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A man staying at a Salina motel was arrested after allegedly pointing a gun in a maintenance worker's face. According to Salina Police, on Monday afternoon at about 2:15 officers responded to the Budget Host Motel, 222 E. Diamond Dr, in reference to a gun pointed a gun at a maintenance worker. Police say it was determined ...

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The popular Draft Horse Pull will be part of this year’s Tri-Rivers Fair. According to the Fair Board, the Draft Horse Pull is a featured event of the 2026 “Stars, Stripes, and Summer Nights” Tri-Rivers Fair. The community is invited to fill the stands to honor the region's rich agricultural roots and to celebrate this awe-inspiring, ...

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Nostalgic curiosity lured me and two other aged local reporters to the Salina Art Cinema earlier this month to screen “4 Days in June,” a feature film on the Smoky Hill River Festival. During the colorful, high-energy introduction enhanced by an amazing drumbeat, this old man perked up and paid attention. The beautiful documentary on a ...

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The Kansas Supreme Court upheld the death sentences of the brothers who went on a crime spree in 2000 in Wichita, putting an end to two decades of attempts to alter the brothers’ fates. Reginald and Jonathan Carr were initially convicted of more than 90 counts, including capital murder, kidnapping and rape charges, after nine days ...

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 Colin Burke, a student at Salina South Middle School, won the Kansas State Finals of the National Civics Bee, earning the opportunity to represent Kansas at the National Civics Bee in Washington, D.C., this fall. Burke also received a $1,000 prize for his presentation on expanding access to hygiene products in middle schools. Burke described winning ...

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Back in 2024, a program in Castle Rock, Colorado designed to reduce accidental fires caused by fireworks caught the eye of SFD's Fire Prevention Officer Matt Rittel. Now Rittel has launched the Salina Fireworks Bucket Brigade, a new community safety program for the Independence Day season. Rittel tells KSAL News that SFD collected 800-five gallon buckets donated ...

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A Salina man was ordered to the ground after he began yelling at officers who were on scene to investigate a disturbance at a gas station. Police Captain Jim Feldman tells KSAL News that 53-year-old Phillip Ledesma was arrested on Sunday night around 10pm after allegedly assaulting a neighbor at a filling station. Police say Ledesma approached ...

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A house fire is under investigation in Derby. Emergency crews were called to a home in the 200-block of South Cedar Ranch Court late Saturday night after a resident spotted a fire and called 9-1-1. The homeowners extinguished the fire before crews arrived. Investigators say the fire was caused by improperly disposed fireworks in a trash bin.

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A Salina man was taken into custody after allegedly making threats to strangle an elderly woman over the weekend. Police Captain Jim Feldman tells KSAL News that 20-year-old Micah Carrico was arrested after officers were sent to the 100 block of N. College on Saturday evening around 6pm. Police say an argument between the two began when ...

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Three students from Salina including Ben Grauerholz, Charlie Slothower, and Mary Stevens are part of the K-State's motor sports Formula SAE design team that cracked the top three at Formula SAE in Michigan. In any endeavor, continual improvements become more difficult as results improve over time. Kansas State University's Powercat Motorsports knows this well. Coming into 2026, the Formula SAE ...

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A 15-year-old driver was injured in a single vehicle crash on a rain damaged road in western Kansas late Sunday night. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 15-year-old Brigham Press from Quinter was driving a Ford Explorer on County Road Z. He lost control on the rain damaged road and entered a ditch. The SUV came ...