9 years ago
Mary Vanier, Manhattan, has given a gift of $1 million to Kansas State University to create at least 30 matching gift scholarships as part of the K-State Family Scholarship Program. This program is an initiative of the Kansas State University Foundation to increase scholarship dollars to help the university attract and retain students and to ...

9 years ago
Kansas Highway Patrol Troopers worked four fatal crashes over the Thanksgiving holiday. The agency released its Thanksgiving Weekend Holiday Activity Report Monday. The reporting period for the holiday weekend ran from 6:00 pm on Wednesday, November 22, through 11:59 pm on Sunday, November 26. Four fatal crashes were worked during this reporting period, which killed six people ...

9 years ago
Officers of the Salina Police Department will begin teaching classes at Salina South High School during the 2018-19 school year, under an agreement signed Monday between the City of Salina and Salina Area Technical College. Under the terms of the agreement, the city will provide two on-duty officers who will each teach five hours of classes ...

9 years ago
Despite three combined wins between the schools, Salina Central and South placed 14 on the All-AVCTL Division One Teams. Salina South had five make the first team, led by juniors Jayden Miller, Isaac Mitchell and Cai Calvert. Senior Payton Webb and junior Nolan Cox joined the trio after a 3-7 season. The Cougars were one of ...

9 years ago
Police are looking for a known suspect who drove away from a business in semi truck he was scheduled to turn in. Police say on November 22, the man left Bohm Farm and Ranch located at 672 S. Broadway in a burgundy, 2007 Kenworth truck with a grain hopper. The company valued the truck, grain ...

9 years ago
Police are looking for a known suspect after an altercation on a front porch in north Salina on Friday evening. Police say a 49-year-old man was sitting on his front porch when a known acquaintance walked up - then rushed him and began throwing punches. The victim was transported to Salina Regional Health Center to be treated ...

9 years ago
A couple tubs full of bullets were stolen from a storage shed in Salina. Police are looking for someone who broke into a rental unit at Broadway Mini Storage, 2141 Centennial sometime between June 1 and November 21 and stole thousands of rounds of bullets. Police report numerous bullets including .45, .357 .308, .3006, .38, .22 and ...

9 years ago
A vehicle's description helps deputies locate and arrest two suspects wanted in connection to a residential burglary in New Cambria. Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that 19-year-old Jesse Wray and 17-year-old William Donahue both of Salina were taken into custody over the weekend. Sheriff Soldan alleges the two broke into a home in the ...

9 years ago
A Thanksgiving eve visit fueled by alcohol turned violent in a Salina apartment. Police arrested 31-year-old Shane Martin of Denver after he allegedly got into a fight with his mother and her boyfriend on Wednesday evening in a home in the 600 block of S. 2nd Street. Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that Martin came home ...

9 years ago
Historic Fort Riley sites and homes will be open to the public for the 34th annual “Tour of Homes.” The tour is next Saturday, Dec. 2nd, from noon to 4. The tour, organized by the Historical and Archaeological Society of Fort Riley, will include several of Fort Riley’s historic homes, starting with the Custer House. The tour ...

9 years ago
The City of Salina is planning for the 38th annual Mayor's Christmas Party. The free holiday event is sponsored by the Salina Parks & Recreation Department and is open to the entire family. Featured activities include: Clifford the Big Red Dog with Jammin' Randy, holiday dancers, kids karaoke, treat bags, prizes, crafts, and a visit ...