8 years ago
Kansas State University Polytechnic Campus is expanding its degree options with a new offering for individuals interested in teaching technology at the high school level. A Bachelor of Science in secondary education with a technology education endorsement is being launched at Kansas State Polytechnic in fall 2018. The degree option is a collaboration with the university's ...

8 years ago
One of the biggest events of its kind in the world is nearly here. This coming weekend Blues Masters at the Crossroads will celebrate twenty years in Salina. Kansas' premier two-night blues music festival, Blues Masters at the Crossroads, is Oct. 27th and 28th at Blue Heaven Studios and the Stiefel Theatre for the Performing Arts. The ...

8 years ago
Kansas Wesleyan football head coach Matt Drinkall described Tabor as an anaconda. The snake wrapped around the Coyotes and didn't let go. No. 20 Tabor scored 28 unanswered points to surge past No. 24 Kansas Wesleyan in a 41-20 victory at Joel H. Wiens Stadium Sunday. Before the postponement, Tabor had the ball at the Kansas Wesleyan 42. ...

8 years ago
The key to a successful upland bird hunting season is flexibility. Scouting and locating new hunting areas will definitely add birds to your bag, and with the 2017 Kansas Hunting Atlas, Kansas State Park Guide, and 2017 Kansas Hunting and Furharvesting Regulations Summary in hand, you have almost infinite possibilities. Pheasant, quail and greater prairie chickens, ...

8 years ago
Kansas Wesleyan University will present “The Spitfire Grill,” a musical about redemption set in the Midwest, for its fall production. Performances will be at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 26–28 and at 2 p.m. Oct. 29 in Fitzpatrick Auditorium, Sams Hall of Fine Arts. Based on the 1996 film by Lee David Zlatoff, “The Spitfire Grill” tells the ...

8 years ago
The Salina Noon Rotary Club is partnering with the Smoky Hill Museum to offer a community learning event on Tuesday, World Polio Day.  The featured speaker is Salinan Kathryne Perney.  As a child, Kathryne and two other family members were stricken with polio. The event will be at the Smoky Hill Museum from 5:30 to 6:30. ...

8 years ago
Oakdale Park in Salina went to the dogs on Saturday, literally. The Salina Kennel Club hosted the "Fur and Fun Day in the Park." The event included multiple activities for the entire family, including the furry members. The day included: Chances to meet different Sporting, Hound, Working, Terrier, Non-Sporting, Toy, and Herding breeds throughout the day ...

8 years ago
The Downtown Salina Fieldhouse opened its doors Saturday afternoon for a unique, seasonal event. The new facility hosted the annual Salina Community Halloween Party. The free holiday event was sponsored by the Salina Parks & Recreation Department, and was geared toward the entire family. Activities include a Halloween Costume Contest with prizes, bounce houses, carnival games, and ...

8 years ago
Week eight of high school football is in the books! The high school football season is coming to a close, much like the Coaches Corner, live from Russell’s Restaurant on Westport Boulevard in Salina. For the first time on the program, Minneapolis joins in on the fun with the addition of head coach Jhon Haehn. Coach Haehn ...

8 years ago
A man driving a combine in rural eastern Kansas was hurt when the farm machinery crashed into a creek after being rear ended by a semi According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 25-year-old Andrew Voegeli was driving a John Deere Combine, headed west on U.S 24 Highway, A Peterbilt semi which was also heading west approached ...

8 years ago
There's an old adage about rivalry games in sports: "You can toss the records out in a rivalry game." Tonight's addition of Ell-Saline and Sacred Heart lived up to that adage perfectly. The two teams couldn't have been more different. Sacred Heart coming in on a six-game skid. Ell-Saline meanwhile, was unblemished. Yet, the two rivals put together ...