5 years ago
Kansas Wesleyan University will continue a recent trend of remembering the educational history of the region. According to KWU, they will grant children and grandchildren of St. Mary of the Plains College alumni a 50% tuition scholarship. The announcement follows April 13’s news of a similar scholarship being launched for families of Marymount College alumni. The scholarship ...

5 years ago
Alaska's "Fiddling Poet" is coming to perform in Salina. According to Salina Arts and Humanities, next week on Monday visiting artist Ken Waldman will perform his show “Portrait of an Artist as Santa Claus,” downtown at Ad Astra Books & Coffee House. The event is described as old-time Appalachian music, original poetry, and storytelling – all wrapped ...

5 years ago
There are 12 new COVID cases in Saline County, and no new deaths. According to the Saline County Health Department's COVID Dashboard, there have now been 6,257 total cases with 75 cases currently active. The total number of community members who have lost their lives to this deadly virus is now 114. Salina Regional Health Center reports they ...

5 years ago
The latest list of Salina’s Most Wanted went online back on May 1st, and since then eight of them have now been caught. According to the Saline County Sheriff's Office ,the latest arrest is Lukas Doyle Riley. He was wanted for felony fleeing and eluding, felony drug crimes, and multiple traffic charges. Those on the May list ...

5 years ago
Sometime over the past month, numerous items are stolen and some property is damaged in rural southern Saline County. Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that the damage and theft occurred at 413 E. Lapsley Rd. between April 28 and May 8, where several cars are stored on a field. The victims include Derald Blake, ...

5 years ago
Students at Kansas State University Polytechnic Campus recently elected new Student Governing Association, or SGA, leadership for the 2021-22 academic year. Jon Martin, junior in computer systems technology, Bennington, will serve as student body president and Eric Webb, junior in computer systems technology, Wichita, will serve as student body vice president. Both Martin and Webb previously held SGA positions. Martin served ...

5 years ago
A Langston Hughes novel will be the topic of discussion at the next  virtual book club event at the Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum in Abilene. According to the organization, the next virtual book club will meet this week on Tuesday at 7 p.m.  The program is free and open to the public, join online or ...

5 years ago
Salina Public Library has extended service hours to include Monday through Thursday evenings. According to the library, they are now during the following hours: 9 a.m.–8:30 p.m. Monday–Thursday 9 a.m.–6 p.m. Friday–Saturday noon–6 p.m. Sunday Pickup Service is available 10 a.m.–8:30 p.m. Monday–Thursday and 10 a.m.–6 p.m. Friday–Saturday in the north entrance of the library. The new hours coincide with the ...

5 years ago
The major goal of Future Educators Day at Fort Hays State University is to increase interest for students in the teaching profession and to inspire them by having them interact with some of the most dynamic teachers in the state. High school students attending the 2021 event last month at FHSU got to hear from ...

5 years ago
Normal dress for Mike Wagner is a plaid shirt, blue jeans and work boots, but this weekend is different. Accompanying his long black & gray beard —  trimmed and groomed — the diesel mechanic and businessman from Hays, has acquired more of an Ivy League wardrobe for the grand opening of St. John’s Military School Historical Museum. For ...

5 years ago
A strong cold front fired several rounds of severe thunderstorms across Kansas late Saturday night into early Sunday morning The strongest storms dropped large amounts of hail in some areas, including across Salina, some of as large as golf balls. Saline County was under a tornado warning for an hour as a rotating wall cloud passed just ...