4 years ago
A man wanted in Barton County on charges of rape and aggravated criminal sodomy was killed in an officer-involved shooting in rural Saline County late Friday night. According to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, preliminary information indicates that at approximately 10:20 p.m. on Friday, two deputies with the Saline County Sheriff’s Office traveled to the residence ...

4 years ago
The Salina Art Center is launching a million dollar capital campaign to raise funds to update facilities and technology. According to the organization, in September 2021, the Art Center Board heard a presentation from their executive director outlining years of deferred maintenance and future opportunities that could be addressed through a capital campaign. A unanimous vote ...

4 years ago
Memorial Day Weekend began Friday night in Salina with a roar.  That roar coming from downtown Salina Friday night was not the sound of thunder or anything ominous, it was the sound of motor vehicles of all kinds "cruising for a cause". Meridian Media radio stations partnered with Nex-Tech Wireless and Long McArthur to host the ...

4 years ago
The Salina Police Department has signed on to the 30x30 Pledge – a series of low and no-cost actions policing agencies can take to improve the representation and experiences of women in law enforcement. According to the agency, the activities help policing agencies assess the current state of a department with regard to gender equity, equality ...

4 years ago
Kansas ranks right behind Oklahoma for having the lowest average gas price in the U.S. As reported by Triple-A, the average price for a gallon of regular unleaded rose slightly yesterday to four-dollars-11-cents per gallon. Just south of the Sunflower State, motorists in Oklahoma were shelling out an average of four-bucks-and-nine-cents per gallon on Thursday. California motorists ...

4 years ago
It's a sure sign summer is here. Salina's Kenwood Cove water park is ready to open for the summer. Salina’s Kenwood Cove Aquatic Park, which first opened in May 0f 2010, is ready for the summer swim season. The water park will open for the season this Saturday. [audio wav="https://www.ksal.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/jeff-hammond.wav"][/audio]   Salina Parks and Recreation Director Jeff Hammond tells ...

4 years ago
Roads and highways across the country, and across Kansas, will be busy on this first unofficial weekend of summer. AAA Kansas is projecting that almost 329,000 Kansans will travel a distance of 50 miles or more over the Memorial Day weekend and, as usual, the large majority will be driving to their destinations, though air travel ...

4 years ago
A federal grand jury has indicted a Fort Riley soldier for allegedly participating in a scheme to fraudulently obtain approximately $149,476 from at least 25 individuals. According to court documents, 24-year-old Innocent N. Ugwu, 24, of Fort Riley, Kansas, is charged with five counts of wire fraud, five counts of laundering monetary instruments, and one count ...

4 years ago
There will be an opportunity Friday night to start off Memorial Day Weekend by getting out of the house, having a little fun, and helping the hungry in Salina. Meridian Media, partnered with Nex-Tech Wireless,  is back in action, hosting a cruising event on Santa Fe. It will be a flashback to a by gone era ...

4 years ago
Though it's still a work in progress, the new DG Market in downtown Salina is now open. The Dollar General Store at 140 South Santa Fe closed earlier this week. Though all of the shelves are not fully stocked yet, most notably some grocery items including fresh produce, Thursday it reopened at 511 East Iron Avenue, ...

4 years ago
The hunt for the Smoky Hill River Festival Medallion started back on Wednesday, May 18th. A little over a week later the elusive treasure was found. The 16th clue "underfoot pattern" led Samantha Uhler to the medallion. This year's medallion turned out to be a silver blot. It was hidden in a yucca plant on the ...