4 months ago
Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach is saying the state will lose more than 10 million dollars in funding. Kobach says that's because Governor Laura Kelly has refused to provide information about SNAP recipients to the USDA. Kobach filed a lawsuit earlier this month with the hope of Kelly releasing the information. Kelly's office says they will continue ...

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Salina City Commissioners Monday paved the way for the return of a splash pad to Jerry Ivey Park. In the spring of 2024 the splash pad at the park was closed due to underground plumbing and infrastructure failures.  In 2025 it was demolished. The splash pad had been open since 2008. Commissioners previously rejected a plan for ...

4 months ago
Salina City Commissioners are comfortable with a developer moving forward on a project that includes a new hotel and public parking garage in Downtown Salina. During a study session Monday afternoon, Guy Walker, representing Lighthouse Properties, discussed a planned Springhill Suites by Marriott Hotel and accompanying parking garage in the 200 block of S 7th Street. The ...

4 months ago
A Salina woman calls for help after a former acquaintance confronted her and a friend at a bar - then tailed them both in his car. Police Captain Jim Feldman tells KSAL News that 35-year-old Oscar Gloria-Calderon was arrested on Saturday for domestic battery and robbery after he allegedly confronted the 25-year-old female as she sat ...

4 months ago
No one was injured after fire destroyed an abandoned farmhouse. According to Saline County Undersheriff Brent Melander, on Saturday around 3am, firefighters from RFD#3 were sent to the 4000 block of N. Brookville Road and found the structure fully engulfed in flames. Owner, Shane Schneider of Culver, Kansas told deputies the house was being used for storage ...

4 months ago
Salina Police are reviewing video footage after burglars stole a laptop computer from a business on Santa Fe Avenue. Police Captain Jim Feldman tells KSAL News that sometime between 3pm Friday and noon on Saturday, someone entered Salina Movement Therapy, 134 S. Santa Fe, and rummaged through the office. A laptop valued at $3,000 was taken. There ...

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A Lindsborg woman was transported to Salina Regional Health Center last week after a single car crash on Burma Road near Parsons Road. According to Saline County Undersheriff Brent Melander, last Tuesday 50-year-old Robin Comes was driving northbound on Burma Road and swerved to avoid a skunk. Deputies say she over corrected and the 2017 Honda Civic ...

4 months ago
A Salina man is in jail after he allegedly threatened to kill a woman if she called police. Captain Jim Feldman tells KSAL News that 50-year-old James Blundell was taken into custody on Friday after authorities learned about an incident that took place last weekend. Police say Blundell confronted the 46-year-old female acquaintance at her home on ...

4 months ago
Kansas Wesleyan University will again to host the Sunflower State Spelling Bee. According to the school, distinguished students from across Kansas will descend upon KWU once again this spring in March, when the university hosts the Kansas Press Association’s (KPA) Sunflower State Spelling Bee. The event is set for March 21 in Sams Chapel, and it ...

4 months ago
Welcome fall. Monday officially ushers in autumn. The autumnal equinox officially brings the fall season to the Northern Hemisphere on Monday afternoon at 1:19. 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 ...

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A new hotel and parking garage could be in Downtown Salina's future. At a study session on Monday, Lighthouse Properties will present a hotel and parking garage project to Salina City Commissioners. The project includes a Springhill Suites by Marriott Hotel and a parking garage in the 200 block of S 7th Street. The project would be ...