5 years ago
A couple of high school students from Salina have ranked nationally in a foreign language competition. According to USD 305, Alena Tran-Nguyen and Diana Geist of Salina High School South have ranked nationally in the 86th Le Grand Concours, a national competition sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of French. Students were evaluated for their written, oral, ...

5 years ago
A 14-year-old boy is in critical condition after being shot in the face in a park in Southwest Kansas. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation and the Ulysses Police Department are investigating after a Ulysses teen was shot in a park on Wednesday evening. According to the KBI, at approximately 6:30 p.m. Wednesday a resident who lives near the ...

5 years ago
Join the Smoky Hill Museum as it celebrates the birth, growth and change of downtown in a new exhibit, The Crossroads. The exhibit opens Friday and it runs through March 26th, 2022. According to the museum, in 1858, the story of Salina began with a group of six individuals who envisioned a community on the central plains ...

5 years ago
Salina Police, along with a grieving mother, are asking for the public's help in locating a murder suspect. Back on February 23rd, 36-year-old Courtney Ann Hoffman was shot to death in a vehicle in front of her home at 731 N. 4th Street. A couple of days later an arrest warrant for 1st Degree Murder was issued ...

5 years ago
A motorist is hurt when his truck is smacked by another truck that failed to stop at a stop sign east of Salina. Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that the wreck occurred at the intersection of Simpson Rd. and E. Country Club Rd. at 4:01 p.m., Wednesday. Keith Cole, 32, Salina, was driving his ...

5 years ago
The top student employee at Kansas State University is a senior in airport management from the Kansas State Polytechnic Campus. Jazstyn "Jaz" Moyer, a senior from Ulysses, has been named the winner of K-State's Kyle Pelton Student Employee of the Year award, presented by K-State Career Services to recognize the importance of the student work experience. Selection is based ...

5 years ago
Kansans are encouraged to wear blue this week on Friday and post a picture on social media with the hashtag #WearBlueDay to increase awareness of child abuse. According to Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt's Office, the effort is part of April’s observance of Child Abuse Prevention Month and the Blue Ribbon Campaign to Prevent Child Abuse. “Keeping ...

5 years ago
Donors responded in droves for last week’s inaugural Giving Day at Fort Hays State University. According to the school, more than $270,000 was pledged in a 48-hour period. Just as FHSU banded together as a family throughout a year unlike any other, we came together once again to #SupportTheFort. The success of FHSU’s first Giving Day ...

5 years ago
Saturday morning it will be out with the old, in with the new in Downtown Salina. The 2021 version of Sculpture Tour Salina will be unveiled. The 19 new sculptures are from 13 different artists traveling from seven different states. All of the sculptures  will be unwrapped at 11:00 AM.  Afterwards take a stroll down Santa Fe ...

5 years ago
Authorities are investigating after human skeletal remains were located along the Mitchell and Cloud County line.  According to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, on Monday just before noon their agency was asked by the Mitchell County Sheriff’s Office and the Cloud County Sheriff’s Office to investigate after they located human skeletal remains near Highway 9 and ...

5 years ago
There are 26 new COVID cases in Saline County, and no new deaths. According to the Saline County Health Department, there have now been 6,202 total cases with 63 cases currently active. The total number of community members who have lost their lives to this deadly virus is 109. Salina Regional Health Center reports they currently have five ...