6 years ago
The nationwide "Science on Screen" series of movies and events is returning to Salina. What does the cult horror/sci-fi  film “Tarantula” have to do with cutting edge science research? As a recent recipient of a $7,000 Science on Screen grant, the Salina Art Center Cinema will provide that answer in the first of a series of ...

6 years ago
A driver was killed when his car collided with a semi that was making a u-turn on a South Central Kansas Highway. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, a 2014 International Prostar semi was traveling northeast on K61 Highway in Reno County when the driver missed his exit. As he attempted to make a u-turn and ...

6 years ago
The community is invited to help rebrand downtown Salina. Salina Downtown, Inc. has launched a major rebranding community contest to reflect downtown’s new and improved streetscape project. According to the organization. the Salina Downtown Marketing Committee invites all creative and artistic minds to help strengthen the identity of downtown through a logo design and tagline challenge. The ...

6 years ago
Police are investigating a damage to property case in north Salina. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that an employee at BJ Koetting Construction arrived at work on Thursday morning and discovered windows at the business and glass on a boom truck had been shattered. Police say sometime between 5:30pm Wednesday and Thursday at 9am someone ...

6 years ago
A Reno County man is facing federal charges after he allegedly tried to pass off bogus bills a week ago in Hutchinson. City officials say 31-year-old William Henry Scott Crider was busted yesterday on a single count of counterfeiting U.S. currency, as well as one count of theft by deception. A pizza-delivery driver reportedly ID'd Crider as ...

6 years ago
A two-year-old boy who was found dead in his west Wichita home six weeks ago showed bruises all over his body. That's the word from local officials, who released a probable-cause affidavit yesterday in the case of Bernardo Gonzalez-Mejia, the boyfriend of Jacob Aviles' mother. EMTs were called to the boy's home in the 11-hundred block of ...

6 years ago
Kansas State University Polytechnic Campus has signed a transfer agreement with Green River College in Auburn, Washington. The agreement offers transfer credit hours to Green River students who apply and qualify for admission to Kansas State Polytechnic. Recruitment efforts will focus on international students pursuing aviation and technology degrees. "We were looking to partner with an institution ...

6 years ago
Police are asking for the public's help in identifying a man who passed counterfeit money at a Salina truck stop.  The crime is this week's Salina Crimestoppers crime of the week. According to police, on October 30th a person entered the Flying J Travel Center, located at 2250 N Ohio and passed counterfeit currency. The suspect ...

6 years ago
The art has gone wild in a new gallery display at Rolling Hills Zoo. The zoo unveiled its new Art Gone Wild Gallery Show in the Earl Bane Gallery Thursday evening. The display includes juried art, plein air art, and even animal art. Many of the art pieces which include multi forms of art, were created last ...

6 years ago
It’s a Kansas tradition to open the pheasant and quail seasons on the second Saturday in November. If you’re a bird hunter, you've probably been losing sleep thinking about opening day. The Kansas pheasant and quail season opens this Saturday. More than 80,000 hunters will hunt pheasants in Kansas, and while there is some overlap, more ...

6 years ago
Nominees for the NEA-Salina USD 305 Master Teacher award will be recognized. According to USD 305, educators of NEA-Salina and members of the community are invited to hear the Master Teacher nominees and then attend a reception. The event will be held on November 20th at 4:30 in the New Gym at Schilling Elementary School. Nominated for ...