5 years ago
Great Plains Manufacturing and Kansas State University have entered into a partnership. According to Great Plains, the two have signed a master agreement to begin a research and testing partnership. With this agreement, Great Plains Manufacturing and Kansas State University will collaborate to conduct research, providing students with professional experience and hands-on learning opportunities. As a part ...

5 years ago
A knife and a board with a screw sticking out of it are collected as evidence in a confrontation between roommates. Salina Police Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that SPD arrested 65-year-old David Dameron, Salina, after he allegedly attacked his roommate, a 52-year-old Salina man, with the weapons. Police were sent to the 600 block of ...

5 years ago
Several hundred thousand dollars worth of property--including four classic cars--are destroyed in a rural Saline County fire. Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that Rural Fire Districts No. 6 and No. 2 both responded to a structure fire at 4212 W. Parsons Rd., at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday. A stand alone building had been set ablaze ...

5 years ago
Kansas Wesleyan has announced a series of events to honor Women’s History Month, which is being celebrated in March. Three on-campus events highlight the month, beginning on Friday, March 5, when a Ruth Bader Ginsburg documentary is shown in Fitzpatrick Auditorium at 7 p.m. Snacks will be provided for students in attendance. Campus leader Annie ...

5 years ago
One of the largest events of its kind in the country will ride into Salina this weekend. Equifest of Kansas is returning for the second year in a row. Equifest was the last major event held in Salina last year prior to the pandemic shutdown. Now it is the first major event to return. Equifest is one ...

5 years ago
Legislative leadership moved swiftly this week to address the surprise utility bills that many Kansas communities are shouldering after last month’s energy emergency. There are concerns about an expected drastic increase on the next utility bill in Kansas.  The historically cold weather in late February caused many to use more gas for heating their homes than ...

5 years ago
There are 13 new COVID-19 cases in Saline County, and no new deaths. According to the Saline County Health Department, there have now been 5,964 total cases with 413 currently active. There are 106 people who have died. Salina Regional Health Center reports they have 2 patients who require hospitalization for COVID-19. The county dashboard has been updated with ...

5 years ago
Spanish explorers called it "The Great Settlement" when they traveled into the area of present day Kansas and discovered a massive city of some 20,000 residents. Smoky Hill Museum Education Coordinator Nona Miller tells KSAL News that the recent discovery of the lost civiliztion challenges some teaching that all native American tribes on the plains were ...

5 years ago
A teenager is arrested after he is found driving a car that belongs to his sister, but he did not have permission to do so. Salina Police Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that 32-year-old Sharon Williamson-Lytle, Salina, awoke at 4 a.m. Tuesday to find that her 2013 Chevy Traverse was missing. She had been staying ...

5 years ago
After taking the year off in 2020 because of the pandemic, the National Weather Service in Wichita is again this spring offering its popular "Storm Fury on the Plains" severe weather presentations. The sessions help prepare storm spotters and weather enthusiasts for the upcoming severe weather season. According to the agency, though the event is returning, ...

5 years ago
Tuesday's statewide tornado drill went off without a hitch with one notable exception, warning messages received on many cell phones omitted the fact that the warning was just a drill. According to the NWS, tpically this this warning is used to test NOAA Weather Radios and the Emergency Alert System (EAS). This also serves as an ...