4 years ago
A man from Hill City was killed in a crash along Interstate 70 involving a car and a semi. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol,46-year-old Scott Compitello from Hill City was driving a 1986 Mercury Cougar headed east. He struck the rear of a  2018 Peterbilt semi which was stopped on the shoulder. Compitello was killed in ...

4 years ago
Additional grant opportunities for early childhood education are available in Northwest Kansas via the Dane G. Hansen Foundation. According to the organization, since 2017, multiple reports from Strategic Doing sessions in the 26-county service area of the Foundation have identified the need for additional childcare options. The shortage of childcare effects the ability of a community ...

4 years ago
Salina's heritage radio station can now be heard on the FM dial. A long term-project culminated high above downtown Salina Tuesday afternoon with the installation of the final pieces of equipment  and News Radio 1150 KSAL began broadcasting on the FM dial at 106.7 FM. Since June of 1937 KSAL has been heard on the AM ...

4 years ago
The new list of Salina’s Most Wanted went online to begin the weekend. By Tuesday five of them were behind bars. The first weekend of each month a new list of Salina’s Most Wanted is released. The November list went online Saturday. According to the Saline County Sheriff’s Office the latest arrests include: Ross, Delilah, Rae – ...

4 years ago
Salina Area Technical College and the Kansas National Guard’s Regional Training Institute in Salina are hosting a Veterans Day flag-raising ceremony. According to the college, the event will start at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, November 11th on the Salina Tech campus. A color guard from the Regional Training Institute will raise the flag in front of Salina ...

4 years ago
The housing shortage continues to be more than a bump in the road for Salina to experience steady growth over the next five years. A study from RDG Consultants suggests a need for over 100 houses to be built each year to keep pace. City Manager Mike Schrage spent time with Jeff and Bob on the ...

4 years ago
A motorcycle has gone missing from a residence in Salina. Gary Gottschalk, a Nebraska man, reported to police that his son, Marty Gottschalk of Salina, first told him the 2016 white BMW F800R was gone three weeks ago in mid-October, but they just now told police. The motorcycle was taken from the 600 block of W. ...

4 years ago
A Salina man is without his trailer after he noticed it was missing on Saturday. Police Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that the 24-foot black 2008 PJ car tilt trailer was sitting at a business in the 300 block of N. Santa Fe. The owner, Ralph Bennett, told police he last saw it about a ...

4 years ago
A group of students from Salina South High School hoping to collect 1,000 pounds of food for the Salina Emergency Aid Food Bank ended up doubling their goal. South’s Thespian Troupe #1476 participated in the International Thespian Society’s Trick or Treat so Kids Can Eat program.  Members of South’s Drama Club knocked on doors asking for ...

4 years ago
There have been 38  new COVID cases in Saline County since Friday and no new deaths. According to the Saline County Health Department there are currently 409 active cases of the virus in the community. Salina Regional Health Center reports they have 18 patients in the hospital battling the virus. Overall, 165 people have now died in Saline ...

4 years ago
A best-selling author will host a virtual presentation at the Salina Public Library. According to the library, New York Times Bestselling author W. Bruce Cameron will host a virtual presentation at 6 p.m. Nov. 17. The Zoom presentation will include a reading from “A Dog’s Purpose” and a Q&A. Cameron began his writing career with a newspaper humor ...