3 years ago
Salina's largest annual effort to gather food for the hungry is set to begin. The 2023 Project Salina food drive will kick off on Thursday. A luncheon event at 11:00 at the Sunrise Presbyterian Church, 825 E. Beloit in Salina, will officially kick-off Project Salina. Project Salina started in 1990. Founding members Jack Parr and Jane Kramer ...

3 years ago
With 2023 marking 125 years since the construction of the Smoky Valley Roller Mills in 1898, this year’s annual Millfest on May 6 is looking to be the best it’s ever been. Held the first Saturday every May, Millfest is the one time every year that the Lindsborg Old Mill & Swedish Heritage Museum turns on ...

3 years ago
Salina became the second city in Kansas and the 50th in the U.S. to be designated as a Prisoner of War (POW)-Missing in Action (MIA) City by the Jefferson Barracks POW-MIA Museum, Inc. Manhattan was the first city. A plaque was presented by Steve Murrison, Commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 1432, to ...

3 years ago
Salina Police are looking for a stolen vehicle and thief who took it. According to Police Captain Paul Forrester, someone drove away in a 2006 Ford Focus after the owner left the key inside the 4-door wagon. Police say the theft occurred a couple of weeks ago between April 8th and 9th in the 500 block of ...

3 years ago
On Monday, Governor Kelly signed five bipartisan bills, including Senate Substitute for House Bill 2127, which makes it easier for victims of childhood sexual assault to pursue justice. The measure removes a statute of limitations for criminal prosecution of these crimes and extends the time frame for civil lawsuits involving child sex crimes. S Sub HB 2127 ...

3 years ago
Police are looking for a stolen electric trike that belongs to a 65-year-old Salina Man. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that sometime between 10pm Thursday and 6am Friday, someone entered the man's backyard in the 800 block of Plaza Drive, cut the lock on a white, electric bicycle and took it. The trike is an ...

3 years ago
A couple of high speed pursuits over the weekend in Saline County ended with one arrest and one chase called off for safety concerns. Salina County Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that a speeding Toyota Camry caught the attention of a deputy Sunday morning near Assaria on I-135. The officer radioed ahead to another patrol vehicle ...

3 years ago
There will be an opportunity to get out of the house, have some fun, and help feed the hungry in Salina. Meridian Media, partnered with Nex-Tech Wireless, is going to be back in action, hosting a cruising event on Santa Fe later this month. It will be a flashback to a by gone era in Salina ...

3 years ago
A promotion to raise money for Kansas Honor Flight will be staged at Applebee’s Grill & Bar restaurants this Tuesday, April 18th, in locations from Salina, to Wichita in central Kansas and in western Kansas. All day on that Tuesday, half of the revenue from five special fundraiser menu items at Applebee’s in 13 communities, will ...

3 years ago
The 39th Salina Spring Poetry Series, sponsored and organized by Salina Arts & Humanities, continues Tuesday with a reading by Miguel M. Morales. The reading will begin at 7 pm at Ad Astra Books & Coffee House (135 N. Santa Fe Ave.). Admission will be $5 at the door and free for students with ID. Huascar Medina, ...

3 years ago
The Salina Symphony will close its season with “Passion,” on Sunday, May 7, at 4 p.m. at the Stiefel Theatre. From the soaring melodies in Massenet’s Méditation from Thaïs to the timeless tunes from Bizet’s Carmen, this concert will celebrate powerful female voices. The season will conclude with the story of the brilliant woman who changed ...