8 years ago
A skid steer loader was stolen from a fenced-in property north of Salina. Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that sometime between 3:30pm Tuesday afternoon and 7am Wednesday, someone started up a 2004 Bobcat loader, and broke down the gate as they drove away from a field that is located in the 1200 block ...

8 years ago
Totaling more than $240,000 over the next four years, the top scholarships at Kansas State University Polytechnic Campus will be helping five Kansas high school seniors achieve their educational dreams when classes begin this fall. Wesley Elliott, Salina, has been chosen to receive Kansas State Polytechnic's 2018 Vanier Presidential Scholarship. The $20,000-per-year award, worth $80,000 over ...

8 years ago
Students at Kansas' six public universities will soon be paying higher tuition costs. The Kansas Board of Regents approved the tuition increases yesterday. The average tuition increases range from 48-dollars per semester at Fort Hays State University to 137-dollars per semester at the University of Kansas. Officials at the public universities say the increases were necessary ...

8 years ago
Dignitaries will be on hand Thursday evening to celebrate the opening of the new home of the Salina Health Education Center, the new home of the University of Kansas School of Medicine-Salina and the KU School of Nursing-Salina. A vacant downtown property has been under renovation since the fall of 2016, and will become the new ...

8 years ago
On the same day President Trump reversed course and signed an executive order today temporarily ending the policy of separating migrant children from their parents, Kansas Senator Jerry Moran joined several of his Senate colleagues to the Keep Families Together and Enforce the Law Act. According to Moran's Office, this legislation would keep families together while ...

8 years ago
Salina Police are looking for a stolen vehicle. Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that sometime between 2am and 5am Monday, someone stole a white, 1996 Dodge Intrepid 4-door sedan from a parking lot at an apartment in the 700 block of S. 2nd. The 23-year-old owner told officers she had left the key in the ignition. The ...

8 years ago
In only one year, Cadet Qian Kecheng of Shanghai proved to the leadership at St. John’s, and to himself, that he was capable of being one of the top cadet leaders at the school. It was this service-minded work ethic, as well as an attention to detail and a mind for logistics, that earned him ...

8 years ago
Both of Kansas' U.S. Senators are calling on the Trump Administration to end the practice of separating immigrant children from their families at the U.S.-Mexican border. Senators Pat Roberts and Jerry Moran have both spoken out against the policy, which has resulted in the separation of more than two-thousand children from their parents or guardians at ...

8 years ago
A manufacturer of farm equipment is planning to expand its operations in Abilene and create several hundred new jobs. Great Plains Manufacturing announced on Tuesday a facility expansion in Abilene.  The company has entered into a contract to purchase a 350,000 square foot building. The building is located at 2150 NW 8th Street, the former home ...

8 years ago
Salina Police arrested a man from Salina after he allegedly tried to slash two other people during an altercation. According to Police Capt. Mike Sweeney, 23-year-old Salina man, Seth VanBruggen showed up at a residence in the 800 block of W. Elm. There were three residents housed at the home and all got in to an argument ...

8 years ago
A Salina man is behind bars after stealing a vehicle from an acquaintance. Police Capt. Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that a vehicle was stolen from a central Salina residence shortly after 1 p.m. on Monday. Before the call to authorities, the suspect was allegedly involved in an argument with a known acquaintance--who had a protection order ...