9 years ago
A Salina man gets his wish to return to jail after his release early Thursday morning. "This was a very determined inmate, to go back to jail," said Saline County Undersheriff Roger Soldan after deputies tried to release 33-year-old Cody Lott. According to Soldan, Lott was being held on a charge of trespassing at the Salina Rescue ...

9 years ago
Three higher education leaders are participating in a special Landon Lecture panel discussion at Kansas State University. The panel participants are Lt. Gen. Robert Caslen Jr., superintendent of West Point Military Academy; David Hall, president of the University of the Virgin Islands; and Bud Peterson, president of Georgia Institute of Technology. The discussion is planned for ...

9 years ago
Kansas State University's Polytechnic Campus is expanding its unmanned aircraft systems program to now include a weeklong course centered on the Federal Aviation Administration's new Part 107 regulations. Designed to prepare professionals for remote pilot in command certification, Kansas State Polytechnic is offering a UAS commercial pilot training course from Monday, Sept. 19, through Friday, Sept. ...

9 years ago
The fishery in Salina’s 13-acre Lakewood Lake will be renovated this fall with a grant from the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism’s (KDWPT) Community Fisheries Assistance Program. Owned and operated by Salina Parks and Recreation and located in Lakewood Park, Lakewood Lake will be opened for public fish salvage Sept. 11-30 during Phase ...

9 years ago
Students in Chad Townley’s Heating, Ventilation and Air-Conditioning class finally got to see Wednesday what was in the huge boxes that had been on one side of the shop since classes started three weeks ago. The boxes contained two complete home comfort systems from Lennox International, valued at more than $11,000, one a pretty typical unit, ...

9 years ago
Kansas Governor Sam Brownback was in Salina Wednesday, speaking at a noon luncheon event, and visiting the Kansas Highway Patrol training center. In between, the Governor stopped at the KSAL radio studios for a chat. Brownback told KSAL News that the main purpose for the Salina stop was to speak at a Jobs For America's Graduates, ...

9 years ago
State and Riley County health officials are still working to determine why more than a dozen Manhattan High School students became ill during the first week of school. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment and Riley County Health Department are conducting an online survey of parents with students who attend Manhattan High School West Campus. School ...

9 years ago
Early Bird registration is still available for the upcoming 2016 Sunflower Fair coming up Tuesday, September 20th at the Bicentennial Center. "It's one day, great lunch all kinds of workshops and fun," said Julie Govet Walker Executive Director of the North Central Flint Hills Area Agency on Aging. Walker joined in during the KSAL Morning News Wednesday ...

9 years ago
An active shooter drill is planned Thursday at one of Salina's largest employers. Blue Beacon International, Inc., in collaboration with the Salina Police Department, Saline County Sheriff, and Saline County Emergency Management will be conducting an active shooter drill. The scenario will provide a simulated emergency situation and allow law enforcement and employees alike to react ...

9 years ago
A mother contacts authorities after not hearing from her adult son for several days. Police Captain Chirs Trocheck tells KSAL News that investigators are following up on the report of a missing person filed by a family member on Monday afternoon. Police say 26-year-old Joseph B. Hoffman has not been seen or been in touch with his ...

9 years ago
A 70-year-old man accused of robbing a bank in Kansas told investigators he would rather be imprisoned than living with his wife. Court documents say Lawrence John Ripple gave a note to a bank teller in Kansas City on Friday, demanding cash and warning he had a gun. Ripple took the money and went to sit ...