3 years ago
A student from Salina earns an inaugural music scholarship to Kansas Wesleyan University. Paige Baird is the first recipient of the Eric Stein Scholarship. According to KWU, the scholarship was set up this past year to honor the late Eric Stein, who founded the Salina Symphony and was a longtime instructor at Marymount College. It is ...

3 years ago
Salina students displayed their entrepreneurial projects at the YEC competition held on March 1. According to USD 305, the students did so well that NetWork Kansas expanded the cash prize awards to include 4th and 5th place. The student teams are judged on their business plan, trade show booth and a four-minute pitch. “Every year I am ...

3 years ago
The March list of Salina's Most Wanted is online. The first weekend of each month a new list of Salina’s Most Wanted is released. The March list went online Saturday. Those on the new list are wanted for crime that include among others rape, kidnapping, escape from custody, fleeing and eluding  robbery, aggravated battery, indecent liberties with ...

3 years ago
Artwork from the 2023 "Art is Ageless" program will be on display beginning Tuesday. Pieces in the 43rd annual event will be on display Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday at the Homewood Suites by Hilton Hotel in downtown Salina. The Art is Ageless program encourages Presbyterian Manor residents and other area seniors to express their creativity through its ...

3 years ago
Two Salina radio stations raised over $80,000 to help in the fight against childhood cancer. Meridian Media Radio Stations Y 93.7 and FM 104.9 on Friday concluded a two-day radiothon to benefit St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Listeners from all over Kansas opened up their hearts, and their wallets, to help in the effort. After all was said ...

3 years ago
A Thursday afternoon accident saw three vehicles towed from the intersection at 9th and Magnolia. Salina Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that 61-year-old Pamela Robinson from Texas was cited for failing to yield the right of way as she attempted to turn left onto Magnolia from 9th in her 2018 Nissan Rogue. Police say Robinson ...

3 years ago
Salina Police are seeking tips in a case involving damage at a dog washing business. The crime is the latest Salina Crime Stoppers crime of the week. Police say on Saturday, February 25th, officers responded to Laundro Mutt at 1322 E. Iron Avenue in regard to a damage to property. The owner reported earlier in the ...

3 years ago
A Saline County woman has been ordered to repay the Kansas Medicaid program more than $1,800 in a medicaid fraud case, Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach said 56-year-old Carrie Elizabeth McPhail was sentenced in February on one count of mistreatment of a dependent adult and one count of Medicaid fraud. McPhail was ordered to pay $1,807.96 in ...

3 years ago
A Salina high school student is a finalist for a prestigious merit scholarship. According to USD 305, the 2023 National Merit Scholarship Program named William Fulkerson, senior at South High School, as a Finalist. He is one of more than 15,000 Finalists for some 7,250 National Merit Scholarships. To advance to the Finalist level of competition, Fulkerson ...

3 years ago
Salina Sen. J.R. Claeys convinced colleagues on the Senate budget committee Thursday to block public post-secondary institutions in Kansas from asking applicants about diversity, equity and inclusion, asserting those questions were part of a radical attempt at reverse discrimination. The provision inserted into a budget bill would apply to University of Kansas, Kansas State University and ...

3 years ago
It was a “groovy” night as Salina Art Center hosted their annual Gala fundraiser to celebrate Anniversary45. The Studio54 themed-night welcomed guests in their disco party attire and raised over $78,000 in cash, gifts, and services to support Art Center programs funded through the Salina Art Center Endowment Foundation. According to the organization, the Annual Gala ...