4 years ago
Salina Police are searching for multiple suspects who stole items from a residence, tried to sell them at a nearby business and fled once they were recognized. Police Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that officers were dispatched to The Arena, located at 427 S. Broadway, on Monday afternoon for two subjects attempting to sell stolen ...

4 years ago
Two Salina residents were taken to Salina Regional Health Center after a motorcycle accident Monday afternoon. Salina Police Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that around 1:40 p.m., 49-year-old Robert Truex was driving his motorcycle northbound on Broadway. It is believed that Truex lost consciousness in the 200 block because of a medical emergency. He lost ...

4 years ago
February is Black History Month and the Smoky Hill Museum is celebrating with the launch of a new Driving Tour. According to the museum, the tour is available at the Smoky Hill Museum and via the Museum’s website at smokyhillmuseum.org. Just click on the Black History Driving Tour link at the top of the page. Since Salina was ...

4 years ago
A new master's degree is being offered at Kansas State University Salina Aerospace and Technology Campus that is designed specifically for engineering and technology students to both further their education and elevate their career potential in the aerospace industry. K-State Salina is offering a Master of Science in aeronautics with two options. The first option is an aerospace certification for ...

4 years ago
A Kansas lawmaker is trying to increase the state's minimum wage. Democratic State Senator Ethan Corson of Fairway's proposal calls for raising the state's current minimum wage of seven-dollars-and-25-cents per hour to ten-dollars per hour by the end of the year. The state minimum wage would then rise by two-dollars each year before it caps at 16-dollars ...

4 years ago
There have been no new COVID deaths in Saline County since Friday and 17 new COVID cases. According to the Saline County Health Department, there are currently 226 active cases in the community. Salina Regional Health Center reports that 17 patients require hospitalization related to COVID-19. There have been 204 COVID related deaths overall. The Saline County Health Department ...

4 years ago
A Salina area native is joining the staff at Salina's KU School of Nursing. According to the University of Kansas, Karen Weis, Ph.D., has been appointed the Christine A. Hartley Rural Health Nursing Endowed Professor at the University of Kansas School of Nursing-Salina. She also will be the director of research at the newly created Kansas ...

4 years ago
Comic Con is coming back. Salina’s popular Comic Con will return this summer. Organizers said via social media it's official. Salina Comic Con returns to the Tony’s Pizza Events Center over the weekend of July 16th and 17th. In the past this event included vendors who want to buy, sell, and trade comic books, toys and pop ...

4 years ago
A quartet of local jazz players – three of whom are KWU faculty – will join with a special guest vocalist to entertain all comers Monday, Feb. 21 in KWU’s Sams Chapel. The event gets underway at 7:30 p.m. and admission is free. Known collectively as Sharp Eleven, the group is comprised of Dr. James McAllister ...

4 years ago
Republican Clarke Sanders has filed for re-election to the Kansas House in the 69th District. Sanders filled out the paperwork and paid the $120 filing fee this past Thursday in the Secretary of State's office in Topeka. "It has been a great honor to serve the people of Salina and Kansas since January of 2021 and I ...

4 years ago
A Salina man has been charged with driving under the influence after a single-vehicle accident Sunday morning. Aaron Powers, 24, was driving his white 1998 Chevrolet S-10 truck eastbound on I-70 near mile marker 257 when he lost control and left the roadway at 3:10 a.m. Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that the ...