4 years ago
Police are investigating a burglary from Monday morning at a bar in Salina. Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that the incident happened at 4:45 a.m. Monday at Bishop Street Tavern, located at 717 Bishop Street. Officers were sent to the business on Tuesday once the the business figured out about the burglary. Forrester said unreleased video ...

4 years ago
A California couple contributed $25 million to McPherson College in what officials said was the largest gift to a small, private liberal arts college in Kansas history. Melanie and Richard Lundquist, signers of the “Giving Pledge” promise to dedicate a majority of their wealth to charitable causes, announced the donation Sunday at the central Kansas college’s ...

4 years ago
Salina Area Technical College is accepting applications from individuals interested in serving on the college’s Board of Trustees. According to the school, the nine-member Board is the college’s governing body, and determines goals and direction for the institution. New Board members are appointed by the Board itself, and serve terms of three years, with terms starting ...

4 years ago
Students at Bethany College will benefit from one of the largest gifts in school history, a gift in excess of $3 million. According to the school, the gift comes from the extreme generosity of William and Barbara Gaeddert. William Kenneth Gaeddert graduated from Bethany College in 1960 with a Bachelor of Arts in Music Education. He was ...

4 years ago
Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan was one of five Kansas sheriffs to travel to the U.S. / Mexico border at the invitation of U.S. Senator Roger Marshall last week. Soldan joined in on the KSAL Morning News Extra Tuesday to cover a wide range of topics including drug and human traffickers that come over the border ...

4 years ago
A tip prompted by a social media post helped the Dickinson County Sheriff's Office bust a burglar who they believe stole from an adult entertainment store. According to the agency, Friday night  at approximately 9:53 deputies responded to Lion’s Den, located at 2349 Fair Road in Dickinson County, to a commercial business alarm.  They discovered a ...

4 years ago
A Salina Police Officer is among twenty new law enforcement officers who graduated from the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center on Friday. Salina Police Officer Marc Coletti was among the graduates, and also received a fitness award. According to the training center, Officer Daniel Harshbarger of the Rose Hill Police Department was the graduating class president. The ...

4 years ago
Two Salina businesses are involved in damage to property cases from over the weekend. Police Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that between May 19 and May 22, a wall and dumpster were spray painted in a stretch on S. Ninth Street. The south wall of MedExpress, located at 2770 S. Ninth, and a dumpster owner by ...

4 years ago
An area man has been taken advantage of in a scam that's been prevalent lately. Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that the 69-year-old victim reported to authorities on Friday that he had been involved in a scam. The man told deputies that he got an email from what he thought to be Best Buy's ...

4 years ago
Kansas State University Salina Aerospace and Technology Campus is awarding premier scholarships to nine incoming freshmen for the 2022-2023 academic year.   According to the school, the scholarships include five prizes from the Vanier family and four Hardman endowment winners. These renewable scholarships are awarded to incoming K-State Salina students each year.   Garrett Denning, incoming professional pilot student, ...

4 years ago
The effort started during the day Friday. By Friday evening over 200 people gathered to be a part of it. By Sunday afternoon it was mission accomplished for the Artwork Alley, seven new, large, bright murals were complete in the alley  in the 100 block between South Santa Fe and Fifth Streets. The Artwork Alley Mural ...