5 months ago
Police are looking for a vehicle that is missing from a Salina car lot. Police say on Thursday at around 11:30 AM, a stolen vehicle was reported from Rodriguez Auto Sales, 539 N. Santa Fe. Sometime between 9:00 PM on Wednesday and and 11:30 AM on Thursday, unknown suspect(s) stole a black 2010 Chevy Equinox. The ...

5 months ago
Salina Area Technical College cut the ribbon on its new Industrial Maintenance and Automation building. Construction on the $6 million, 15,000 square foot modern facility, began in the Spring of 2024. The project itself began a year earlier, with the announcement if a $1.8 million in funding from the Kansas Department of Commerce. Salina Tech President Greg ...

5 months ago
Saline County and the City of Salina are planning to partner to invest opioid settlement dollars back into the community. According to Saline County, these settlements were reached between state attorneys general and manufacturers and distributors of prescription opioids in recognition of their role in fueling the epidemic of addiction. As a result, Kansas and its local governments receive annual ...

5 months ago
The Love, Chloe Foundation continues to help families find hope and help in the fight against cancer in Kansas and around the nation. Heidi Feyerherm-Smith Executive Director Love, Chloe Foundation joined in on the KSAL Morning News Extra with a look at a couple of upcoming fundraising events this month. She also explained how wagons filled with ...

5 months ago
Fall-like weather will usher in the September First Friday in Downtown Salina. This latest First Friday event will feature late shopping at over a dozen businesses, till 7 PM. They include: Salina Selfie Station Familia Toys Salina Art Center Poppy & Vine Red Fern Booksellers Baron Mushmouse Flipping Fabulous Eccentricity Sanity Boutique On the Pot Blushe ...

5 months ago
A landscape bed renovation project is underway in south Salina. According to the City of Salina, construction began Wednesday on the landscape beds at intersections along S. Ninth Street, starting at Schilling Road and extending north to Otto Avenue. While crews are on site, northbound and southbound traffic will be reduced to one lane in each direction. ...

5 months ago
The Salina Symphony’s 70th Anniversary Season will open with a stellar multi-media concert on Sun., Oct. 5, at 4 p.m. at the Stiefel Theatre. The concert will open with a breathtaking performance of Holst’s majestic The Planets, featuring world renowned projection artist Camilla Tassi’s visual interpretation of the iconic score, including images from the Boom! Salina ...

5 months ago
A Volunteer Information Night for the new Friends of the Iron Horse Trail group will be held Wednesday, Sept. 10, at 7 p.m. at the Abilene Civic Center, 201 NW 2nd St. Organizers say the group will focus on hands-on maintenance and care of the trail. “We’re starting with an information night, but this isn’t about endless meetings ...

5 months ago
There was no winner in Wednesday's Powerball drawing, so the jackpot is now estimated at $1.70 billion for the next drawing on Saturday night. The jackpot has an estimated cash value of $770.3 million. According to the lottery, Saturday’s Powerball jackpot ranks as the third-largest jackpot in U.S. lottery history, only behind the world-record $2.04 billion ...

5 months ago
Severe storms rapidly developed Wednesday evening in some parts of Central Kansas, including in the Salina area. The city of Salina received heavy rain, and small hail, generally up to the size of dimes and pennies. Much larger hail fell just west, and south of  Salina. South of the Salina Regional Airport hail covered the ground.  Spotters ...

5 months ago
Demolition of the old Saline County Jail moved into the next phase this week as heavy equipment began knocking down exterior walls. Back in mid-August crews were working inside to gut the concrete jail cells. Saline County Administrator Phillip Smith-Hanes tells KSAL News the two pronged approach is to demolish and recycle. [audio mp3="https://www.ksal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/smith-hanes-jail-tear-down-1.mp3"][/audio]   Salina based, Diehl Enterprises ...