4 years ago
The Dollar General store in downtown Salina is relocating and expanding to a first of its kind in Kansas DG Market. According to the company, the current downtown Salina store located at 140 South Santa Fe is moving to 511 East Iron Avenue, a building which was originally a grocery store. The move will be complete ...

4 years ago
A Salina couple is hoping police find their moped and the thief who stole it. According to Captain Paul Forrester, sometime Wednesday between 9am and 5pm someone rolled away with their 2014 Bronc Rally moped that was parked near their front porch in the 1000 block of E. Iron. Police say the once green vehicle - was ...

4 years ago
An arrest has been made in connection with a Wednesday morning murder in Salina. According to Salina Police, Wednesday morning an arrest warrant was issued for Anthony Quentin Lopez-Garcia by Saline County District Court, for the charges of First Degree Murder and Criminal Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon. Wednesday afternoon  a Kansas City, Missouri ...

4 years ago
A couple of blood drives are being held to remember, and honor a former Kansas Wesleyan University student who was killed by a drunk driver. According to the American Red Cross, Leah Jean-Lacher Reay touched many lives with her generosity and enthusiasm before her death in a crash with an intoxicated driver on Jan. 22, 2017. Reay, ...

4 years ago
Kansas Wesleyan University has received another substantial gift toward its current fundraising effort. According to the school, a long-time supporter has shown generosity once more. The Elden V. Miller family has made a $100,000 donation.  The funds will go towards KWU’s Music campaign, edging the university closer to its $4.5 million goal. “The Elden V. Miller family ...

4 years ago
A team of Salina Tech welding students recently took first place in an annual statewide welding competition. According to the school, a team of four high school welding students from Salina Area Technical College placed first at North Central Kansas Technical College’s annual Gas Metal Arc Welding Invitational recently. The competition in Beloit attracted 132 welding students ...

4 years ago
Salina Police are using video images to try and apprehend a car thief who dumped a stolen vehicle in Manhattan. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that Monday afternoon, a member of Planet Fitness on South Ohio had finished her workout and was preparing to leave when she noticed her keys were missing from her ...

4 years ago
There will be a couple of opportunities to get out of the house, have some fun, and help feed the hungry in Salina. Meridian Media, partnered with Nex-Tech Wireless, is going to be back in action, hosting a couple of more cruising events on Santa Fe. They will be a flashback to a by gone era ...

4 years ago
Two Salina men have been arrested after the search for one led to the other. Joshua Quested, 34, and Zachariah Humphreys, 35, were taken into custody on Sunday. Police Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that at 12:23 a.m., an officer spotted a green Ford Expedition in the 300 block of E. Mulberry that looked to have ...

4 years ago
An 83-year-old passenger in a vehicle involved in an accident on Monday morning was taken to the hospital for suspected broken ribs. Salina Police Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that at 10:50 a.m., a 2022 Ford F250 truck going north on Ninth Street struck a 2015 Honda CR-V headed west on Republic. With the force ...

4 years ago
The Salina Fire Department promoted eight members in a ceremony Tuesday morning. The ceremony, which took place in a convention room at Tony's Pizza Event Center, lasted about a half hour and honored the eight men rising up the ranks of the department. Fire Chief Tony Sneidar, City Commissioner Bill Longbine and Deputy City Manager Jacob Wood ...