12 years ago
Two radio station raise over $57,000 to help in the fight against childhood cancer. Salina Media Group radio station Y 93.7 and Sunny 102.5 on Friday concluded a two-day radiothon to benefit St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. After all was said and done, the stations collected $57,578.22. Among the money raised was $9,894 from area school children, ...

12 years ago
A new organization is taking over management of the Salina Country Club. According to the club, the Troon company will take over management. Troon specializes in upscale golf management, development, and marketing. Salina Country Club is a century-old private country club with a long and rich tradition. It strives in making the member-owned property a “family center” ...

12 years ago
Police are reviewing in-store video after a burglary at a Salina business. Police are looking for a 6-foot black male who was wearing black rim eyeglasses and a red beanie who walked into Easyhome Rent to Own Furniture, 1123 W. Crawford, Tuesday afternoon just after 2pm and looked at a bed set before leaving the store. Video ...

12 years ago
Salina Police arrest two suspects in the same location - who were not together. Police find a woman who was wanted for fleeing and eluding officers in January. According to Captain Mike Sweeney, an officer on patrol recognized 29-year-old Heather M. Urbanek, as she sat in a vehicle that was parked in the lot at Dollar ...

12 years ago
The university of Kansas is partnering with a Massachusetts company to recruit international students to the university. Shorelight Education, based in Cambridge, Mass., will recruit international students into the university's new Academic Accelerator Program. The program will be a 12-month, three-semester program meant to introduce international students to Kansas and U.S. culture and college curriculum. ...

12 years ago
The order of nuns who founded Newman University in Wichita has given $2.5 million to the university. University officials announced the gift Tuesday from the Adorers of the Blood of Christ. University spokeswoman Kelly Snedden says the money will be used to fund science and health care initiatives, which includes a proposed new science building. ...

12 years ago
A 73-year Salina landmark is gone. Kansas Wesleyan University's historic Glenn Martin Stadium has been torn down. Because of its condition, Glenn Martin Stadium has not been utilized for KWU games since 2007. The stadium, which opened back in 1940, is being demolished to make way for a new sports complex. Demolition began on January 9th. ...

12 years ago
The man portrayed by actor Tom Hanks in the Oscar-nominated movie "Captain Phillips" is scheduled to give a lecture at Hutchinson Community College later this year. Capt. Richard Phillips is to deliver the Dillon Lecture in Hutchinson on Sept. 23. Phillips was captain of the commercial ship Maersk Alabama when Somali pirates seized the ship in 2009. ...

12 years ago
A 93-year-old Kansas woman who died in May left a lasting legacy to her city's animal shelter. Hutchinson city officials say they were caught off guard by the $226,000 donation from Eula Fray. Fray lived most of her life in Hutchinson, where she worked as an insurance company secretary. She was divorced, with no children and no ...

12 years ago
The Kansas Coalition Against the Death Penalty is campaigning against legislation limiting the time allowed for appeals of capital punishment convictions. The state Senate approved a bill last month setting a limit of three years and six months for the Kansas Supreme Court to hear and decide an appeal of a death penalty conviction. There is ...

12 years ago
The president of ESPN will join three college athletics executives in delivering a Landon Lecture next month at Kansas State University. ESPN's John Skipper is also CEO of Disney Media Networks. He'll be joined for the April 2 lecture by Big 12 Conference Commissioner Bob Bowlsby, retired University of Texas athletic director DeLoss Dodds and Kansas ...