6 years ago
Years before joining Smoky Hill Education Service Center as one of its newest consultants, John Girodat was a high school principal having a difficult conversation with a teenager about to drop out of high school. “I asked him if there was anything we could have done to avoid that conversation,” Girodat said, recalling, “And he gave ...

6 years ago
The Salina USD 305 school board and teachers are struggling to come to an agreement on a new contract. According to the district, the USD 305 Negotiations Team and NEA-Salina believe they are at impasse over one item: compensation. The USD 305 Board of Education says it appreciates the hard work and dedication displayed by both the ...

6 years ago
Kansas Governor Laura Kelly appointed nine people to the KANSASWORKS State Board including a representative from Chapman. This board was formed in accordance with the Federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. “Our KANSASWORKS State Board provides an important workforce training program that promotes business development which in turn helps Kansans find work,” Kelly said. “I know ...

6 years ago
New life may be coming to Wichita's Towne West Square. Authorities say the struggling mall at Kellogg and I-235 was reportedly sold this week to New York-based Kohan Retail Investment Group for 14-million dollars. The outstanding loan on the 39-year-old property was reportedly more than three times that amount. Kohan, which bills itself as a redeveloper of aging ...

6 years ago
Salina Police provided more details Friday regarding a stolen car that was destroyed by fire this week. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that Shana Clevenger of Salina reported her 2011 Ford Edge stolen just before 6am on June 24. The vehicle was recovered later that evening around 9:30pm. Police say seventeen days later, Clevenger reported the ...

6 years ago
KU's Eleanor Gardner got bit by the fossil bug before she could read. Her quest to know more about dinosaurs began with a picture book while she was curled up on her mom's lap, "I remember a pop-up book with dinosaur skeletons that I loved," she said. "I just couldn't get enough of it!" Now the Outreach and ...

6 years ago
Not something you see every day. Tuesday morning, motorists got a surprise when a malfunctioning toll machine on the Kansas Turnpike near Mulvane and the Kansas Star Casino started spitting out coins. Instead of asking for money, the machine was handing out money. Then, to add insult to injury, a Kansas Turnpike Authority employee apparently sent ...

6 years ago
A Salina organization is getting ready for a major move. Next week Ashby house will begin to expand, by literally moving a house located behind Taco John's at 300 S. 5th and relocating it to the corner of 8th and Walnut, next to the original shelter. It's part of the "Move that House" project.The new shelter ...

6 years ago
A pond at a Salina park remains under a public health warning. According to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, the Jerry Ivey Pond is among six bodies of water across the state under public health warnings due to toxic blue-green algae. The agency says along with the six lakes and ponds which are under ...

6 years ago
Seven Salina convenience stores have been shutdown, and seized by the State of Kansas. The Rod's Total convenience stores and gas pumps were seized by the Kansas Department of Revenue. Signs on the stores and the pumps indicate the property has been seized for non-payment of taxes and is now in possession of the State of ...

6 years ago
A Salina man faces a 'Battery of A Law Enforcement Officer' charge after a physical altercation on Wednesday morning. Captain Paul Forrester of the Salina Police Department told KSAL News: At 8:45 AM on Wednesday a Salina Police Officer noticed Carlos Fabela Jr. (26) on the east side of Casey's on E. Iron St. The officer was aware ...