10 years ago
PRATT, Kan. (AP) - A portion of the Arkansas River in Kansas is now part of the National Park's Service National Water Trail system. The Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism says the 192-mile stretch of the Arkansas River from Great Bend to the Oklahoma border southeast of Arkansas City was named a National Water ...

10 years ago
Printmaker Charley Forsyth fit two Kansas giants into his small art tent at the Smoky Hill River Festival this weekend. Carvings of Basketball Inventor James Naismith and Abolitionist John Brown watch over Forsyth's space as visitors come and go to buy and inquire about his old world art. "I basically carved out what I didn't want to ...

10 years ago
It was a somber start to the second full day of the Smoky Hill River Festival in Salina's Oakdale Park. Shortly after the gates opened at 10:00 a festival-goer suffered a serious medical condition. The person was headed to grab a shady spot in front of the Eric Stein Stage when he collapsed. Medical professionals on scene ...

10 years ago
Brown Mackie Colleges across the country, including the school in Salina, are closing. A company official from Education Management Corporation, the operator of chains that include Brown Mackie Colleges, told KSAL News that they are phasing out their Brown Mackie locations. Brown Mackie is not closing immediately, but will in the near future. The schools are not ...

10 years ago
When the first notes drift off the Eric Stein Stage in Oakdale Park Friday - Nathan Miller and company will be there to catch it. He and the Miller clan - now 65 strong - have been making the front row a 'family tradition' at the Smoky Hill River Festival for over a decade. "We've got a ...

10 years ago
Kansas wildlife officials are asking thousands of nonresident hunters who received duplicate deer permits from the April drawing to give them back. The Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism says a printing error sent duplicate mailings to more than 3,200 hunters in early June. The department says successful applicants should have received only one mailing, ...

10 years ago
A McPherson man was arrested in rural Saline County after taking a pickup truck on a wild ride. Saline County Undersheriff Roger Soldan says that deputies responded to the area of K 140 Highway and Hohneck Road late Thursday morning to the report of a possible domestic incident. A passerby saw what appeared to be a ...

10 years ago
Between 9:00 PM on June 4, 2016 and 8:00 AM on June 5, 2016, force was used to commit a Burglary at Lakewood Middle School, 1135 Lakewood Cr. A Grasshopper zero-turn riding mower with a 72” cutting deck was taken from a storage shed. Loss and damage is estimated at $8,000. If you have any information concerning ...

10 years ago
The 40th Smoky Hill River Festival got off to a rousing start Thursday night. KSAL's Clarke Sanders took the stage, in front of an overflow crowd surrounding the Eric Stein Stage in Oakdale Park, and announced the first band to kickoff the official opening event. The Festival Jam officially started the annual party in the ...

10 years ago
Weather conditions this year have been the perfect recipe to allow the Kansas winter wheat crop to mature to perfection. "Because we had the right kind of conditions for that wheat crop to finish out through May," said Justin Gilpin, CEO of the Kansas Wheat Commission. Gilpin tells KSAL News that a hint of green remains in ...

10 years ago
A top Republican legislator is drafting a proposed amendment to the Kansas Constitution to prevent courts from shutting down public schools in lawsuits over education funding. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Jeff King said he plans to have the panel review the proposal during a meeting next week. The Independence Republican also is Senate vice president. King's panel ...