2 months ago
Legislation in Topeka regarding personal cellphone use in schools across the state has shifted from a proposed mandate to instead a proposed recommendation. Central Christian Academy and Atchison County Community Schools serve distinct K-12 populations, but superintendents of both oppose a proposed mandate by the Kansas Legislature to force private and public schools to ban personal ...

2 months ago
Kansas clergy may soon be required to report suspected child abuse. The House Judiciary Committee voted earlier this month to advance House Bill 2352 to the House floor. The measure would add ordained ministers to the state's list of mandated reporters of suspected physical, mental, emotional, or sexual abuse of children.

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The City of Salina is entering into a public / private partnership to help fund a new recycling business. City Commissioners Monday approved providing $162,500 to the ReUse It Center. The funding is designated to support the opening and purchase of a building, and to install a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning system. The $162,500 will come ...

2 months ago
The Earl J. Bondy Baseball Complex name is changing fields. Salina City Commissioners Monday afternoon unanimously approved the renaming. Since 1998, the three ball fields south of Sunset Park have been known as the Earl J. Bondy Baseball Complex. That name is now being relocated to un-named fields at Berkley Family Recreational Area. The relocation of the ...

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The Kansas KidWind Challenge begins this week with a record number of teams, each vying to qualify for the state competition which will be held in Salina this April. Organizers say this year 110 teams, representing 38 schools from across the state are registered to compete, breaking the previous record of 94 teams in 2023. The first ...

2 months ago
Filmmakers Josh and Jessica Jordan will be in Salina at the Art Center Cinema on Tuesday evening with a discussion on their newest film El Tonto Por Cristo. The film centers on a monk in a Texas coast monastery who is embracing a new life as a fool for Christ. Father Chad Hatfield with All Saints ...

2 months ago
The federal minimum wage in the U.S. is cemented at $7.25 an hour - which Kansas has not budged from since 2009. State Senator Cindy Holscher wants that to change with a bill that would boost the baseline across Kansas to $16 an hour. Holscher tells KSAL News that Kansas is lagging behind. [audio mp3="https://www.ksal.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Holsher-min-wage.mp3"][/audio]   Holscher added the measure ...

2 months ago
A Salina woman who was taking part in an anti-ICE protest contacted police after she felt threatened by a man in a pickup. Police Captain Jim Feldman tells KSAL News that officers were sent to the corner of 9th and Magnolia on Saturday afternoon around 4:45pm after a man in a pickup allegedly drove near a ...

2 months ago
Those interested in participating in this year's Charlie Walker Pitch Challenge are invited to participate in a workshop later this week. Opportunities to win some startup cash and hone business skills are coming back to Salina this spring.  Applications are now open for the 5th Annual Charlie Walker Pitch Challenge, which will be held Wednesday, April ...

2 months ago
Kansas children may soon start school at a younger age. House Bill 2717 would change the mandatory starting age for school to six-years-old. The bill's sponsor, State Representative Susan Oliver Estes of Wichita, says there is a bipartisan belief that starting school at age seven is too late.

2 months ago
Two people are dead following a crash in Reno County. Authorities say a Chevy Malibu crossed into oncoming traffic and struck a Jeep Liberty on a bridge about a half mile north of U.S. 50 on K-14 Highway on Saturday morning. Both drivers died from their injuries, and a passenger in the Chevy Malibu was injured. The deadly ...