8 years ago
The Kansas Department for Children and Families is offering a reprieve for Kansans who face prosecution for failure to pay child support, as an opportunity to help them get back on track with their payments. DCF's Child Support Services has slated Aug. 31st as Child Support Bench Warrant Amnesty Day statewide to offer parents the chance ...

8 years ago
Salina's Kenwood Cove Waterpark is preparing to close for the season, but not before one final big event, The final event of the season is the Pooch Plunge on Monday evening. Adults are invited to bring their dogs for a dip in the pool before it is closed for the season, and cleaned. After a final ...

8 years ago
The Kansas National Guard will conduct a graduation and commissioning ceremony for the Officer Candidate School in Salina. The ceremony will be Saturday, Aug. 25, 1 p.m., at the Kansas Highway Patrol Academy, 2025 E Iron Ave. in Salina. Graduating officer candidates, who will be commissioned as second lieutenants, are Jonathan Bailey, Kansas City; Ynacio Bautista, Topeka; ...

8 years ago
The Salina Art Center presents The Art of Cake Friday, Aug. 24, 6-8 p.m. as part of the Art Center’s 40th Birthday Bash. The Birthday Bash is a free party for members at the Salina Art Center Warehouse, 149 S. 4th St. Birthday Bash guests will enjoy a party atmosphere with music, food and party games ...

8 years ago
The Kansas Wesleyan University campus is coming back to life this weekend, as nearly 800 students are now back. While some students, including athletes moved back last week, the rest of the student body is moving in this weekend in preparation of the first day of classes on Tuesday. According to the school, there’s the 16-year-old home-schooled ...

8 years ago
While an adoption event was winding down inside the Salina Animal Shelter early Saturday afternoon, supporters gathered outside in support of embattled manager Vanessa Cowie. Earlier this week Cowie was abruptly placed on paid administrative leave and suspended from all of her duties, pending a hearing with Interim Salina City Manager Mike Schrage which could end ...

8 years ago
The future for some of Kansas’ most imperiled aquatic species got brighter  this week. The Kansas Aquatic Biodiversity Center (KABC) at the Farlington Fish Hatchery in southeast Kansas opened. More than 60 people attended the opening ceremony for the facility, which culminated more than 10 years of planning and work.  The KABC is operated by the ...

8 years ago
A man was injured in a collision involving a bicycle and an SUV along one of the busiest streets in Salina Friday evening. Salina Police told KSAL at the scene the bicycle rider and the SUV collided in the 400 Block of South Ohio Street. The bicycle rider was transported by EMS to Salina Regional Health Center ...

8 years ago
New students from the University of Kansas School of Nursing -Salina participated in a special ceremony Friday, and officially began their medical career path. For the second time KU School of Nursing -Salina students were included in the Nightingale Ceremony at the University of Kansas Medical Center. The Nightingale Ceremony includes an academic society pinning and ...

8 years ago
A man who was on parole from a Kansas prison was arrested Thursday afternoon after allegedly stealing two vehicles, and leading law enforcement on a high speed chase that ended with a crash. Deputies took 45-year-old William Schiffbauer into custody around 2pm. Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that a construction crew from Boretec came back ...

8 years ago
A 15-year-old juvenile from Salina was taken into custody after scuffling with police officers Thursday evening. Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that officers were called to a home in the 800 block of Charles at 7:30pm after an argument turned violent between the boy and a man in the house. Police say the juvenile hit a ...