5 years ago
A first of many new milestones graced Great Plains Manufacturing earlier this month when the Great Plains/Kubota logo went up on a mammoth building in south Salina. It cemented what company leaders have been mapping for months. Since purchasing Salina-based Great Plains in July 2016, Kubota included Salina among four strategic growth areas in the United States, ...

5 years ago
Individuals can now use their SNAP benefits at a local farmers' market. The Harvest Farmers Market, which is open Tuesday evenings from 4-7 p.m. at Emmanuel Christian, 1325 E. Cloud, is now accepting SNAP. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, is the largest federal nutrition assistance program for low-income individuals and families. Thirty percent of ...

5 years ago
An SUV was burglarized over the night of August 10th in Salina. A 63-year-old man told Salina police officers that numerous items were stolen from his 2011 GMC Yukon. The man said the vehicle was parked in his driveway at the 2100 block of Huntington Road, and he left the rear passenger's side window cracked a ...

5 years ago
The Salina Police Department is investigating an aggravated battery case that happened Monday night. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that Jesse Rick, a 41-year old man of Niles, Kansas, was walking around the 600 block of South Second St. around 10 o'clock. A man approached Rick on a bike, and the two had a verbal ...

5 years ago
An Abilene man's body was found Tuesday morning in the Smoky Hill River. Saline County Undersheriff Brent Melander tells KSAL News that Monday evening around 6:30 at the 900 block of North Niles Road, just southeast of New Cambria, a witness saw an elderly man leaning over the rail. The witness notified authorities and started to ...

5 years ago
A Kansas firefighter is dead after being electrocuted while on a call. Morton County deputies and emergency crews responded to a rollover accident near Rolla, Kansas, on Sunday evening. Officials say a firefighter was searching for crash victims when he received an electrical shock from damaged power lines. The firefighter was taken to a hospital where he was ...

5 years ago
Salina City Commissioners Monday evening discussed the possibility of cancelling the upcoming Smoky Hill River Festival. The discussion was prompted  by new guidance from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. KDHE Secretary Dr. Lee Norman said in a release “given the increased transmission of the Delta variant across the state, we now consider attendance at ...

5 years ago
Salina City Commissioners heard a detailed report Monday evening on the finding of an audit and investigation into the Salina Fire Department. An outside agency, BKD CPAs & Advisors, has performed forensic accounting services of the agency and prepared a forensic accounting report. The report was unveiled during the report to the commission. The investigation found misuse of ...

5 years ago
Salina's Kenwood Cove water park went to the dogs Monday evening. After closing for the season on Sunday, the water park opened Monday evening for one final swim, the annual "Pooch Plunge". The event proved popular. A large crowd of people enjoyed the last swim of the summer on a hot late-summer evening with their best friend, ...

5 years ago
Another person has died due to COVID-19 in Saline County. According to the Saline County Health Department, since Friday there have been 18 new COVID-19 cases locally along with the new death. This brings the total number of deaths in Saline County to 127. Saline County Health Department staff is actively monitoring 495 cases of COVID-19. Salina Regional ...

5 years ago
As the clock counts down for the 45th-anniversary River Festival, the start of Festival Medallion Quest 2021 draws near. According to Salina Ars and Humanities, the first Medallion Quest clue will be shared live from the front steps of the Smoky Hill Museum this Wednesday afternoon at 4:30. Then starting Thursday clues will be available at ...