3 years ago
It's fair time in Salina. The 2023 Tri-Rivers Fair is scheduled for Tuesday through Saturday, with opportunities for local folks to showcase their efforts, motivated by the fair theme, “Sew It, Grow It, Show It.” The Tri Rivers Fair parade will get things started Tuesday evening. Organizers say entertainment options during the 2023 Tri-Rivers Fair include more ...

3 years ago
Six winning artists in Salina Presbyterian Manor’s annual Art is Ageless juried competition will be featured in the 2024 Art is Ageless calendar. According to Salina Presbyterian Manor, the art includes: “Steampunk Airship #2,” a Sculpture/3-D entry by Craig Boyers “Kansas Beauty,” a Painting entry by Barb Culley “Let Us Give Thanks,” a Needlework entry by ...

3 years ago
The Salina Fire Department is planning its second “Central Kansas 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb and Family Walk”. According to the organization the second annual Central Kansas 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb and 5K Family Fun Walk returns to the Kansas Wesleyan University campus, scheduled for Saturday morning, September 9th, at JRI Stadium in the Graves Family Sports ...

3 years ago
Businesses and organizations in northwest Kansas can now apply for a spring or summer 2024 intern from Fort Hays State University through the FHSU/Dane G. Hansen Internship program.   A Dane G. Hansen Foundation grant made paid internships possible for next spring and summer. Applications from employers will be accepted through Sept. 15.   Eligible employers must be located ...

3 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a damage to property case after someone vandalized a mural on North Santa Fe Avenue. Police Sergeant Kyle Tonniges tells KSAL News that sometime between July 28th and August 4th, someone used black and blue paint to spray the words "Gunk, Gunk, Gunk," on the grain elevator mural in the 200 block ...

3 years ago
Salina Police are looking for a stolen car and the thief who took it from a downtown parking lot. According to Police Sergeant Kyle Tonniges, a 25-year-old female lost the keys to her 2007 BMW while she was at Big Nose Kate's Saloon, 121 N. Santa Fe. The woman told investigators she went home with a friend ...

3 years ago
Faulty windshield wipers may have contributed to a crash and a DUI arrest on Sunday. Salina Police Sergeant Kyle Tonniges tells KSAL News that 20-year-old L'Laena Jones was taken into custody just after midnight on Sunday when she ran into a parked truck in the 900 block of E. Republic. Jones told officers the wipers on ...

3 years ago
The Mega Millions lottery jackpot has ballooned to the largest ever in the history of the multi-state lottery game. With no grand prize winner on Friday, the Jackpot for the next drawing Tuesday is at an estimated $1.55 billion. That would make it the largest Mega Millions jackpot in history and the third-biggest in U.S. lottery ...

3 years ago
A vision, 10 years in the making, will come true this month for students, alumni, and employees of the McPherson College Automotive Restoration program.  A 1953 Mercedes-Benz 300 S Cabriolet, entirely restored by students, has been accepted by the prestigious Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance and will be shown there on August 20th. According to the college, ...

3 years ago
Kansas Wesleyan University has added a well-known instructor to its music staff. According to the school, Greg Bontrager, one of the region’s most well-known music instructors, will join Kansas Wesleyan’s Music program as an adjunct professor for the upcoming year. Bontrager retired from full-time teaching at the end of the 2022-23 academic year, following a distinguished career ...

3 years ago
The winningest man in bull riding history came to Abilene and won himself a check. J.B. Mauney, of Stephenville, Texas, scored 90 points on the Andrews Rodeo Co. bull named The Kracken to walk away with the 2023 Wild Bill Hickok Rodeo title. It was a bull that Mauney had seen at the Window Rock, Ariz. rodeo, ...