11 years ago
Olympic gold medalist skater, and cancer survivor Scott Hamilton brought a message of perseverance, and hope, to Salina Thursday evening. Hamilton was the featured speaker at the Salina Area Chamber of Commerce's annual banquet and membership meeting . Hamilton met with the media prior to the banquet. He touched on topics ranging from the 1980 Olympic ...

11 years ago
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback says he's going to cut nearly $45 million in funding for public schools and higher education in March. But the governor also suggested that lawmakers could head off the reductions by withholding $54 million from public schools instead. The Republican governor announced his plans for the current budget cycle Thursday just ahead of ...

11 years ago
The wife of a state representative from Wichita died after being struck and dragged by a vehicle in a supermarket parking lot. Rachel Whitten, spokeswoman for House Speaker Ray Merrick, confirmed the victim of Thursday's accident was 60-year-old Annette Hedke, wife of Republican Dennis Hedke, a three-term state representative from Wichita. Police say she fell near her ...

11 years ago
A police investigation ends with additional charges for a man already in the Saline County Jail. Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that 30-year-old Jeffrey McLemore is being charged with vehicle burglary, damage to property and theft for a crime that occurred in September. Police used interviews and surveillance video from Crossroads Collision on North Ohio to ...

11 years ago
Salina Police are looking for a known female suspect who allegedly stole a purse. Police say the woman walked into a home in the 1400 block of Kingston around midnight on Tuesday and removed a purse from where a small group of people had gathered inside. The purse and contents are valued at $70. ...

11 years ago
Kansas game wardens are looking for a poacher who shot and killed a bald eagle at an area lake. According to the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks, and Tourism, game wardens are seeking the public's help. The say that an adult bald eagle was shot and killed below Marion Reservoir's dam sometime Wednesday morning. Bald eagles,the ...

11 years ago
A teacher from Salina and one from Solomon are among 32 first-year educators from around Kansas being honored. The teachers recipients of the 2015 Kansas Horizon Award, which recognizes exemplary first-year educators. The Kansas Horizon Award program, which is sponsored by the Kansas State Deoartment of Education, allows all school districts in the state an opportunity ...

11 years ago
The University Daily Kansan is going digital with fewer print editions and more content online. The University of Kansas' student newspaper announced Wednesday that it will move to just two printed issues per week, rather than four, starting this fall. The Kansan has seen its web traffic increase over the past several years, while print circulation has ...

11 years ago
A new survey of the nation's college freshmen shows that teenagers across the United States are spending much less time partying and socializing with friends during their last year of high school than their parents' generation did. The annual survey released Wednesday, conducted by the Higher Education Research Institute at UCLA, also found that first-year college ...

11 years ago
A Dickinson County Community is getting rid of its police department. The Enterprise City Council voted this week to discontinue its small police department, and instead contract with the Dickinson County Sheriff's Office for law enforcement. The department consisted of an interim chief and two officers. Enterprise Mayor Larry Jantz tells KSAL News that final details ...

11 years ago
A Salina woman is charged with perjury and identity theft for her role in stealing a pickup. An investigation that began with a traffic stop in September led to the arrest of 29-year-old Melanie J. Smith of Salina. According to Police Lt. Bill Cox, Smith was a passenger in a vehicle that was stopped in September of ...