11 years ago
Salina USD a 305 schools announced a couple of administration changes following a special meeting Tuesday. An elementary school is getting a new principal, and there will be a change at the district office. Krista Farrell-Linenberger  will take the principal position at Coronado Elementary School, effective in July. Farrell-Linenberger has been a public educator for over 23 ...

11 years ago
A threat prompted extra security measures at a Salina high school Tuesday. Threats from one student toward other students at Sacred Heart Jr / Sr High School prompted officials to secure all of the doors in the building, and contact police. Salina Police Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that officers responded to the school, and ...

11 years ago
The Salina Area United Way is screening a documentary film tonight on early childhood education at KW. The film "Raising of America," explores the science of how early environments shape children and looks at the links of investments communities make in education. Admission to the documentary film is free with discussion to follow inside KWU's Fitzpatrick Auditorium. The ...

11 years ago
A Salina man hit it big, winning $25,000 on a scratch lottery ticket. According to the Kansas Lottery, Thomas Campbell Junior scratched off a $25,000 top prize on a $5 instant scratch ticket. The ticket Campbell scratched off to win the $25,000 prize was one of the Kansas Lottery’s new X-Family of instant games, a $5 ...

11 years ago
Kansas counties would be allowed to expand liquor licenses under a bill being discussed by a state Senate panel. The Senate Federal and State Affairs Committee will hold a hearing Tuesday to discuss the issue. The bill would allow supermarkets and other retailers to sell liquor, wine and full strength beer in counties that approve the measure ...

11 years ago
The history of the written word is being showcased at Topeka High School's library through four murals thanks to an anonymous graduate who commissioned the artwork. The paintings by Kansas artist Mark Flickinger are valued at $96,000. The murals begin with the ancient scripts, including Sumerian figures carving cuneiform and ancient Egyptians making hieroglyphics. The second panel ...

11 years ago
Prosecutors have filed a misdemeanor charge against Union Pacific Railroad over a 2012 spill of sulfuric acid after a derailment at the company's Herington yard in central Kansas. A criminal information filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Kansas alleges the railroad spilled 114,297 pounds of sulfuric acid from a railcar in Herington into Lime Creek. Company ...

11 years ago
A new vision of a revitalized Salina downtown inched forward Monday. Salina City Commissioners at a special meeting set a public hearing date for consideration of a request to form a Tax Increment Financing District and a STAR Bond District generally described as being located in downtown Salina. Notices will be sent to all property ...

11 years ago
Shots were fired during a weekend disturbance outside a Salina motel. Salina Police Captain Chris Trocheck says that officers were called to America's Best Value Inn late Saturday, just after midnight. They were responding to a report of a disturbance, with shots fired. Officers found multiple shell casings on the ground. They did not find any damage, ...

11 years ago
A fire destroyed a trailer hauling ten hay bales Saturday afternoon. According to the Saline County Sheriff's Office, Jerry Short was hauling the load of hay, on 1648 N. Brownhill Road near Brookville when the bales caught fire. The fire destroyed the trailer, which had just been bought. Officials believe that the fire was started by the ...

11 years ago
A fire destroyed a Saline County man's garden tractor over the weekend. According to the Saline County Sheriff's Office, Jeffrey Stover was mowing at his home at 1110 W. Hidden Springs Road in the northwest part of the county when it caught fire. Stover unsuccessfuly tried to smother the fire with a jacket, and then extinguish it ...