12 years ago
The Kansas Wesleyan University stadium project is moving forward. According to the school, on Monday the KWU Executive Committee and the Committee on Finance & Operations met in a joint session, acting on behalf of the Board of Trustees, and voted to move forward with demolition of Glenn Martin Stadium and to begin Phase I of ...

12 years ago
Salina Police are interviewing a known suspect after a TV and bikes are stolen. A Salina woman contacted police after discovering that some of the items she planned to take with her in a move, were missing. Police say a 50-inch flat screen TV and two chopper style bikes were stolen from a home in the 900 ...

12 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a residential burglary. Officers were called to the 500 block of E. Claflin after a homeowner realized his detached garaged had been entered and television was stolen. Police say a 60-inch Sanyo flat screen TV was ripped off the wall and removed. Total loss and damage is listed at $1,400.

12 years ago
After more than a year of site studies, planning and community meetings, Salina USD 305 Board of Education approved a resolution yesterday to place a $110.7 million bond issue on the April 8, 2014 mail-in ballot. 305 Superintendent Bill Hall tells KSAL News that pushing the issue into the future could end up costing the citizens ...

12 years ago
A brief car chase ends with the arrest of a Salina man. According to Lt. Scott Siemsen, an officer who had filed the report of a stolen car on Tuesday morning, later recognized the vehicle while on patrol. Police say the 2004 Honda Accord was stolen in the 700 block of Birch Tuesday, after the owner left ...

12 years ago
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation is investigating after Riley County police shot and wounded a man outside a Manhattan hotel. Riley County police spokesman Matthew Droge says in a news release that police were called to the Quality Inn and Suites early Tuesday on reports that someone was firing shots outside the hotel. Droge says when the ...

12 years ago
A national organization is coming to Fort Riley to lay a wreath at the post cemetery to honor fallen soldiers. The event Saturday is part of the Wreaths Across America program that honors soldiers and families of those in uniform, and educates children about the role of the military to protect freedom. Wreaths Across America placed 406,000 ...

12 years ago
Authorities in northeast Kansas have arrested two Mexican nationals accused of hauling more than 200 pounds of marijuana. The St. Joseph News-Press reports (http://bit.ly/1gXU3v4 ) Wathena Police Chief Jason Pendleton stopped the men for speeding as they were driving through Wathena on U.S. 36 last week. Pendleton says officers found 151 packages of suspected marijuana, totaling about ...

12 years ago
Two people are hurt in a two-vehicle crash Tuesday night. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 24-year-old Eric Johnson of Gypsum was driving a car south on Simpson Road. He failed to stop at a stop sign at Magnolia Road and struck another car. Johnson was hurt, and was transported to Salina Regional Health Center. The driver ...

12 years ago
Organizations and advocates on all sides of the online gambling debate are cheering a Congressional hearing on the state of online gambling. The hearing took place Tuesday before the House Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade. In his testimony, American Gaming Association President Geoff Freeman praised the hearing as timely. He said the gambling lobby appreciated Congress' ...

12 years ago
In communities across the United States, Habitat for Humanity houses is providing more than just secure shelters to their homeowners. Founded in 1991, Salina Habitat for Humanity has built 35 homes and provided shelter to 131 family members in our community. On February 10, 2011, Fire Marshal Williams met with the Salina Habitat Board and present ...