4 years ago
The Poet Laureate program is returning to the Kansas Creative Arts Industries Commission . According to Kansas Governor Laura Kelly's Office, the Poet Laureate program is designed to encourage the appreciation of poetry in Kansas by making high quality poetry freely available to a wider audience. It recognizes a citizen poet of exceptional talent and accomplishment ...

4 years ago
The five highest rated presidents, according to the C-SPAN survey, are Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt and Dwight D. Eisenhower. The bottom five include William Henry Harrison, Donald Trump, Franklin Pierce, Andrew Johnson and James Buchanan. https://www.c-span.org/presidentsurvey2021/?page=overall Dwight Eisenhower and Harry Truman played pivotal roles in World War II and remain affixed to ...

4 years ago
A new larger 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 July list is online now. The July list of Salina’s Most Wanted looks a little different. In an effort to clear up numerous outstanding warrants that are currently active, it ...

4 years ago
Lottery players are getting fired up for chance to win millions over the Independence Day weekend.  According to the Kansas Lottery, The celebrations start Friday night with Mega Millions, which will see an estimated $72 million jackpot, with a cash option of $50.2 million.  The fun continues with three games holding drawings Saturday. The Powerball jackpot has ...

4 years ago
A Junction City High School athletic trainer accused of sexual exploitation of a child can no longer pursue his trade. According to a spokesperson, the Kansas State Board of Healing Arts announced Thursday that it had "indefinitely suspended" the license of 29-year-old Brandon M. Martino. Local police arrested Martino in late January after he allegedly sent sexually ...

4 years ago
Salina Police are asking for the public's help in identifying a suspected thief who was caught on camera. The crime is this week's Salina Crime Stoppers crime of the week. Police say back on June 23rd officers took a report which indicated a theft occurred at West Crawford Laundry, 1515 W Crawford, in Salina. The victim reported ...

4 years ago
A Salina motorcycle rider is in critical condition following a crash with a car on Thursday morning. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that 54-year-old Chris Martin was taken to Salina Regional Health Center before being transferred to Wesley Medical Center in Wichita following the accident. Police say Martin was riding a Harley Davidson motorcycle west ...

4 years ago
Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks game wardens will be on heightened alert for those boating under the influence during Operation Dry Wate July 2 - 4. Operation Dry Water is part of a national effort to reduce accidents and fatalities related to boating under the influence. While it is a year-round campaign, an increase ...

4 years ago
Salina Area Technical College will look a lot different in just a few weeks. The college has formally taken ownership of its campus land and buildings from the Salina School District, effective July 1. When the college became independent of the school district in 2009, the campus and its buildings remained the property of the district. ...

4 years ago
"I got a rock!" So joked Dr. Stefanie Milam '02 upon learning that she would now share her name with asteroid 40706 (1999 RO240). The space rock is now christened asteroid 40706 Milam, and a full view of its orbital pattern can be seen here. "This asteroid was initially discovered on Sept. 11, 1999, my 18th ...

4 years ago
The pond at Salina’s Jerry Ivey Park is among 10 bodies of water in Kansas now under a public health warning. Additionally, another 12 are under a watch. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment in conjunction with the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism has issued public health advisories for four Kansas lakes and ...