8 years ago
A couple of Salina educators received some unexpected good news this week when the Salina USD 305 School District announced its 2018 - 2019 Teachers of the year . Travis Peterson is the secondary teacher of the year. He teaches at Opportunity Now. Jacy Murphy is the elementary school teacher of the year. She teaches Kindergarten ...

8 years ago
A theft of checks is this week's Salina Crime Stoppers crime of the week. Between January 24, 2018 and February 6, 2018 unknown suspects stole an undetermined number of checks from a residence in the 300 block of Third Street, Smolan, Kansas. One of the checks was forged and cashed on February 17, 2018 at Check ...

8 years ago
The Kansas State University Polytechnic Campus is expanding its unmanned aircraft systems capabilities to now include sports and entertainment operations with the help of Salina's professional indoor football team. The campus's Applied Aviation Research Center, which is a hub for UAS exploration, is collaborating with the Salina Liberty to bring drone technology to the team's home ...

8 years ago
The Greater Salina Community Foundation hosted Salina’s 7th annual Match Madness giving day on Thursday, March 15, at Salina Fieldhouse. In 24 hours, over $270,000 was raised for 75 area nonprofit organizations through donations and bonus prizes. A total of 744 unique donors contributed a record-breaking total of $267,755.45 through 1,815 gifts. This is the highest ...

8 years ago
The Salina USD 305 School District is committed to keeping students safe. With Kansas spring severe weather season here, the district this week reviewed its safety plan. School Procedures If a tornado warning begins during the school day, students and staff will take refuge in the buildings’ storm shelters. Once students and staff relocate to the storm ...

8 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a storage shed burglary after the owner discovered that some high-end appliances were missing. Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that sometime between February 10 and March 14, someone entered a storage building in the 600 block of S. 2nd and removed a high efficiency Whirlpool washer and dryer set plus a ...

8 years ago
The Topeka Police Department has requested that the Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) issue an endangered person advisory for a missing Topeka man. The whereabouts of Gary “Junior” Darby-Bey, 27, are unknown. Darby-Bey is a black male, 5 ft. tall and approximately 125 lbs. He has short black hair and brown eyes and walks with a ...

8 years ago
House Beautiful magazine has named Marion's historic Elgin Hotel the Most Famous Hotel in Kansas. This comes less than two years after Jeremy and Tammy Ensey bought and renovated the hotel. The Enseys purchased the Elgin in 2016 and dubbed it the "finest fully-renovated 19th-century historic boutique hotel in Kansas." The hotel, located between Wichita and Kansas ...

8 years ago
On Wednesday, Bank VI in Salina announced that it had been acquired by Plains Bancshares, the parent company of Plains State Bank from Plains, Kan. In the agreement, Plains Bancshares will acquire all of the outstanding shares of Sixth Bancshares, the holding company of Bank VI. The current management team of Bank VI is expected to join ...

8 years ago
Smoke drifting into the Salina area Wednesday afternoon is from three large grass fires in Rice County, and a controlled burn at the Smoky Hill Weapons Range. Kansas Governor Jeff Colyer  made an emergency declaration for the Rice County fires. Officials were deploying Black Hawk helicopters to aid in the response. The Smoky Hill Weapons Range was ...

8 years ago
A brief police presence at a Salina middle school early Wednesday afternoon was not related to walkouts earlier in the day across the country, or to any threats. During the noon hour a couple of officers responded to Lakewood Middle School to assist the school resource officer. According to USD 305, it was in response to ...