12 years ago
A third generation University of Kansas Law School graduate wants to help aspiring attorneys pay for their educations. Attorney and commercial real estate investor Beau Gould of Seattle and his wife, Julie Gould, have donated $1 million to the law school. The university announced Tuesday that the money will be used to establish the Gould Family ...

12 years ago
A Fort Riley soldier is killed in a single-vehicle crash on Interstate 70. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 22-year-old Calvin Michalak was driving a Pontiac G6 west on I 70. For an unknown reason he entered the center median and struck concrete bridge pillars. Michalak, who the patrol says was not buckled up, died at the ...

12 years ago
A federal judge has denied a Kansas military academy's request to split up a lawsuit brought by 11 former cadets alleging the school fostered a climate of abuse. Attorneys for St. John's Military School in Salina contended each ex-cadet's claims were unique and that jurors in a single trial could get confused. But U.S. District Judge John ...

12 years ago
Police release more details on the death of a 2-year-old girl after an older-model television fell on her in a Salina apartment. According to Police Captain Mike Sweeney, officers and medics were called to Apartment 7H at the Chapel Ridge Apartments, 2363 Chapel Ridge, at 1:39pm on Tuesday after a mother heard the sound of a ...

12 years ago
With room to run and learn, the training staff at the Hangar Indoor Sports Complex is ready to make Salina athletes faster, stronger and smarter in how they train and perform. Owner, Jake Sharp joined in on the KSAL Morning News Tuesday with a look at what's new under the roof, "I do a lot of ...

12 years ago
Saline County Commissioners addressed a couple of issues with the new health department Tuesday, approving a sick leave policy and learning of a water problem. Interim Director Suzette Brotton was scheduled to give an update on the new county agency Tuesday morning, but had to reschedule. Commission Chairman Randy Duncan said that a broken water heater ...

12 years ago
A Salina man tells police he was kicked and robbed late Monday night. According to Captain Mike Sweeney, a 29-year-old Salina man contacted police after an incident in a church parking lot. The victim told officers a 2-door, bubble shaped car was swerving in front of him - then braking while he was driving his van northbound ...

12 years ago
Salina Police are investigating after burglars remove multiple tools from a business. Officers were called to R & R Plumbing, Heating and Electric, 326 N. 12th St., after someone forced open the rear door and entered the shop. Police say various machines and multiple tools were taken sometime between Friday at 4pm and Monday at 6am. Total loss ...

12 years ago
A medical issue may have led to an injury accident yesterday. Witnesses told Salina Police they saw a driver miss a bend in the road, jump a curb near K-Mart and hit a tree. According to Captain Mike Sweeney, 29-year-old Doris Thrush of Salina was driving a minivan westbound in the 1300 block of West South Street ...

12 years ago
Kansas State University students are using 3-D printers to make their ideas come to life. Two architecture professors are using the printers to help students explore the limits of gravity and to challenge themselves as designers. Engineering students create parts, tools and prototypes for research and student projects. They even use the printers to design robots. Eric ...

12 years ago
A reknowned anti racism activist and educator will speak at Kansas Wesleyan University this week as a part of the school's Martin Luther King Jr. Week. According to KWU, Jane Elliott, who dared the nation to think about prejudice and bigotry with her famed Blue Eyes/Brown Eyes exercise, will speak on Thursday. Elliott, who will appear ...