8 years ago
An Abilene man survives a close encounter with a deer that hit his motorcycle Saturday evening. Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that 49-year-old Jeff Oard was riding a 1994 Harley Davidson Road King motorcycle eastbound on E. Magnolia around 7:30pm Saturday when a deer ran out of the ditch and struck him broadside. The ...

8 years ago
A mock space capsule has landed in Kansas State University's Ice Hall. In this built-to-scale model of the Orion spacecraft, "astronauts" practice emergency escape maneuvers while a university kinesiology team studies their health and fitness levels. It's all part of NASA's plan for further human exploration of the solar system, from a Mars mission to a ...

8 years ago
The fall season continues to roll on for the Kansas Wesleyan Coyotes. And so does the Kansas Wesleyan Coaches Show, which takes place every Monday from 6 to 7 pm, live at Burger Theory inside the Holiday Inn just past Lowe’s. Come in for the $6.99 Build-Your-Own-Burger Special that includes a side. Various members of the ...

8 years ago
Research by a Fort Hays State University faculty member and two graduate students will be funded by a portion of the National Science Foundation grant awarded to Kansas, which was announced Tuesday in an NSF news release. “Fort Hays State will be awarded about $273,000 over the next five years,” said Dr. Mitchell “Mitch” Greer, assistant ...

8 years ago
A Salina man who will be a contestant on what's billed as the toughest competition series on television, says "it will be epic." Brad Godfrey of Salina will be a contestant Tuesday night on the premiere of the new season of “Steve Austin’s Broken Skull Challenge.” The series, hosted by Hall of Fame professional wrestler Steve ...

8 years ago
An article in the Salina Central High School newspaper is generating controversy, and prompted an apology by the USD 305 School District. The article in question appeared in the Salina Central High School Pylon on Friday. It dealt with the topic of racism. The content of article itself isn't the major issue,  as much as a single ...

8 years ago
Duck hunters and friends hitting the marsh on Oct. 7 are invited to stop by the Kansas Wetlands Education Center (KWEC) – located at the southeast corner of Cheyenne Bottoms along K-156 Highway – from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. for a free Hunter Appreciation Breakfast. Biscuits and gravy, coffee, and juice will be served. ...

8 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a storage unit burglary from Salina Mini-Storage, 608 N. 7th over the weekend. Police say someone cut the lock on a unit sometime between Saturday afternoon at 3pm and Sunday at 4:30pm and removed a Grayco paint sprayer combo valued at $5,500 plus a couple of tall ladders and a carpet roll. Total ...

8 years ago
An argument that began at Salina Speedway ended with a woman's arrest for allegedly assaulting her husband and a police officer. Police arrested 30-year-old Roxy Lawson after alcohol fueled a fight between Lawson and her husband, Kyle at the speedway Friday night. Police say Roxy left and went to pick up her two children from her mother's ...

8 years ago
A Salina teen was taken to Juvenile Detention in Junction City on Saturday after allegedly pulling a knife on his older brother. Police report the disturbance occurred around 1:15pm in a house in the 900 block of E. Republic after the brothers, ages 15 and 16 got into an argument over a PlayStation video game. Police say ...

8 years ago
Based on the success of this year's event Salina Comic Con will be back. According to the Tony's Pizza Events Center, last year's event was a huge success hosting over 2000 comic crazy patrons. The event featured 61 vendors with comics, toys, cards (both sports and non‐sports) artwork and much more. Local and out of state vendors ...