3 years ago
The Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for the Alma Lind Swensson Memorial Garden will be held on April 29 at 11:30am in Swensson Park. The community can gather at the garden for a short program consisting of a retelling of Alma and the project, artists' statements from Lindy Nelson, landscape designer, and Michaela Valli Groeblacher, sculptor, as well ...

3 years ago
Kansas Governor Laura Kelly used her executive power Friday to veto a pair of controversial bills on her desk. Both House Bill 2304, or 'Born Alive' bill and House Bill 2313, 'School Firearms Safety Training' bill were both nullified by Kelly. Governor Kelly said the 'Born Alive' bill, which would provide legal protections for infants that survive ...

3 years ago
A Kansas City, Missouri man is dead following yesterday's pre-dawn pedestrian accident in Kingman County, Kansas. Troopers say it happened around 2 a.m. on U.S. Highway 54, about four miles east of the city of Kingman. The driver of the westbound semi tractor-trailer says he was unable to avoid striking the victim who was later identified ...

3 years ago
Company officials say a design issue may prompt a short-term downturn in the production of Boeing's 737 MAX at Wichita's Spirit Aerosystems Incorporated manufacturing facility. Officials say the manufacturing issue involves the installation of two fitting to the aircraft's aft fuselage section. Spirit Aerosystems reportedly builds the complete fuselage of the 737 aircraft.

3 years ago
At least three people are hospitalized following yesterday's midday crash in Finney County, Kansas. Troopers say it happened shortly after noon when a 48-year-old Plymell, Kansas man headed west on Parallel Road blew through a stop sign at the intersection with U.S. Highway and T-boned a northbound sedan. The pickup's driver reportedly was hospitalized with serious injuries. Two ...

3 years ago
Six people are facing federal charges after they allegedly concocted a plan to use a drone to fly contraband into the U.S. Penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kansas. State district court officials say two inmates - Dale Gaver the Third and Melvin Edwards reportedly conspired with four people on the outside to covertly fly items into the prison ...

3 years ago
Salina Police are reviewing video footage after a skid steer loader on a trailer were stolen from a lot. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that around 4:30am Thursday someone in a truck drove onto the lot at Larry's Transmission Repair, 800 N. 13th, cut the cable and lock on a trailer with heavy equipment, ...

3 years ago
Theatre Salina will host the Region V competition of the American Association of Community Theatre Festival (AACT Fest). According to the organization, six regional theatres will compete April 20-23 for the privilege to represent their region at the AACT Fest National Conference in June in Louisville, KY. Theatre Salina has been to national twice: in 2001 ...

3 years ago
Salina’s Stiefel Theatre has been nominated for a prestigious Academy of Country Music Award. The Stiefel was nominated as part of the Studio Recording Awards and Industry Awards portion of the show. The Stiefel was nominated in the “Theatre of the Year” category. Hosted by global superstars Dolly Parton and Garth Brooks, “Country Music’s Party of the Year” will ...

3 years ago
Police are doing leg work - checking for video footage in a southwest Salina neighborhood after a construction trailer burglary. Police Captain Gary Hanus tells KSAL News that sometime between 6pm Tuesday and 6:30am Wednesday, someone cut the padlock on an enclosed trailer loaded with construction tools, and left it emptied in the 100 block of ...

3 years ago
Kansas Wesleyan’s Spring Alumni, Family & Community Weekend, April 21-23, offers a little bit of everything — fellowship, music, athletics and a chance to learn. According to KWU, five financial planning and banking experts will talk about Tips for Financial Forecasting at Your Stage in Life at 10 a.m.  Saturday, April 22, at Peters Science Hall 201. The talk, ...