4 years ago
Salina Police are looking for a male suspect after he escaped a pursuit Sunday night. Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that at 6:20 p.m., an officer pulled over a 2006 black Mazda 6 on Elgin Drive because its tags were expired. The vehicle did stop, but as soon as the officer got out to approach the ...

4 years ago
A Salina woman has some repairs to make after an attempted burglary of her house failed. Salina Police Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that the 49-year-old female victim left her house for work at 6:45 a.m. on Friday. Just 20 minutes later, she saw a male subject walking down her street on her security camera. The ...

4 years ago
A nurse is uninjured after a check-up on an inmate led to some damage. Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that on Dec. 9 at 9:20 p.m., a nurse was making her rounds in the Saline County Jail. While in one cell, the inmate she was checking in on became upset and crashed a ...

4 years ago
A Saline County man who believes contaminated drinking water is the source of a cancer diagnosis has filed a lawsuit. The lawsuit, filed by William Grit of New Cambria, contends that as a direct and proximate result of exposure to, and ingestion of carcinogens in his well water from 2014 through 2019, he developed cancer on ...

4 years ago
Unseasonably mild weather is on tap to begin the week. According to the National Breather Service, high temperatures will be steadily rising beginning with highs in the lower 60s Monday. By Tuesday and into Wednesday highs will top out in the uppers 60s and lower 70s. Wednesday will be a "winds" day. It looks to be quite ...

4 years ago
Kansas Wesleyan took another step into the future this past week, when it announced that it has raised more than $16 million in phase one of the Power of AND campaign. The campaign will be the largest comprehensive campaign in school history. The opening phase, which lasted 30 months, is now complete. Many of the projects, ...

4 years ago
Fort Hays State University prides itself on meeting the workforce needs of northwest Kansas and continually searches for ways to accomplish this goal.   Accordingly, the university created the Dane G. Hansen Tiger Comeback Scholarship, made possible with a generous grant awarded by the Dane G. Hansen Foundation.   This initiative was designed to welcome back former FHSU ...

4 years ago
A series of eight earthquakes shook Saline County throughout  the day on Saturday. According to information from the Kansas Geological Survey and the United States Geological Survey, seven of the quakes ranged in intensity from 2.0 to 2.7. The strongest quake was a 3.8 at 8:09 pm. All of the quakes were centered in the southeast part ...

4 years ago
"TubaChristmas", a long-time celebration comprised of tuba and euphonium players, returned to Salina on Saturday. The Kansas Wesleyan Department of Music coordinated the event. Dr. James McAllister, KWU music department chair, conducted a  "TubaChristmas" ensemble. Following a morning rehearsal area tuba and euphonium players performed at the Central Mall. The "TubaChristmas" ensemble was comprised of 28 area musicians, ...

4 years ago
An alarming local surge in COVID infections, deaths, and hospitalizations has prompted the Saline County Health Department to again call on area employers to do their part to help. The Saline County Health Department formally requests that businesses and organizations adopt new policies and adapt existing ones around paid sick leave that will allow their employees ...

4 years ago
Kansas Wesleyan honored 44 graduates during its annual Fall Graduation Recognition Ceremony, held Friday night in Mabee Arena. According to the school, Jan Shirk ’17, long-time executive assistant to the president, delivered the evening’s keynote address. “These graduates have encountered more than most during their university experience,” said Dr. Damon Kraft, KWU provost. “Yes, they have experienced ...