3 months ago
More than 200 business leaders, nonprofit partners, elected officials, and community members gathered at the Sand Springs Venue for Driving Dickinson County’s 2026 Annual Gala & Best of the Best Awards, a sold-out event recognizing excellence across the region. Driving Dickinson County is the region’s economic development organization dedicated to strengthening business retention and expansion, supporting ...

3 months ago
Efforts to extinguish wildfires in southwest Kansas and northwestern Oklahoma are continuing. As of yesterday, the Ranger Road Fire was about 90 percent contained. The fire, which started last week in Oklahoma, has burned about 283-thousand acres.

3 months ago
A driver was seriously injured in a two-vehicle crash involving a pickup truck and semi late Monday night. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 36-year-old Christopher Walker from Bentonia, Mississippi, was driving a GMC Sierra pickup headed north on US 50 Highway in Marion County. He crossed the center line, and collided head on with an ...

3 months ago
With the Tuesday noon deadline looming for the special election in Salina which will decide if the ordinance which bans pit bull dogs will be repealed, a little over 30 percent of ballots which were sent out have been returned. Saline County Clerk Jamie Doss tells KSAL News as of late Monday afternoon 8,700 ballots have ...

3 months ago
By a vote of 3-2 Salina City Commissioners Monday denied a request to issue IRBs for a sales tax exemption on construction materials for a planned project by the Kansas Municipal Energy Agency (KMEA) organization. The company had recently been denied a sales tax abatement by the Kansas Department of Revenue for the construction of a ...

3 months ago
Salina's first Boys & Girls Club facility is closer to becoming a reality. At a study session Monday, Salina City Commissioners approved moving forward with the public / private partnership. Back on August 25th the Boys and Girls Club presented a plan to locate a new facility at Sunset Park. It will be located north  and ...

3 months ago
Is a smartphone a tool, a toy or just a distraction across the educational landscape in Kansas? School districts and the Kansas Legislature have been wrestling with the divide caused by the digital device that's now ubiquitous for students and teachers alike. Salina USD 305 Superintendent Heath Hogan joined in on the KSAL Morning News Extra with ...

3 months ago
Tips from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children prompted an investigation which led to the arrest of a Dickinson County man. According to the Dickinson County Sheriff’s Office, they received tips from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children this past August. Investigators determined the tips were associated with a case that began in ...

3 months ago
A Salina couple comes home to discover a burglar inside their home. Police Captain Jim Feldman tells KSAL News that on Saturday night around 9:45pm, the caretakers of the Hastings Inn, 217 South Broadway entered their home which is attached to the hotel and found 40-year-old Sandra Sekala inside. A 14-year-old male resident was also there but ...

3 months ago
One person is dead, and two others escaped without injuries after a grain bin collapsed in southeast Newton on Saturday afternoon. According to the Harvey County Sheriff’s Office, the three men were emptying soybeans from a large grain bin when the contents suddenly shifted, trapping one of the men. The trapped man, identified as 37-year-old Mark Klaassen ...

3 months ago
Input is being sought to help an upcoming restoration project. The Saline County 4-H Development Fund is undertaking the restoration of the horseshoe picnic/fire pit area on the Saline County Expo grounds, and is seeking a little guidance.  According to the organization, they are seeking information from anyone who may know about the original construction, or ...