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, ...

3 years ago
Renovation of  Bethany College's Coach Ted. K. Kessinger Family Stadium is underway. According to Bethany, the stadium project began this week. Bethany College has raised $2.8 million in efforts to renovate the current athletics stadium in the name of Hall of Fame Head Football Coach Ted Kessinger. The Bethany College Athletics Department is grateful to all the donors ...

3 years ago
Scammers have increased calls, texts, emails and in-person tactics to defraud customers. A new tactic has been reported by some Evergy customers. Scammers are utilizing paid or sponsored search capabilities to have their fraudulent phone number displayed when searching for “Evergy” online. Evergy offers these safety tips for customers: Verify the person you’re engaging with is Evergy by asking to see ...

3 years ago
A renowned singer and songwriter, who also happens to be the daughter of a country music legend, is coming to Salina. Pam Tillis, the daughter of Country Music Hall of Famer Mel Tillis and multi-media artist Doris Tillis, is coming to the Stiefel theatre. Pam Tillis sidestepped any notions of nepotism and other “isms” that women in ...

3 years ago
A Salina man was arrested after crashing into a parked car, leaving the scene, and later calling police to report the crash. Salina Police say 22-year-old Christopher Hays was driving home from a bar at around 1:40 in the morning Tuesday when he crashed into a parked car. Hays left the scene, drove home, and called police, ...

3 years ago
Three teenagers were arrested following Tuesday evening altercations in which two people were injured with a tin snip-type cutting tool and a third person was injured by a shotgun blast. According to Salina Police, an officer on routine patrol at 6:10 in the evening witnessed an SUV turn from Penn Street onto Elm at a high ...

3 years ago
A long-time Brookville area farmer is being remembered. 64-year-old Joe Kejr passed away on Saturday. Kejr was a former state legislator and a 3rd generation farmer. He took over Kejr Farms from his father, which has since expanded in scale and scope and now includes members of the 4th and 5th generation of the family. Joe ...