Commission in Salina. Dr. Trent Davis and Jerry Ivey II joined in on the KSAL Morning News Extra on Wednesday for our “Candidate Conversations.” Davis and Ivey fielded questions on a range of issues from child ...

2 years ago
A man is pleading guilty in the fentanyl-related death of a co-worker. Thirty-five-year-old Tyler Ralls reportedly gave 35-year-old Michael Marsalla an M-30 pill that contained fentanyl while at work. Marsalla was found unresponsive at his Valley Center home the next day, and autopsy revealed that Marsalla had died from fentanyl toxicity. Ralls pleaded guilty to distribution of a ...

2 years ago
The Salina Crossroads Marathon is shaping up to be the biggest event of its kind in Kansas. In just its second year, the event continues to grow in size. Organizers say with 3,280 runners currently registered it is expected to be the largest marathon event in Kansas. Runners are coming from all 50 states, Botswana, Canada, Mexico, ...

2 years ago
Some of the best strings musicians from over a dozen high schools will be in Salina later this week for an event. Kansas Wesleyan's Department of Music will welcome nearly 200 high school strings players from across north-central Kansas when the department hosts its annual high school honor orchestra event on Saturday. According to KWU, the ...

2 years ago
A new exhibit opens at the Smoky Hill Museum in Salina this week. According to the museum, A Place to Call Home, opens Friday. A Place to Call Home explores the settling of Kansas. In the early days, Kansas was filled with challenges and plenty of dangers. Imagine arriving in a vast wilderness with few resources and ...