7 years ago
Salina Regional Health Center’s Board of Trustees has a vision for the future of nursing education, and Kansas Wesleyan is the focal point. The hospital Board of Trustees announced this week that it will donate a total of $1 million to KWU to secure that future in the form of $600,000 in cash, plus a former ...

7 years ago
A man who started a business in Salina which grew into one of the largest of its kind in the world is one of the newest members of the Kansas Business Hall of Fame. The late Henry David Lee and H. Lee Scott, Jr. were recognized at the Kansas Business Hall of Fame induction ceremony during ...

7 years ago
The Kansas Board of Regents pressured state university officials to rethink hiking tuition, and the schools did just that. In-state tuition for undergraduates at all state campuses will be flat or reduced after the regents approved revised rates Wednesday. Though some graduate and out-of-state students will see modest tuition increases. Regents Chair Dennis Mullin thanked university officials ...

7 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 in the Kansas under public health warnings due to blue-green algae.The agency says along with the six lakes and ponds which are under a warning, ...

7 years ago
Salina Police have released statistics from the department's "Click It Or Ticket" campaign which ran city wide May 20 through June 2. According to Police Sergeant Brent Rupert, officers made 147 traffic stops during the program, and issued 131 citations for adults who were not wearing seat belts. One driver was cited for not having their child ...

7 years ago
The list of Saline County victims caught up in a stolen pin numbers scam grows to 124. Salina Police Detective Sergeant David Villanueva tells KSAL News that investigators first learned about the breach on Sunday after four Sunflower Bank customers reported their bank accounts had been compromised by unauthorized cash withdrawals. As of Wednesday morning, police say ...

7 years ago
The recent spring rain has been good for a Saline County lake. According to the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks, and Tourism, the oft-dry Salina State Fishing Lake, located approximately 4 miles NNW of Salina, has received a surplus of water this spring and is now full. The lake level is sufficient to support re-stocking Channel Catfish ...

7 years ago
A Salina woman suffered minor injuries in a crash at an exit ramp along Interstate 135. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, a 2010 Chevrolet failed to yield to oncoming traffic on the off ramp from  I135 at Waterwell Road. A 2017 Ford  traveling west made an avoidance maneuver. It struck the Chevrolet, crashed through a ...

7 years ago
A Salina man was hurt in a crash while exiting the Fort Hays State University Campus in Hays. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 20-year-old Austin Chart of Salina was driving a 2012 Honda Civic, pulling off  Campus Drive turning left onto U.S. 183  Highway. He pulled out in front of a 2015 Nissan Xterra. Chart was ...

7 years ago
When he enlisted in the Tennessee National Guard in 1999, uppermost in Fred Mize’s mind was serving his country. Now a master sergeant, he is thinking about ways to better provide for his wife and six children when he retires from the military. Fort Hays State University is offering a unique associate degree program that will ...

7 years ago
A herd of cattle which were missing and presumed stolen have been found. 36 head of cattle belonging to a Cloud County man were located on Monday. --- A Cloud County man is asking for the public's help in finding 36 head of cattle that are missing and presumed stolen. Heath Burt says 36 of his cows disappeared sometime ...