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 ...

4 years ago
Getting Oakdale Park ready for the Smoky Hill River Festival is just part of Jeff Hammond's "To Do List" in the coming weeks. Hammond is the Director of Salina Parks & Recreation and joined in on the KSAL Morning News Extra with a look at the deep and wide effort it takes to keep Salina mowed, ...

4 years ago
A Salina man was arrested Wednesday for an alleged criminal threat toward an acquaintance. Police Capt. Gary Hanus tells KSAL News that at 2 a.m. Wednesday, officers were sent to the 100 block of Ellsworth Avenue. A 35-year-old woman had called in and reported a man had made threats to her and was still in the ...

4 years ago
The Smoky Hill River Festival medallion has been found. Salina Arts & Humanities confirms that the 2022 Festival Medallion has been found, and an official winner verified. A press briefing will be held at 1:30 pm at the Arts & Humanities Office and is open to the public. The hunt for the medallion began back on May 18th. _ ...

4 years ago
Salina area public transportation can now be tracked live online. According to OCCK Transportation, Transit is now the official mobility app for Salina and North Central Kansas. Transit counts millions of active users in more than 200 cities worldwide and is now available for CityGo and 81 Connection riders who are now able to track their bus ...

4 years ago
Summer at the Library is here and recently Salina Public Library made a decision that will benefit the community’s youngest members. According to the library, all youth patrons (18 and younger) will have fees/fines forgiven up to $75. This includes more than 1,200 youth patrons. The move is designed to allow students to use the resources ...

4 years ago
Professional cowboys and cowgirls are headed back to Kansas to compete for $50,000 in prize money and points earned at the Bennington PRCA Rodeo. Dwayne Walls has helped organize forty-six of the forty-seven professional competitions that have kicked up the dirt in Bennington and says video replay has added a fun new feature for rodeo fans. [audio ...

4 years ago
Flags in Kansas have been lowered to half-staff in honor of the victims of the Texas school shooting. According to Governor Laura Kelly's Office, in honor of the 19 children and two adults killed in the mass shooting Tuesday at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, she has directed flags be lowered to half-staff throughout the ...

4 years ago
Police are investigating a burglary from Monday morning at a bar in Salina. Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that the incident happened at 4:45 a.m. Monday at Bishop Street Tavern, located at 717 Bishop Street. Officers were sent to the business on Tuesday once the the business figured out about the burglary. Forrester said unreleased video ...

4 years ago
A California couple contributed $25 million to McPherson College in what officials said was the largest gift to a small, private liberal arts college in Kansas history. Melanie and Richard Lundquist, signers of the “Giving Pledge” promise to dedicate a majority of their wealth to charitable causes, announced the donation Sunday at the central Kansas college’s ...