10 years ago
Greg Goode is four months away from stepping down from his post at the college he's guided since 2009. The President of Salina Tech announced back in December he was retiring this summer. On Wednesday Goode was flanked by the school's Vice President of Instruction Monte Couchman during an in-studio visit on the KSAL Morning News. "I think ...

10 years ago
Stereo equipment was stolen from a Salina home. Police are investigating a theft from a home owned by Darrin Oaks in the 200 block of Oakdale Lane. Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that they are investigating after a known suspect allegedly removed the audio equipment from the residence sometime between 6pm Monday evening and 6am Tuesday ...

10 years ago
Salina Police are investigating after a pool table was damaged at a business. Police say someone cut the felt top on a pool table at Sunset Billiards, 1215 W. Crawford, on Sunday night between 10:45pm and 11:05pm. Damage is estimated at $500.

10 years ago
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) - Authorities say a walker and a set of hearing aids have been stolen from a 79-year-old woman attending a men's basketball game at Allen Fieldhouse. The theft happened during last week's Oklahoma State game. KU police Capt. James Anguiano says the hearing aids were inside a bag attached to the walker. The KU ...

10 years ago
The Saline County Commission is looking at filling some positions on several boards. Individuals are encouraged to complete an “expression of interest” form, by going to wwwsaline.org, if they wish to serve on: • Saline County Planning Commission • Saline County Zoning Appeals Commission • Saline County Crime Victim’s Fund Board, overseen by the County Attorney Commissioners studied: • The Sheriff’s ...

10 years ago
An effort is underway to bring the Fieldhouse Salina project to a public vote. At a special meeting on February 16th, Salina City Commissioners approved contributing up to $7 million to the project via bonds. At the same meeting commissioners also approved  a design that would cost around $12 million. An exact cost of the project ...

10 years ago
Salina City Commissioners have decided to end a management contract on the Fieldhouse Salina project. Salina Mayor Jon Blanchard tells KSAL News that a vote on Monday to end a contract with McCown Gordon now opens up the project to a competitive bidding process. At the meeting,commissioners heard from Bob Miller, CEO of Busboom & Rauh, who ...

10 years ago
Kansas House members are comfortable raising the speed limit on some highways to 70 miles per hour, but they aren't ready to increase it to 80 on interstates. The House approved a bill on a 106-19 vote Tuesday to allow the state's secretary of transportation to increase the speed limits on non-interstate highways another 5 miles ...

10 years ago
The federal Justice Department is refusing to support a U.S. elections official who sided with Kansas, Alabama and Georgia in a fight over whether voters should have to show proof of citizenship. The government contends in a court filing that the executive director of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission strayed from federal law when he required ...

10 years ago
Hundreds of Kansas City Royals fans from around the area made their way to Salina's Central Mall Tuesday to get a selfie with the trophy that capped off the 2015 World Series Championship run. "I'll keep it on my phone, maybe get it printed off ...it's definitely going on Facebook," Kyle Burch of Salina said gazing ...

10 years ago
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback's administration has cancelled a $20 million contract for construction of a utility center to replace units in the Docking State Office Building, located across the street from the Statehouse in Topeka. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that the decision came after bipartisan pressure from state lawmakers who opposed the deal because they viewed ...