3 years ago
 Kansas State University has been awarded $25 million through the State of Kansas' Department of Commerce Challenge Grant program for an infrastructure project in the College of Agriculture. According to K-State, the Kansas Legislature challenged all state educational institutions to leverage private monies with the state funds at a three-to-one ratio for facilities construction and renovation projects. ...

3 years ago
While Salina Area Technical College has routinely set new fall enrollment records over the past several years, spring enrollment numbers have been quietly growing as well. For the spring 2023 semester, the college reached a record headcount of 1,055 students enrolled in a record 7,921 credit hours. Those numbers represent a 22 percent increase in headcount ...

3 years ago
Early Monday morning a Hays resident sped though Salina landing himself approximately 38 various traffic violation citations and some felony charges. At 2:00 AM a white 2008 Dodge Charger was clocked going 54 mph as it turned onto 12th street from Walnut where the speed limit is 30 mph. The driver tuned west onto W South St. ...

3 years ago
A Salina resident’s car was struck not once, but twice. Police Captain Paul Forester told KSAL News the accident happened on Saturday, the 11th around 5 PM. A 2014 Nissan Altima was parked in the 1300 block of Derby facing east when a vehicle going west struck the vehicle, the unknown driver struck the Nissan a ...

3 years ago
A unique musical trio featuring University of Kansas Kansas music department faculty  will perform in Lindsborg. Based in the Kansas City area and taking its name from the Indo-Persian word for “new” and the Uzbek word for “music” or “melody,” the NAVO arts organization is focused on the new and the international. Now the new NAVO ...

3 years ago
A Kansas Wesleyan University student has been chosen to lead the recently formed Midwest College Chapter of the NAACP. According to KWU, Tyler Boston, a junior in the pre-physical therapy program, will lead the consortium of students from Kansas Wesleyan, Salina Area Technical College, Bethany College, and Kansas State University Salina Aerospace and Technology Campus. This is ...

3 years ago
A man from Missouri was killed when his truck veered off Interstate 70, went airborne, and crashed late Saturday afternoon. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 60-year-old Brian Butts from Bridgeton, Missouri, was driving a 2015 Ford F150 pickup headed west on the Interstate. For an unknown reason he crossed the center median and continued through ...

3 years ago
A longtime Salina area rancher and businessman, who was well known for his philanthropy and love of Kansas State University, is being remembered.  John K. "Jack" Vanier, 94, passed away Friday. The following is an obituary from his family and statements from Kansas State University leadership. From the Vanier family: To call Jack Vanier a founding father of ...

3 years ago
Police are seeking tips from the public in a forgery case which was caught on camera. The crime is the latest Salina Crime Stopper crime of the week. Salina Police say back on Tuesday, January 19th, officers took a report of a subject passing a forged check at Bennington State Bank, 2130 S. Ohio St., Salina. ...

3 years ago
"Clarence the Catfish" rode his bike right into the hearts of Salinans who voted the sculpture by Joe and Terry Malesky the 2022 People's Choice Award winner. Salina Mayor Mike Hoppock revealed the winning piece Friday morning as a small group of well wishers gathered on the northeast corner of Santa Fe and Iron to listen. The ...

3 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a couple of residential burglary cases. According to Captain Paul Forrester, sometime between 6am and 3:30pm Thursday, someone placed a clothes dryer under the kitchen window on a house located in the 900 block of Merrill Street and broke the glass to gain entry. Once inside, the burglar removed a Ruger ...