6 years ago
Students who pilot unmanned flight vehicles at K-State Polytechnic are headed toward a future that has their mentor feeling a bit envious. K-State's UAS Department Head, Kurt Carraway says the drone industry is just beginning to make strides. [audio mp3="https://www.ksal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/carraway-1.mp3"][/audio]   Carraway joined in on the KSAL Morning News Extra Wednesday and added that the program recently received a ...

6 years ago
A Salina man pleaded guilty to distributing child pornography, and as part of a plea agreement prosecutors agreed to drop charges that he threatened the life of the President of the United States. According to U.S Attorney Stephen McCallister’s Office, investigators discovered the child pornography while investigating charges that 25-year-old Aaron McDowell posted a threat to kill the ...

6 years ago
Apparent gun fire may be the cause for damage to a vehicle in the central part of Salina. Salina Police Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that a 25-year-old Salina woman found four bullet holes located on the passenger side of her vehicle, a 2017 Ford Fusion, on Tuesday morning. The vehicle was parked in front of ...

6 years ago
A driver was injured in a single-vehicle accident when he crashed his SUV into a culvert in the Salina Airport Industrial Area early Wednesday morning. Salina Police told KSAL News at the scene a Jeep was headed south on Arnold Avenue when the driver suffered a medical condition. The Jeep veered off the road near the ...

6 years ago
There is still time to give blood in Salina while honoring a child whose life was lost to cancer. Wednesday is the Ally Eilert Memorial Blood Drive at the new Homewood Suites, 115 E. Mulbery, in downtown Salina. Event hosts are still asking people to come and save lives by donating blood. Those interested can donate blood ...

6 years ago
A North Central Kansas community is reporting some good economic news, an unexpected sizeable increase in sales tax revenue. The Clay Center City Council Tuesday evening learned that sales collected for Clay Center in June was up over 45% from a year ago.   Prior to June, the city’s sales tax collections were down slightly for the ...

6 years ago
A Salina Police Officer who was shot during a high speed pursuit is out of the hospital and on the road to recovery. According to Salina Police, Officer Cody Way was released from Salina Regional Health Center Tuesday morning.  His surgery went well, and they say they are anticipating and praying for a full recovery. The agency ...

6 years ago
Salina Art Center is pleased to announce funding from the United States Regional Arts Resilience Fund (USRARF). The funding went out within a six-state region including Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas. The USRARF was funded through a $10 million grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and amplified in the Mid-America region through ...

6 years ago
Salina USD 305 elementary will be on-site every day and grades 6-12 will continue hybrid beginning September 8th. According to USD 305 the change is based upon gating criteria released by the Saline County Health Department. The gating criteria, applied to USD 305, can be found on the district website, usd305.com. The webpage names the learning model ...

6 years ago
The complete transformation of a former doctor's office into a new nursing center for Kansas Wesleyan University is on track with classes slated to begin in January. When completed the $5 million dollar project will boast state of the art technology, medical tools, and enough space to increase the number of nursing candidates in the facility ...

6 years ago
The Salina Area Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce the hiring of Renee Duxler as Economic and Workforce Development Director. In this role, she will lead the Chamber’s economic and workforce development department and the implementation of the Imagine Salina program of work. Imagine Salina focuses on two overarching initiatives; they are workforce development ...