8 years ago
Kansas will receive millions of dollars to protect election databases. Kansas is getting $4.4 million dollars in funding through the federal Help America Vote Act. The grant money will be used to improve cybersecurity when it comes to voter databases and election information. Source: MetroSource News

8 years ago
Students at Kansas Wesleyan University got a first hand look Wednesday on what Salina has to offer. About 50 businesses and organizations participated in a "Meet The Merchants" event. There were booths, prizes, and food at the three hour event at the Hauptli Student Center. Business were provided space free of charge to show off their wares, ...

8 years ago
It's the largest student group in the history of the school. Bethany College is celebrating its largest new student group, freshmen and transfers, in the 137-year history of the college. According to Bethany, at the start of fall classes, 363 full-time freshmen and transfer students were enrolled. Last fall, the college also established a record for ...

8 years ago
With a little help from his congressman, a Salina man has been reunited with his wife, who was deported earlier this spring. According to Kansas First District Congressman Dr. Roger Marshall's Office, in July they received a letter from the daughter of 72-year-old Carl Hardesty, who shared her father’s ongoing case with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Hardesty ...

8 years ago
A new Bishop is leading the Salina Catholic Diocese.  The Most Reverend Jerry Vincke was ordained and installed as the 12th Bishop of the diocese during a holy ceremony Wednesday afternoon at the Sacred Heart Cathedral in Salina. The ordination came as part of a Mass. Following the reading of sacred scripture, the ordination began. Archbishop Joseph ...

8 years ago
A traffic stop in Abilene ended with an arrest after 68 pounds of methamphetamine was discovered. According to Dickinson County Sheriff Gareth Hoffman, deputies with the Dickinson County Drug Enforcement Unit at 2:20 Monday afternoon stopped a 2018 Nissan truck pulling a small U-Haul headed east on I-70 for traffic infractions as it exited the Abilene ...

8 years ago
Fifty-three new law enforcement officers graduated from the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center (KLETC) this month. University of Kansas Chancellor Douglas A. Girod was the speaker for the ceremony in KLETC’s Integrity Auditorium. The new officers were members of the 251st basic training class at the center. Located one mile west and one mile south of ...

8 years ago
Salina Police arrested a north Salina woman after she allegedly strangled a victim. Police Sgt. Jim Feldman tells KSAL News that officers were dispatched  to the 1200 block of N. 10th St. at 1 a.m. on Wednesday morning, where a 39-year-old female victim alleges that Ashlee Worley, 19, Salina, attacked her. The victim claims that during the altercation, ...

8 years ago
Cadet Tsui Sun Kit did not immediately tell his parents when the leadership at St. John’s Military School selected him to serve as the Company First Sergeant for Headquarters Company for the 131st Corps of Cadets. “I’m leaving soon to go back home for the summer,” said Tsui. “I haven’t been home since last Fall. I ...

8 years ago
Family and friends are searching for a missing Salina teen. Kansas Missing and Unsolved tells KSAL News 15-year-old Anthony Sipe went missing back on July 18th. It is believed he may still be in the Salina area, or in the McPherson Area. Sipe stands 5' 4" tall and weighs 115 pounds. He has red hair and blue ...

8 years ago
The White Rhino is coming to Rolling Hills Zoo this weekend. The zoo and Blue Skye Brewery are collaborating with the release of the new The White Rhino brew.  Premiering at this year’s Zoo Brew Craft Fest this Saturday, the first tasting of The White Rhino brew will be among the over 40 different brews available ...