3 years ago
The Smoky Hill Museum is ready to celebrate the first weekend of fall with a party. The organization's street fair event is planned for Saturday. The Smoky Hill Museum Street Fair has no entry cost and is a day to celebrate the Old West with a chili cook-off, music, activities, food vendors and, of course, the ...

3 years ago
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Salina has launched two new mentoring programs, Beyond School Walls and Corporate Bigs. The organization says Beyond School Walls is a program aimed at developing the next generation of employees through one-to-one mentoring relationships. The program, which is part of Big Brothers Big Sisters of America’s national initiative, launched September 8 ...

3 years ago
Welcome fall. Thursday officially ushers in autumn. The autumnal equinox officially brings the fall season to the Northern Hemisphere on Wednesday at 8:03 PM. It marks the beginning of fall in the Northern Hemisphere and spring in the Southern Hemisphere. The equinox is the moment when the sun shines directly on the earth’s equator and equally ...

3 years ago
A Manhattan woman was killed in a two-vehicle crash in northern Kansas late Wednesday afternoon. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol,  71-year-old Anne Nielson of Manhattan was driving a Volkswagon Beetle headed south on K 148 Highway. She failed to stop at a stop sign and was struck by a Ford F 350 pickup truck which ...

3 years ago
After being limited the past couple of years by the pandemic, the Fall Apple Day Festival returns to Fort Riley this weekend. The festival, which is free and open to the public, is the largest annual event at Fort Riley and serves as the military installation’s open house.  The festival is Saturday from 9 a.m. ...

3 years ago
An eighth person on the latest list of Salina's Most Wanted has been caught. According to the Saline County Sheriff's Office, John Joseph Vogel is the latest person on the list caught, He was wanted for  felony drug crimes. The first weekend of each month a new list of Salina’s most wanted is released. Those on the September ...

3 years ago
An inmate at a Kansas prison was found dead. According to the Kansas Department of Corrections, El Dorado Correctional Facility inmate Cody James Torbol died Tuesday. He was found unresponsive in his cell Tuesday evening. Staff began life-saving measures immediately and continued after emergency medical services arrived. Mr. Torbol was pronounced deceased by medical staff. The cause of ...

3 years ago
The Kansas State University Carl R. Ice College of Engineering is honoring Great Plains Manufacturing Inc. as its 2022 Company of the Year. According to K-State, this annual selection is based on exhibited commitment to engineering education, as well as high standards and quality performance in the engineering profession. Great Plains Manufacturing Inc. was established in 1976 ...

3 years ago
Four teams will be squaring off this weekend to be named the "Chili Cook-off Champs" at the 2022 Smoky Hill Museum's Street Fair. Smoky Hill Museum Director Susan Hawksworth tells KSAL News that patrons can taste and compare all four varieties for just two bucks before casting their vote for best of the best. [audio mp3="https://www.ksal.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/chili-2.mp3"][/audio]   The Street ...

3 years ago
A n Iowa man  was hurt when a semi he was driving went on a wild ride in central Kansas. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 70-year-old Rodney Keller from Hartley, Iowa, was driving a Western Star semi pulling a trailer headed east on K 156 Highway in Ellsworth County. The truck drifted off the right ...

3 years ago
A two-vehicle crash in rural Dickinson County killed three people late Tuesday afternoon. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, the crash happened when a Dodge Dakota pickup truck which was making a u-turn on K-15 Highway was hit by a Kenworth semi. The pickup entered a ditch and flipped onto its roof. The semi entered a ...