3 years ago
Kansas Wesleyan University continues to set enrollment records. The school says its recent explosive enrollment growth has continued. KWU began the fall semester with 874 total students, a 7.6% enrollment increase in just one year. That number also marks a 22.1% jump since 2019. “We are in the midst of a true renaissance at Kansas Wesleyan,” said ...

3 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff's Office is seeking tips in a case involving a stolen boat. The crime is the latest Salina Crime Stoppers crime of the week. According to the agency, sometime between August 8th and August 14th unknown suspect(s) entered a property in the 3000 Blk of N Lightville Road and stole a pontoon boat ...

3 years ago
St. John’s Missionary Baptist Church members plan to gather outside of their place of worship Saturday for a ceremony marking the end of both a challenging and blessed era. For the second time in the church’s 143-year history, leaders will burn a replica of a mortgage document, in celebration of their latest house of God being ...

3 years ago
Saline County shoppers are finding rewards close to home with the Choose Saline County app. Saline County Administrator Phillip Smith Hanes tells KSAL News that the new loyalty program recycles funds from the American Rescue Plan back to local businesses after customers use the app and collect stars to redeem savings. [audio mp3="https://www.ksal.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/smith-HHanes-1.mp3"][/audio]   Businesses can participate in the ...

3 years ago
Kansas motorists are currently paying more than 20 cents under the current national average for a gallon of gasoline. This according to Triple-A, which reported yesterday that the average, per-gallon cost for regular unleaded fell to just under three dollars, 72 cents on Thursday compared to the corresponding national average of three ninety-three. Texas motorists were paying ...

3 years ago
A man is dead after he reportedly forced himself into a Garden City, Kansas home shortly before dawn yesterday. Department sources say the victim, ID'd as 58-year-old Robert Gallardo Molina, had been involved in a physical altercation with a male resident inside the home in the four-hundred block of East Santa Fe sometime before police were ...

3 years ago
A former local police officer who prosecutors say is a serial sexual predator is going to trial in Hutchinson, Kansas. Court officials say Todd Allen faces more than 20 charges linked to multiple cases dating back to 2012, chief among them rape, aggravated sexual liberties with a child, sexual battery and kidnapping. The charges allegedly stem from ...

3 years ago
It's official - sports betting at Kansas' four state-owned casinos starts September 1st. As reported by the Kansas STate Lottery, sports betting will be included at the following casoinos: Boot Hill Casino & Resort in Ford County Kansas Star Casino in Mulvane Hollywood Casino at Kansas Speedway Kansas Crossing Casino & Hotel in Pittsburg The lottery said ...

3 years ago
Toxic blue green algae has prompted state health officials to issue public health advisories for 13 different bodies of water across the state, including a pond at a Salina park. According to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, a harmful algal bloom (HAB) may look like foam, scum or paint floating on the water and ...

3 years ago
A boil water advisory was issued Thursday evening for a mobile home park located west of Salina. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) has issued a boil water advisory for the Sundowner West Mobile Home Park public water supply system located in Saline County. Customers should observe the following precautions until further notice: Boil ...

3 years ago
One of the region’s most historic attractions has hired what the organization says is two critical new positions, essential for the Old Mill Museum’s growth and development. According to Lindsborg's Old Mill & Swedish Heritage Museum, they have hired Caroline de Filippis as Community Development Director and Adam Pracht as Marketing and Communications Director.  Both started ...