2 years ago
 Kansas Wesleyan University will welcome a new event, the Black Leadership Symposium, to campus later this week. According to KWU, on Friday they  will host Dr. Marlene Carson, chair of the U.S. Advisory Council on Human Trafficking, as the event’s keynote speaker. Admission is free and the event will begin at 1:30 p.m. in Peters Science ...

2 years ago
A man from Falun was taken into custody after a domestic dispute turned violent inside a home southwest of Salina. Captain Jim Hughes with the Saline County Sheriff's Office tells KSAL News that 36-year-old Alexander J. Rothrock was arrested outside a home on East 3rd Street in Falun just before 2am Monday. Deputies say a 44-year-old female ...

2 years ago
Authorities are investigating a residential burglary after thieves emptied a meat freezer. Captain Jim Hughes with the Saline County Sheriff's Office tells KSAL News that sometime between February 7th and the 9th, someone entered a home in the 4000 block of N. Woodward Road and stole packaged meat from a whole hog and cuts of beef ...

2 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a residential burglary after a list of high end clothing items were stolen. Police Captain Jim Feldman tells KSAL News that around 11:50am to 12:35pm Friday, someone forced open the front door on a home in the 200 block of South 4th Street and removed dozens of clothing items and accessories. Police say ...

2 years ago
A teenage male is now in custody at the Juvenile Detention Center in Junction City after an altercation with three Saline County Sheriff's Deputies. According to Captain Jim Hughes, on Friday evening, deputies contacted a 16-year-old male who ran away from the St. Francis Ministries location in the 5000 block of Cloud Street. A short time ...

2 years ago
Salina Police are looking for a known female suspect in a shoplifting case that took a violent turn. Police Captain Jim Feldman tells KSAL News that staff at Lowe's Home Improvement Center contacted staff at Vanderbilts after a woman with a propensity to steal entered Lowe's. Police say the 41-year-old female handed a bag to the service ...

2 years ago
An award-winning folk musician will present his satire and social commentary through his music in Salina later this week.  Tom Neilson will perform on Friday, February 16th, 7 p.m., at Salina's Unitarian Universalist Fellowship at 901 Beatrice St.   Suggested donation is $15-$20. According to the organization, Neilson is a story teller who weaves an autobiographical sketch ...

2 years ago
The public is invited to a reception on Friday, February 16th, to unveil the “Artists Way Of The Cross” art exhibit. The event, and exhibit, will be at Christ Cathedral church at 138 S. Eighth Street in downtown Salina. According to the church, designed to complement the Lenten-season Stations of the Cross tradition that represents events ...

2 years ago
A wildlife expert from Washburn University will be the guest presenter at the Smoky Hills Audubon Society's monthly gathering later this week. According to the organization, Dr. Benjamin Reed goes where turtles go, and that can include a thorny forest, a sunbaked prairie, a patch of poison ivy or elbow-deep in a dark hole. Like a submarine ...

2 years ago
The spring round of tourist grant applications are open in Kansas. According to Kansas Tourism, the Tourism Attraction Development Grant Program application program is open. Attraction Development Grants are designed to assist in the development of sustainable travel experiences by developing new tourism attractions or enhancing existing attractions that will spur new visitation and increase visitor ...

2 years ago
Winter may be imposing its lull on some people’s exercise programs, but Sharolyn Jackson is not one of those. In fact, Jackson – a K-State Research and Extension family and consumer sciences specialist in northeast Kansas – has her thoughts squarely fixed on spring’s warmer days and a program that is nearing a quarter century of ...