3 years ago
A 16-year-old boy was killed in a single-vehicle crash in south central Kansas. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 16-year-old Shane Sheets of St. John was driving a 2000 Pontiac Bonneville headed east in Stafford County in the 100 block of NE 20th Street. The car entered a ditch and collided with a tree. Sheets suffered ...

3 years ago
Two men have been sentenced to prison for their roles in an August 2020 incident in Saline County that included shooting and injuring a Salina police officer. According to Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt's Office, Saline County District Court Judge Rene Young sentenced Shawn Patrick Humphrey, 39, of Salina, to 247 months in a Kansas Department ...

3 years ago
Adult education in Salina is a rich resource. According to USD 305 school d district, its Salina Adult Education Center is part of a national network of literacy organizations offering adult education and family literacy programs to help Americans gain the basic literacy skills they need to be employable in today’s tough economy. According to the National ...

3 years ago
The Kansas Child Welfare System is making "significant progress". According to Governor Laura Kelly's Office, Kansas foster children have stable placements and are experiencing fewer moves while in care, according to the first report from the Neutral Third Party in the McIntyre class action lawsuit settlement. “My administration inherited a broken child welfare system that had an unacceptable ...

3 years ago
The Catholic Schools of the Salina Diocese have earned a notable distinction. According to the diocese, its Salina schools have been named a 2022 Cognia System of Distinction for excellence in education. Cognia, the global nonprofit school improvement organization, recognized 96 schools/school systems in the United States and Puerto Rico and nine in other countries across ...

3 years ago
Police are investigating a business burglary after someone stole a safe from a Salina eatery. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that around 5:10am Friday morning, someone pried open the backdoor to gain entry into the Wingstop restaurant located at 1621 S. Ohio. Police say surveillance video shows a white, male with long hair drag the ...

3 years ago
The exhibit “Full Circle: The Art of Teaching Art,” created by Nancy Williams ’91 in conjunction with Noah Smucker and Noah Wellbrock-Talley, opens this week in The Gallery at Kansas Wesleyan University. According to the school, through their works, Williams, a KWU alumna who has taught middle school art for 25 years at USD 305, and ...

3 years ago
Saturday's storm had deputies from the Salina County Sheriff's Office responding to a number of severe weather events. According to Sheriff Roger Soldan, deputies assisted the Kansas Highway Patrol on Saturday night around 8:44pm after a semi truck blew over on I-70 around mile marker 253. EMS checked out the driver and passenger who were okay. A ...

3 years ago
A program examining President Dwight Eisenhower's leadership during the cold war is planned for this week.  The public is invited to attend the September Lunch & Learn at the Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum in Abilene on Thursday. The program will be held in the library building auditorium and will begin promptly at noon. Guests ...

3 years ago
A tire collection event is planned for this coming Saturday in Salina. If you have old tires you want to dispose of,  North Salina Community Development is sponsoring the Saline County free car and pickup truck tire collection event. The event is planned for Saturday, September 24th. It will be from 8AM till 2PM at the vacant ...

3 years ago
Salina Area United Way is now accepting grant applications for the 2022 Make A Difference Grants. According to the agency, there will be $100,000 available in grant funding for this upcoming year. The purpose of Make A Difference Grants is to be responsive to community needs and providing funding for programs that make a difference in our ...