11 years ago
Kansas State University student Joshua Nelson, a junior in physics from Salina, is the university's newest Barry M. Goldwater scholar. Aaron Messerla, a junior in mathematics from Manhattan, is a Goldwater scholar honorable mention. Established by the U.S. Congress in 1986 to honor Sen. Barry M. Goldwater from Arizona, the Goldwater scholarship is awarded to approximately ...

11 years ago
With more than 30 years of experience as a pilot, business owner, consultant, researcher and professor, Tara Harl is the new airport management program lead at Kansas State University Salina. Harl is the first full-time faculty member hired specifically for the program since it was established in 2011. "Aviation is in our blood — we are ...

11 years ago
Pope Francis on Tuesday accepted the resignation of a U.S. bishop who pleaded guilty to failing to report a suspected priestly child abuser in the first known case of a pope sanctioning bishops for covering up for pedophiles. The Vatican said Tuesday that Bishop Robert Finn had offered his resignation under the code of canon law ...

11 years ago
Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt says a Marion man must serve more than 14 years in prison after pleading guilty to lewd contact with a 9-year-old child. A Marion County judge sentenced 47-year-old Kenneth Newell to 177 months in prison on Monday. Newell was charged with two counts of aggravated indecent liberties with a child younger than ...

11 years ago
A Topeka man charged with plotting to detonate a 1,000 pound bomb outside Fort Riley is preparing to appear before a federal magistrate. John T. Booker Jr.'s hearing Tuesday in federal court in Kansas City, Kansas, comes after a grand jury handed down a three-count indictment for the 20-year-old last week. The hearing is to inform ...

11 years ago
Salina has a new Mayor. After three commissioners were sworn into office Monday afternoon, including incumbents Trent Davis and Randall Hardy, along with newcomer Karl Ryan, the commission reorganized.. Jon Blanchard, who has served as the vice mayor for the past year, is the new Mayor of Salina. Taking Blanchard's spot as vice mayor is commissioner Kaye ...

11 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a residential burglary that occurred in the 1000 block of Johnstown on Saturday sometime between 11:45am and 5pm. Police say a door was forced open and $748 cash was stolen. Damage to the door is listed at $175.   Cash is stolen from an unlocked car. Police are investigating a vehicle burglary case ...

11 years ago
Salina Sculpture Tour People's Choice Award winner: "Next Up" is damaged. Police say someone broke off the bronze racket of the tennis player depicted in the piece that is currently located at 2005 South Santa Fe sometime between midnight and 11:30am Sunday. “Next Up” was selected by popular vote in 2014 from among the 26 pieces in ...

11 years ago
A woman escapes from her home to call for help after a domestic dispute turned violent in central Salina. Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that the 3-hour ordeal began Saturday around 5pm, when her assailant accused her of having an affair, "She was held in a basement by a known individual for several hours," he ...

11 years ago
After attracting a record crowd last year, the Kansas Sampler Festival will return to Wamego this year. The festival, which highlights products, traditions and the history of Kansas, will be May 2-3 in the Pottawatomie County town. About 12,000 people attended the festival last year, compared with 3,500 in 2013 and 5,500 in 2012 in Liberal. ...

11 years ago
Hays police say they are investigating two apparently unrelated incidents that left two men hospitalized this weekend. Chief Don Scheibler says a 22-year-old man was arrested after a man was beaten and left unconscious in the parking lot of a Hays motel early Sunday. The suspect is being held on suspicion of aggravated battery after the ...