7 years ago
With a $95,000 grant from the Dane G. Hansen Foundation, Logan, the Department of Social Work at Fort Hays State University is expanding its Bachelor of Social Work cohort program to Colby Community College and, through Colby’s outreach program, to Norton. The grant will help fund three years of operations at Colby, beginning in the fall ...

7 years ago
Entities including Salina 2020, the City of Salina, and Salina Downtown, Inc., are  inviting eligible businesses to become a part of the transformation of downtown Salina. According to Salina 2020, the project is already underway with the Alley Entertainment Center, Homewood Suites By Hilton, YaYa’s Euro Bistro and Starbucks currently under construction and with the recently ...

7 years ago
Local law enforcement are warning community residents of potential medicare scam calls. Salina Police Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that they have received two different calls from residents who were called by someone trying to sell medical equipment, specifically knee and back braces. In both incidents on Feb. 4 and 11, the scammer asked the victims ...

7 years ago
Salina Police continue to review surveillance video after two thefts were caught on camera at two different businesses. Salina Police Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that both thefts occurred within a span of 20 minutes of one another in the 2 o'clock hour on Tuesday morning. The first theft happened at Wal-Mart, 2900 S. 9th St., ...

7 years ago
Salina Police released additional information regarding the participants in a high speed chase that ended in a couple of arrests. According to Police Lieutenant Jim Feldman , officers took 19-year-old Tylan Ensz of Salina into custody on Wednesday after he allegedly led authorities on a high speed pursuit that reached speeds of 50 mph. He's now facing ...

7 years ago
In the days following the announcement that a long-time Salina school is closing many have asked what it would take to keep it open. Citing among other things declining enrollment, litigation, and what it termed as " negatively biased and misleading portrayals by some media outlets", last week St. John’s Military School  announced it will close ...

7 years ago
Actor, comedian, writer, producer, director and retired Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel Rob Riggle was in Salina Tuesday.  Riggle was the featured speaker at the Salina Area Chamber of Commerce Annual Banquet and Meeting. As a University of Kansas Alum, Riggle has a close connection to the Sunflower State. While at KU Riggle attained his pilot's license, ...

7 years ago
A man wanted for a sexual assault in Hays is under arrest. Authorities apprehended 23-year-old Tre Carrasco this week in Aurora, Colorado. Carrasco is accused of raping a 19-year-old woman near the Fort Hays State University Campus on February 3rd, just two days after he was released from jail. He faces two counts of rape and two ...

7 years ago
Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt is proposing a change in the state's sex offender sentencing laws. The "Wichita Eagle" reports that Schmidt unveiled a proposal yesterday that would block a judge from reducing an offender's sentence even if a victim younger than 14-years-old is found to be an aggressor in the incident. The proposed bill comes after ...

7 years ago
Butler County Community College is upgrading security on campus. More than 400 cameras are being installed, and police say it will allow them to monitor nearly the entire campus except for dorms, bathrooms and locker rooms. All doors at the college will have key card access, which will allow police to close down the campus during an ...

7 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff's Office is investigating a residential burglary northwest of Salina. According to Lt. Sean Kochanowski sometime Monday between 6pm and 9pm, someone entered a home in the 600 block of Tressin Road and removed numerous items. Deputies say a couple of leather jackets were stolen as well as a 9mm Walther PPK pistol, a ...