3 years ago
The 2023 Smoky Hill River Festival Print has been unveiled. According to Salina Arts and Humanities, illustrator, printmaker, and musician Dan Grissom was selected to design this year's print. Grissom resides in Austin, Texas, but is originally from rural Louisiana. Childhood summer days spent exploring the forests around a nearby creek fostered a love of nature and ...

3 years ago
One of Kansas Wesleyan’s rising events, the university’s annual Women in Leadership conference, is set for March 30. The event will be held in Mabee Arena, beginning at 4:30 p.m., and admission is free. According to KWU, Women in Leadership, now in its second year, provides an opportunity for all women, including students, to network with female ...

3 years ago
The transformation from a basketball court to an indoor horse arena is in place at the Tony's Pizza Event Center as the 26th annual Equifest of Kansas opens up today. Executive Director of Equifest Justine Staten tells KSAL News that every part of the show has been planned for - including great dirt. [audio mp3="https://www.ksal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/horse-dirt.mp3"][/audio]   One of the ...

3 years ago
The Hutchinson Police Department is under new leadership. The city of Hutchinson has terminated Police Chief Jeffrey Hooper. Hooper, who joined the Hutchinson Police Department in 2018, was fired effective Tuesday. Alan Stoeckline has been named Hutchinson's interim police chief.

3 years ago
The Kansas District of the U.S. Attorney’s Office is warning the public about phone scams in which callers spoof or fraudulently display themselves as having numbers belonging to government agencies in attempt to defraud victims of money. Anyone who receives a call from someone claiming to be from a government or law enforcement agency while demanding ...

3 years ago
While it's easy to listen to KSAL online in remote parts of the world, it's not quite is easy to listen to the on-air AM signal in those same locations, Within the past week, though, we have received correspondences from listeners who heard KSAL radio on the air near the Artic Circle, and each time ...

3 years ago
A Swede alum is now overseeing the spiritual health of Bethany College. The college in Lindsborg has officially installed a new campus pastor. According to the school, on February 24th Pastor Melissa Woeppel ’15 was officially installed as the pastor of Bethany College. Pastor Woeppel began her pastoral role in January and is excited to give back ...

3 years ago
Race organizers are preparing for the 2023 Eisenhower Marathon. The Marathon will be Saturday, April 29, in Abilene. The race will start in Old Abilene Town and offers 5k, 10k, Half-Marathon and Full-Marathon options. The race began in 2003 under the leadership of June DeWeese and was one of only a handful of marathons in the ...

3 years ago
The man behind the mascot of the Kansas City Chiefs will speak at the annual Salina Area Prayer Breakfast. Organizers say Dan Meers, aka KC Wolf from the Kansas City Chiefs, will be the featured speaker. He is a man whose energy, humor and excitement not only entertains but encourages others. His message has inspired thousands ...

3 years ago
A verbal argument that escalated between two Salina men led to an arrest on Tuesday evening. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that 37-year-old Cole Marlow was taken into custody around 6pm after officers observed him swinging a pair of hedge trimmers at a 22-year-old male who was standing on his porch in the 300 ...

3 years ago
An Arizona woman was hurt in a single-vehicle crash north of Salina Tuesday evening. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol,  79-year-old Carol Bolgren from Coolidge, Arizona, was driving a 2010 Chevrolet HHR headed south on U.S. 81 Highway. She entered the east ditch, over-corrected, and lost control. The vehicle crossed the road and struck a guardrail ...