7 years ago
The Kansas Department of Commerce has awarded Salina Area Technical College a $210,000 grant to help with the start-up costs of the college’s planned Associate Degree in Nursing program. The grant was through the Department’s Jobs and Innovative Industry Skills Training (JIIST) program. The planned Associate Degree in Nursing program will be the second nursing program Salina ...

7 years ago
The first annual Kansas Wesleyan University International Festival Concerto/Aria Competition attracted over a dozen talented competitors. According to KWU the group of 13 assembled at Christ Cathedral. Each competed for an opportunity to perform during the International Music Festival with the KWU Festival Orchestra. A panel of 3 distinguished judges including Julie Bees (Wichita State UniversityPiano Professor), ...

7 years ago
It's that time of year again. Girl Scout Cookie time. Every year, Kansas Heartland Girl Scouts experience leadership opportunities and learn critical life skills through the Girl Scout Cookie Program®. Launching this Saturday and lasting through March 17th, Girl Scout Cookie season celebrates the largest financial investment in girls annually in the United States. This powerful ...

7 years ago
U.S. Senators Jerry Moran and Pat Roberts, along with U.S. Representative Roger Marshall this week introduced legislation honoring those who have made the ultimate sacrifice while serving our nation in the Army’s First Infantry Division. This bill authorizes these fallen soldiers’ names to be added to the First Division Monument located on White House grounds in ...

7 years ago
An ongoing dispute between two neighbors in rural Saline County takes a violent turn. According to Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan, deputies were sent to the 2300 block of N. Halstead Road on Wednesday afternoon around 1:15pm after 40-year-old John Bennett was hit in the head by a neighbor wielding an axe handle. Deputies say Bennett walked ...

7 years ago
A rural home southeast of Salina burns to the ground with pets inside Wednesday morning. Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that fire crews were sent to 5493 S. Cunningham Road after an area resident reported smoke coming from the house. The home was soon engulfed in flames and the roof collapsed as first ...

7 years ago
"Won’t You Be My Neighbor?", the acclaimed documentary from Morgan Neville, is scheduled to air on SHPTV Saturday, February 9 at 7pm. The PBS broadcast will coincide with the film’s debut on HBO. This documentary takes a look at America’s favorite neighbor, Fred Rogers. It tells the story of a soft-spoken minister, puppeteer, writer and producer ...

7 years ago
The deaths of a Rawlins County man and his son have been ruled a murder - suicide. Last Friday afternoon Rawlins County Dispatch received a call from a family member reporting that a man on the property had been shot. Deputies responded to the farm property in rural Rawlins County, near the Thomas County line, west ...

7 years ago
The Kansas community affectionately known as "Little Sweden" is getting some big recognition. U.S. Senators Jerry Moran and Pat Roberts introduced a resolution in the United States Senate celebrating Lindsborg, Kansas on the 150th anniversary of its establishment, commending the people who have made Lindsborg the town full of rich culture it is today and ...

7 years ago
The statewide silver alert issued for a missing 66-year-old Nebraska man who was last seen in Clay Center. has been canceled. According to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, Rick Kubes has been located deceased. Kubes had been last seen Sunday morning in Clay Center before he left to return to his home in Auburn, Nebraska. --- ORIGINAL: The Clay County ...

7 years ago
On a day when the Kansas Senate is debating a tax cut bill reminiscent of the Brownback tax experiment, Governor Laura Kelly encouraged the legislature to remember the priorities of working families and focus on funding education and ending the school finance litigation once and for all. “I was elected to rebuild this state, and I ...