5 years ago
A gift from a Kansas couple will help Kansas State University establish 50 new scholarships. According to the school, the estate of Otis and Wanda Gilliland, Wellington, has given $1.6 million to KSU.  This gift has established the Gilliland K-State Family Scholarship, which creates match opportunities for 50 scholarships in support of students in the university's ...

5 years ago
Barbara Mulvihill, an information services librarian at Salina Public Library, will present “Stop Playing Telephone: Separating Fact From Fiction in Family Stories” during Family History Detectives on Nov. 21. The genealogy group will meet at 6:30 p.m. in the library’s Prescott Room. Many families have stories that have been passed down through the generations. Mulvihill will ...

5 years ago
A storm is forecast for Salina this February...literally. Storm Large will perform at the Stiefel Theatre. Musician, actor, playwright, author, Storm Large shot to national prominence in 2006 as a finalist on the CBS show Rock Star: Supernova, where despite having been eliminated in the week before the finale, Storm built a fan base that follows ...

5 years ago
A California man who allegedly stole a Lowe's delivery truck is now sitting in the Saline County Jail facing theft charges. According to Salina Police Captain Paul Forrester, 53-year-old Carlo Watson jumped into a 17-foot Lowe's truck that was left running in the 300 block of W. South Street Friday afternoon around 2:30pm. A couple of Lowe's ...

5 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a residential burglary after a cash and a vehicle were stolen. Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that sometime between 5pm on November 9 and 8am on November 11, someone entered an unlocked home in the 400 block of Indiana Street and took a backpack loaded with clothes and approximately $500 in ...

5 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff's Office is investigating a burglary at a farmstead near Gypsum. Deputies were sent to the 7200 block of S. Whitmore Road after someone entered an open shed and stole a 2006 Honda 4-wheel ATV worth $1,200. Also taken was a 6-foot log splitter with a Briggs and Stratton engine. Total loss is listed ...

5 years ago
A Salina man wanted on two felony warrants in McPherson County was taken into custody over the weekend. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that officers were called to the 100 block of North Connecticut around 9pm Sunday evening to check on a man who was repeatedly knocking on a door and being disorderly. Police say ...

5 years ago
Unseasonably cold temperatures are breaking records Tuesday morning in parts of Kansas. According to National Weather Service data, at 6:53 AM in Salina the temperature was 3 degrees. That breaks the record of 8 degrees set back in 1911. At 5:53 AM the temperature in Russell was 3 degrees. That breaks the record of 6 degrees ...

5 years ago
Children will have a chance to dine with that jolly old elf this weekend. Santa arrives at the Salina Central Mall Food Court on Saturday. For those who want to be the first to greet Santa a special breakfast event is planned. "Breakfast With Santa" is from 8am - 10am. Breakfast With Santa includes: Food Prizes Games ...

5 years ago
A leader for the innovative new health program at McPherson College is on the job. According to the school, Matthew Bogner will lead the new healthcare degree program as assistant professor of health sciences and director of health science programs. Bogner, a doctor of health administration, is CEO of KMH (formerly Kansas Masonic Home) in Wichita. “Matthew ...

5 years ago
On a day the mercury fell in Salina with bone chilling temperatures and snow, members of the Salina Astronomy Club (SAC) were poised to watch the planet Mercury travel across the face of the sun. According to Jeffrey Kasoff with SAC, clear skies and a solar telescope is all you need to safely view the planet ...