12 years ago
A safety program is helping students at Southeast of Saline to remember to buckle up. The S.A.F.E. (Seatbelts are for everyone) program has been in place at SES with the help of the Saline County Sheriff's Office since September of 2010. School Resource Officer, Deputy Linda Martinez says the use of seatbelts by  SES students has continued ...

12 years ago
Opponents of a renewable energy requirement for Kansas utilities have drafted a new proposal for ending it, and lawmakers are preparing to debate it. The House is expected to take a procedural vote Friday to determine whether both chambers could move ahead. It would repeal a requirement that utilities must have wind or other renewable resources ...

12 years ago
Forth Hays State University announces a successor to retiring president Dr. Edward Hammond. The school Friday morning introduced Dr. Mirta Martin as the ninth president of Fort Hays State University. In a special meeting at the school, the Kansas Board of Regents voted to approve the appointment and officially introduced the new president. Mirta M. Martin, Ph.D., ...

12 years ago
Police recover over 70 stolen guns and make two arrests. Police Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that two men have been arrested in connection to a burglary at Cleve's Marine & Sporting Goods Store - after 118 guns were stolen in early April. Authorities are seeking federal charges against 27-year-old Gregory Walburn and 32-year-old Matthew Hewitt ...

12 years ago
Salina Regional Health Center welcomes a new cardiovascular surgeon. According to the hospital, Richard Toon, M.D., is the new chief cardiovascular surgeon. Toon has been on the consulting staff at Salina Regional since 2006 providing locum tenens coverage for the Heart Center while in full-time practice in Wichita. Toon provides a comprehensive array of cardiac, thoracic ...

12 years ago
Kansas State University Salina aviation students will have a new piece of technology to train on thanks to a generous donation from a Wichita aviation company. Kirk Schulz, Kansas State University president; Verna Fitzsimmons, K-State Salina CEO and dean; and Kurt Barnhart, K-State Salina aviation department head and executive director of the Applied Aviation Research Center, ...

12 years ago
A couple who graduated from Kansas State has donated $3 million to the university to support a new leadership program and a welcome center. The university announced Thursday that David and Ellie Everitt, currently of Marco Island, Fla., designated $2 million to the Leading Change Institutes and $1 million to the welcome center. David Everitt is a ...

12 years ago
A Salina man is found guilty of felony murder in connection with the death of a child two-years-ago. Officials tell KSAL News that a jury on Thursday found 27-year-old Troy Love guilty of felony murder and child abuse. He was found not guilty of a second child abuse charge. The case stems from the April, 2012, death ...

12 years ago
Kansas Wesleyan University is now a launching pad for global learning. Through a new partnership with led2serveU - students and faculty will take their classroom on the road and touch people and places they are studying about. KWU President Dr. Matt Thompson unveiled the new service-learning initiative on campus Thursday morning, "We've created this new Wesleyan Journey ...

12 years ago
A tentative deal has been struck on lingering issues in the Kansas budget, moving legislators closer to concluding the 2014 session despite a spate of bad economic news. House and Senate negotiators finished work on the budget Thursday, including giving a pay raise for nearly 38,000 state employees and new officers at the Topeka Correctional Facility. ...

12 years ago
Salina Police are asking for the public's help in finding a man wanted for fleeing and eluding law enforcement officers. Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that a patrol officer attempted to pull over a car driven by 25-year-old Mathew Leach on April 7th just before 5pm. Police say he was  wanted on felony warrants. Leach sped up ...