3 years ago
With weather forecasts for winter conditions possible late Wednesday evening (December 21) and into Thursday (December 22), the City of Salina is making preparations to pre-treat roadways with salt and Magnesium Chloride brine (MgCl2), treat initial accumulations of snow with salt and MgCl2, and if necessary plow roadways. According to the City, salt spreaders will be ...

3 years ago
Dangerous winter weather is expected in Central Kansas late Wednesday into Thursday. According to National Weather Service, a surge of arctic air will bring extreme wind chills Thursday and Friday. Snow and blowing snow are possible early Thursday morning through Thursday afternoon which will likely have travel impacts. All of Central Kansas is under a wind chill ...

3 years ago
There were no injuries after a woman accidentally struck a vehicle, drove over a curb, and through a fence. On December 19th at approximately 4:30 PM officers were called to the intersection of Derby and Royal Drive. Captain Paul Forrester of the Salina Police Department tells KSAL staff that Lisa Gormley, a 62-year-old Salina resident allegedly ...

3 years ago
An Abilene man was transported to the hospital in Salina after being ejected from his van in a one-vehicle crash in rural Dickinson County late Monday night. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 27-year-old Dakota Jones of Abilene was driving a 2008 Chevrolet Uplander van headed north on K 15 Highway. The van left the right ...

3 years ago
‘Twas the days before Christmas, and all through the state, many bags and cars were packed, as holiday travel adventures await. AAA estimates that nearly 1.2 million Kansans will travel 50 miles or more away from home over the end-of-year holiday travel period, an increase of almost 3 percent compared to the 2021 travel volume. AAA ...

3 years ago
The Dane G. Hansen Foundation has approved the go-ahead for construction of the proposed Logan Intergenerational Facility, known as the LIFE project. According to the organization, at their December meeting the Foundation Trustees approved a guaranteed maximum price ("GMP") of $32 million presented by McCowen Gordon Construction Company based in Kansas City. Of that sum, $1 ...

3 years ago
No one was injured by gunfire on Saturday evening after bullets hit a parked car and a house in west Salina. According to Police Captain Paul Forrester, an 18-year-old male and 17-year-old female arrived at their house in the 800 block of Smith around 9pm Saturday night. They told investigators they came back out to remove ...

3 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a residential burglary after a collection of guitars were stolen. Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that the 23-year-old victim contacted police after he returned to his apartment in the 400 block of E. Prescott Friday and discovered that five of his guitars had been taken. A neighbor told police that two males ...

3 years ago
The Georgetown Santas will return this week for the 24th year of their annual event. The group of neighbors have become a popular mainstay in Salina in the days leading up to Christmas each year. Each year they Santa suit up on Georgetown Road in East Salina, handing out candy and popcorn and spreading Christmas ...

3 years ago
A McPherson teen was hurt in a single-vehicle crash on Interstate 135 near Salina late Saturday night. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 18-year-old Chanz Rosales was driving a 2008 Chevrolet Impala headed north on I 135. For unknown reason, the car entered the center median, rolled several times, and came to a rest on its ...

3 years ago
Emerging scholars are invited to submit a presentation abstract to be a featured speaker during the annual D-Day Commemorative Symposium at the Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum. The Roosevelt, Truman, and Eisenhower Presidential Libraries are seeking submissions from emerging scholars to be a featured speaker during the virtual symposium held the first week of June. The ...