3 years ago
Salina USD 305's Master Teacher was recognized Tuesday evening at the school board meeting. South High School social studies teacher Kevin Poland, who was selected as Master teacher by members of NEA-Salina, was honored. According to USD 305, Kevin earned a Bachelor’s of Science in Education and a Bachelor’s of Arts in History from Fort Hays ...

3 years ago
A K-State Salina professor is part of research team awarded National Science Foundation grant funding for accessibility research. According to KSU, Siny Joseph, professor and graduate faculty at Kansas State University Salina Aerospace and Technology Campus, is among a team of five researchers who have been awarded grant funding from the National Science Foundation Convergence Accelerator ...

3 years ago
Police are investigating a residential burglary after a number of guns were stolen from a home in west Salina. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that sometime between 5:30am and 3:30pm Monday, someone entered a home in the 1600 block of Beach Street and removed four rifles and about $115 in cash. Police say a walnut ...

3 years ago
A well-know area storm spotter will be the featured speaker at an event this week.  If storm clouds are brewing in the distance, warnings are blasting on the radio, and your phone is angry with severe storm warnings, you will find  Henry Diehl  sitting calmly in his truck by the side of the road, staring ...

3 years ago
Parts of Kansas are preparing for another snowstorm. A Winter Storm Warning has been issued for areas along and north of Interstate 70. A Winter Weather Advisory  is in effect for areas to the south. Both are in effect from late Wednesday afternoon through early Thursday morning. According to the National Weather Service, inclement winter weather ...

3 years ago
 Kansas State University has been awarded $25 million through the State of Kansas' Department of Commerce Challenge Grant program for an infrastructure project in the College of Agriculture. According to K-State, the Kansas Legislature challenged all state educational institutions to leverage private monies with the state funds at a three-to-one ratio for facilities construction and renovation projects. ...

3 years ago
While Salina Area Technical College has routinely set new fall enrollment records over the past several years, spring enrollment numbers have been quietly growing as well. For the spring 2023 semester, the college reached a record headcount of 1,055 students enrolled in a record 7,921 credit hours. Those numbers represent a 22 percent increase in headcount ...

3 years ago
Early Monday morning a Hays resident sped though Salina landing himself approximately 38 various traffic violation citations and some felony charges. At 2:00 AM a white 2008 Dodge Charger was clocked going 54 mph as it turned onto 12th street from Walnut where the speed limit is 30 mph. The driver tuned west onto W South St. ...

3 years ago
A Salina resident’s car was struck not once, but twice. Police Captain Paul Forester told KSAL News the accident happened on Saturday, the 11th around 5 PM. A 2014 Nissan Altima was parked in the 1300 block of Derby facing east when a vehicle going west struck the vehicle, the unknown driver struck the Nissan a ...

3 years ago
A unique musical trio featuring University of Kansas Kansas music department faculty  will perform in Lindsborg. Based in the Kansas City area and taking its name from the Indo-Persian word for “new” and the Uzbek word for “music” or “melody,” the NAVO arts organization is focused on the new and the international. Now the new NAVO ...

3 years ago
A Kansas Wesleyan University student has been chosen to lead the recently formed Midwest College Chapter of the NAACP. According to KWU, Tyler Boston, a junior in the pre-physical therapy program, will lead the consortium of students from Kansas Wesleyan, Salina Area Technical College, Bethany College, and Kansas State University Salina Aerospace and Technology Campus. This is ...