4 years ago
The extreme heat has prompted one Salina organization to keep its doors open extended hours to help those who have no where else to go to stay cool. Earlier this summer the Salina Salvation Army gave away free fans. Fans help relieve the sweltering summer heat, but some days finding an air-conditioned space is the safest ...

4 years ago
The Kansas Board of Regents approved the 2021-22 tuition proposals this week. According to Fort Hays State University, the college in Hays continues to be the best value in higher education – anywhere. “Any way you look at it, we are the best value anywhere,” FHSU President Dr. Tisa Mason said. “We have proposed for the second ...

4 years ago
A motor sports event which was coming to Salina has been cancelled. According to the Tony's Pizza Events Center, due to circumstances beyond the control of the tour, the Toughest Monster Truck Tour event, scheduled for Saturday, June 26th, has been cancelled. “This was a difficult decision to make,” said Kelly Hess Goldman of Thunderbird Entertainment, the ...

4 years ago
Kansas State Treasurer, Lynn Rogers was in Salina on Thursday with a mission to give back. Rogers stopped by KSAL on Thursday to spread the message about unclaimed property in Kansas. "It's your money and we want you to get it back," he said. According to Rogers, the state is safeguarding over $400 million in lost ...

4 years ago
A traffic stop turns into a drug related arrest for a Salina man. According to Police Captain Paul Forrester, a K-9 officer on patrol pulled a vehicle over for an expired tag on Thursday morning around 2:45am in the 1900 block of N. 9th Street. The officer noticed drug paraphernalia in the Nissan Pathfinder and engaged the ...

4 years ago
A Salina woman was scammed over the phone by a man she believed was with the Saline County Sheriff's Office. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that a 27-year-old woman got a call on Tuesday while she was at work. A man told her there was a warrant issued for her arrest because she had ...

4 years ago
A Kansas City area artist has been selected to design the 2021 Smoky Hill River Festival Print. According to Salina Arts and Humanities, interdisciplinary artist Rena Detrixhe will take on the project. Detrixhe grew up in a limestone farmhouse south of Russell, Kansas where her father and mother still live. She credits her artist mother and her ...

4 years ago
The Kansas Board of Regents voted Wednesday to freeze resident tuition for students at five of the six state universities. According to the board, members approved a 1.2 percent tuition increase at Kansas State University, but the university anticipates many students will see their overall costs decrease due to a corresponding reduction in fees. “Affordability has been ...

4 years ago
A Salina teen was transported to a hospital following a single-vehicle crash on a highway in Ellsworth County. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 19-year-old Madison Grandclair was driving a 2005 Nissan Murano headed west on K-4 Highway in rural Ellsworth County. She was distracted and drove towards the right. Grandclair over corrected and crossed both ...

4 years ago
Flags will fly at half-staff across Kansas to honor a National Guard airman from Salina who was killed in an accident while training. Governor Laura Kelly has directed flags be lowered to half-staff throughout the state effective from sunup Thursday, to sunset, in honor of Staff Sgt. Wesley W. “Wes” Kubie of Salina. “Staff Sergeant Kubie lost ...

4 years ago
The number of vaccinated people in Saline County continues to grow. According to the Saline County Health Department, 20,468 people are now vaccinated, which is  37.7 percent of our local population. There are 3 new COVID cases in Saline County, and no new deaths. There here have now been 6,323 total cases with 16 cases currently active. The total ...