7 years ago
A former Kansas Republican Governor who was born and raised in Salina will be back in his hometown, on the eve of the election, stumping for a Democrat who is vying for the state's highest office he once held. In the final days leading up to the election Laura Kelly will be making multiple stops across ...

7 years ago
A Salina man was killed in a crash late Tuesday afternoon on the Kansas Turnpike in southern Kansas. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 32-year-old Jacob Palmer was driving a 2014 Western Star Wrecker.  The wrecker rolled into a ditch along the southbound lanes. According to the agency, Palmer was killed in the crash. The crash happened at ...

7 years ago
Kansas Wesleyan University will celebrate the opening of its new Emergency Operations Center on Saturday as a prelude to the big football game against Avila University. The new, state-of-the-art EOC on campus provides students in the Emergency Management and Criminal Justice programs with a high-tech, hands-on teaching lab. At the same time, the EOC – fully ...

7 years ago
The Kansas Department of Transportation is starting the testing phase of the Integration Pilot Program this week. Flights by Iris Automation will focus on enabling new detect and avoid capabilities for drones. Iris Automation will be testing its collision avoidance technology in the airspace above Gypsum’s farmlands. The technology uses computer vision and artificial intelligence to ...

7 years ago
For the second year in a row, Bethany College has been recognized by the U.S. News & World Report on the 2019 “Best Colleges” list for Regional Colleges Midwest. This year Bethany College moved up one place from the previous year. In addition to being named on the “Best Colleges” list, Bethany College has been named ...

7 years ago
Members of the Kansas National Guard are headed to the U.S. border with Mexico. The Kansas Adjutant General's Office announced yesterday that guardsmen will work with the Arizona National Guard's Customs Border Patrol Southwest Border Operations. State officials have not said how many guardsmen will be sent to the southwest border states.

7 years ago
A short police pursuit leads to the arrest of a Salina man who was wanted on a warrant. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that an officer on patrol recognized a driver who was towing a car with a pickup in the 800 block of North 10th Street Monday afternoon at about 4:20pm and attempted ...

7 years ago
The deadline is nearing for Catholic Charities of Northern Kansas' holiday program that helps local families in crisis during the holiday season. Friday, Nov. 2, is the final day to send in an application to participate in the Adopt-a-Family for Christmas program. Catholic Charities of Northern Kansas tells KSAL News that to be considered for the program, ...

7 years ago
On Monday night Salina USD 305 school board members reviewed the results of community input identifying characteristics needed by the next superintendent at Salina Public Schools. Input was gathered from an online survey (371 participants*), 10 focus groups and one community group meeting (120 participants). According to the results, the top preferred qualities include: Integrity and ...

7 years ago
That roar north of Salina Sunday afternoon wasn't thunder. It was the roar of over a hundred motorcycles zooming across Ottawa County delivering toys. It was the 2018 Spark of Love Toy Run. Organizers tell KSAL News this was the seventh year of the event, which is hosted by the Fire & Iron Station 27 Firefighters ...

7 years ago
Greg Orman is trying to make political history in Kansas. The businessman is traveling the state, bringing with him a message that change is needed in Topeka. Not just a change of current leadership but a change of both parties, republican and democrat. He is trying to be elected governor as an independent. Orman tells KSAL ...