5 years ago
Salina Police are asking for the public's help in identifying a suspected shoplifter who was caught on camera. The crime is this week's Salina Crime Stoppers crime of the week. Police say back on February 19th, a woman at the Dillions grocery store at 1235 E Cloud placed $100.00 of merchandise in a cart and left ...

5 years ago
Two Salina radio stations are into their second and final day of a two-day effort to help in the fight against childhood cancer. Meridian Media radio stations Y 93.7 and FM 104.9 are hosting a two-day radiothon to benefit St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. The effort began at 6:00 Thursday morning. By the time the first ...

5 years ago
More than 8,600 people who live and work in Saline County have now received either their first or both doses of the COVID-19 vaccination. According to the Saline County Health Department, all three  vaccines that protect against COVID-19 which been authorized for by the FDA - Moderna, Pfizer, and most recently Johnson & Johnson, are being ...

5 years ago
Visitor restrictions are being eased at the hospital in Salina. According to Salina Regional Health Center, they are modifying their COVID-19 visitor restrictions due to improving COVID-19 infection numbers in the community. Effective Friday, March 5, inpatients may have one visitor per day instead of one designated visitor for the duration of a patient’s hospital stay. Emergency ...

5 years ago
One Kansas Lottery player can stop searching for a lucky four-leaf clover as they’ve just won the $22,000 top prize in the 2by2 game. According to the lottery, the winning ticket was sold in South Central Kansas. It matched all four numbers in Wednesday night’s drawing to win the prize. The winning numbers in the 2by2 drawing ...

5 years ago
Great Plains Manufacturing and Kansas State University have entered into a partnership. According to Great Plains, the two have signed a master agreement to begin a research and testing partnership. With this agreement, Great Plains Manufacturing and Kansas State University will collaborate to conduct research, providing students with professional experience and hands-on learning opportunities. As a part ...

5 years ago
A knife and a board with a screw sticking out of it are collected as evidence in a confrontation between roommates. Salina Police Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that SPD arrested 65-year-old David Dameron, Salina, after he allegedly attacked his roommate, a 52-year-old Salina man, with the weapons. Police were sent to the 600 block of ...

5 years ago
Several hundred thousand dollars worth of property--including four classic cars--are destroyed in a rural Saline County fire. Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that Rural Fire Districts No. 6 and No. 2 both responded to a structure fire at 4212 W. Parsons Rd., at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday. A stand alone building had been set ablaze ...

5 years ago
Kansas Wesleyan has announced a series of events to honor Women’s History Month, which is being celebrated in March. Three on-campus events highlight the month, beginning on Friday, March 5, when a Ruth Bader Ginsburg documentary is shown in Fitzpatrick Auditorium at 7 p.m. Snacks will be provided for students in attendance. Campus leader Annie ...

5 years ago
One of the largest events of its kind in the country will ride into Salina this weekend. Equifest of Kansas is returning for the second year in a row. Equifest was the last major event held in Salina last year prior to the pandemic shutdown. Now it is the first major event to return. Equifest is one ...

5 years ago
Legislative leadership moved swiftly this week to address the surprise utility bills that many Kansas communities are shouldering after last month’s energy emergency. There are concerns about an expected drastic increase on the next utility bill in Kansas.  The historically cold weather in late February caused many to use more gas for heating their homes than ...