7 years ago
As summer draws to a close, the next couple of weeks are when most Kansas students return back to schools across the state. AAA Kansas warns drivers to be especially vigilant for pedestrians during before- and after-school hours. Nearly one-third of all child pedestrian fatalities in the United States occur between 3 p.m. and 7 ...

7 years ago
Teachers returned to classrooms at Salina USD 305 Schools last week. This week students will join them. Tuesday ushers in the beginning of the 2019-20 school year for Salina USD 305 students in grades 1-5 (K screenings by appointment) and grades 6 and 9. (No school for grades 7, 8, 10, 11, 12.) Wednesday, students in ...

7 years ago
A large crowd of people gathered Sunday for the final big swim of the summer at Salina's Kenwood Cove water park. Families were able to  enjoy a final big day together in the Summer sun, many of them getting into the pool for free, before kids head back to school beginning this week. Rocking M Media Salina ...

7 years ago
Nestled a few miles on each side of the  US 81/24 Junction, in Cloud County, Kansas, there is a little school district with a little band that could. The Southern Cloud band was recently awarded an $11,960.00 Dane G. Hanson Grant to purchase new instruments. Southern Cloud school district consists of approximately 120 students. Each community of ...

7 years ago
Smoky Hills Public Television’s summer reading program, Share a Story, visited 71 communities across central and western Kansas this past June and July.  There were 1650 children and 625 adults that attended the 71 presentations held in partnership with the local libraries. During the Share a Story presentation, children watched a clip from a PBS Kids ...

7 years ago
The distinctive smell of hemp now wafts through certain test plots at multiple K-State Research and Extension sites across Kansas. The end goal is to find out whether it’s also the smell of money for farmers seeking a valuable new rotational crop. The first test crops of industrial hemp have been growing for about two months at ...

7 years ago
A large fire badly damaged a Western Kansas meat processing facility. According to the Garden City Police Department, first responders were called Friday night at 8:35 to the report of a fire inside the Tyson Fresh Meats Finney County plant. Multiple agencies responded to the facility, which is located in Holcomb. The fire was not brought ...

7 years ago
Kansas students can win great prizes and learn about traffic safety by participating in poster and video contests as part of the annual Put the Brakes on Fatalities Day safety campaign. In addition, the school, class or booster club of the grand prize-winning students will also receive money as part of the contest prizes. Poster contest: For ...

7 years ago
A man from Texas was killed in a head-on crash on a Central Kansas highway. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 40-year-old Justin Nelson from Booker, Texas, was driving a pickup truck headed east on K 156 Highway.  His truck was hit head-on be a truck which swerved left of center to avoid a third vehicle ...

7 years ago
Police are warning the public about a phone scam that cost a Salina man $3,500. Police Detective Sergeant David Villanueva tells KSAL News that a caller pretending to be a deputy with the Saline County Sheriff's Office convinced the victim he had missed a couple of court dates and would be arrested if he did not ...

7 years ago
A fire damaged a storage shed on a farm north of Hedville on Thursday. According to the Saline County Sheriff's Office, fire fighters from RFD#3 were sent to 6330 W. Shipton Road after a refrigerator sparked a blaze inside the building. Damage to the metal shed is estimated at $10,000. No one was injured in the incident.   [caption id="attachment_57693" ...