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Area leaders will join forces at the Salina Community Theatre on Friday, for Leadercast 2016 - the biggest one-day leadership conference of the year. "Some names that everyone is familiar with are coming to the big screen this year," said Hayley Morrical with the Salina Area Chamber of Commerce. Morrical detailed the list of keynote speakers during ...

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University of Kansas Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little has vetoed student funding for a parallel government for minority students. The chancellor said in a letter to the Student Senate Wednesday that she could not recommend a $2 student fee because the revenue would be collected during the next academic year, even though the new government is not in ...

10 years ago
Fred Iutzi, who grew up on an Illinois farm and whose career has focused on the sustainability of agriculture and rural communities, has been named president of The Land Institute, based in Salina. Institute Chairman Angus Wright said Iutzi’s vision for a more just and sustainable agriculture is a good fit for the nonprofit agriculture research ...

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The sound of cannon fire will signal the unveiling of 22 new sculptures in Downtown Salina on Saturday for Sculpture Tour Salina. It's the sixth year for a tradition that continues to bring new art and conversations about art into downtown. "It really does add some flair to the community and part of the reason that we ...

10 years ago
A Thursday morning donut disturbance has Salina Police investigating an odd hit and run case. Salina Police Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that at about 7:30 Thursday morning, officers were sent to the Elmore Center at 755 E. Crawford to the report of a disturbance. Hurts Donut from Wichita was selling donuts in the parking ...

10 years ago
A damage to property and a theft case highlight Thursday's Salina Police Log. A 4' X 4' double pane window was damaged at Salina Scale, 415 N. 9th Street. The damage, from a small projectile, was discovered this week. Total damage is estimated at $1,000. A 5-drawer rolling tool chest, and the tools in it, ...

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A Salina woman trying to get a consolidation loan falls for a scam. Police Captain Mike Sweeney says that a woman in her 40s was researching loan consolidation online. The woman found a website titled cashnetpayday.com and filled out an application. A short time later she was contacted via a phone call. A man with a ...

10 years ago
The Kansas Republican Party's chairman and other top GOP officials say they'll support Donald Trump as the party's nominee for president. But not all Republicans are ready to back the brash billionaire now that he is the presumed GOP candidate. State GOP Chairman Kelly Arnold predicted Wednesday that Kansas Republicans who've opposed Trump's bid for the nomination ...

10 years ago
A Kansas Highway Patrol investigator says a truck driver failed to set the emergency brakes on a truck and likely caused an Amtrak train derailment west of Dodge City. The truck owned by Cimarron Crossing Feeders rolled downhill, broke through two fences, crossed U.S. 50 and struck the railroad bed. That displaced ties and tracks on ...

10 years ago
Time to say goodbye to that old computer monitor that's taking up space in your garage, "We'll take it off your hands," said Chris Slubowski, Household Hazardous Waste Coordinator for the City of Salina. Slubowski tells KSAL News that citizens will be able to stop by the 8th Annual Electronic Recycling Event scheduled for Saturday, May ...

10 years ago
Who were the people that founded Salina? The Story of Christina Phillips Campbell is a First Thursday Presentation tomorrow at the Smoky Hill Museum with Dr. Boo Hodges. "I don't think this town exists today - at all if Christina Phillips had not arrived in 1858," said Hodges during the KSAL Morning News on Wednesday. "She was the ...