6 years ago
Bethany College Criminal Justice students this week teamed with the Kansas Department of Corrections to learn about the process of stopping a riot. Around two dozen Bethany students participated with approximately three dozen Corrections Cadets. During a training exercise at the Crisis City training venue Bethany students were instructed to yell, scream, and throw water balloons ...

6 years ago
The Salina Business Hall of fame increased by three on Wednesday. As family and friends gathered at a luncheon event, three prominent Salina business persons were inducted into the 2018 class of the Salina Business Hall of Fame. They include: Milton Stiefel, former owner of Stiefel Department Store (Historic Category, 1926-1975) Mel and Marge Bergkamp, ...

6 years ago
Independent candidate for Governor Greg Orman is losing a key member of his campaign in the final days before the midterm election. Orman campaign treasurer Tim Owens announced yesterday that he is stepping down and throwing his support behind Democratic candidate for Governor Laura Kelly. Owens says he is leaving Orman's campaign to unite behind Kelly and ...

6 years ago
A Salina man tried to elude police arrest on a bicycle resulting in a short chase before his eventual arrest. Police Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that law enforcement received a tip that a man with five warrants was at Casey's General Store, 1100 E. Iron at 9:20 p.m., Tuesday night. There, police observed 39-year-old DeAndre ...

6 years ago
Salina Police responded to a reported shooting in northern Salina. Police Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that witnesses say they heard a total of 12 gun shots fired in the 800 block of N. 9th at 1:25 a.m. Wednesday. Authorities did not find any damage, however, did find three 9mm shell casings near 800 N. 9th. Forrester ...

6 years ago
The science teachers at St. John’s Military School have always taken an innovative approach to their curriculum. To further their efforts to make learning science fun and exploratory, faculty members Pam Kraus and Anna Befort envisioned adding additional modern interactive tools and supplies to their department. Now, thanks to the Greater Salina Community Foundation, their ...

6 years ago
A group of students from Salina South High School got an early jump on Halloween Tuesday evening. Students, friends, and family from the school's drama department were out in costume, going door-to-door volunteering to  "trick-or-treat-so-kids-can-eat". The students gathered at the school, and then spread out through town. They went door-to-door, not collecting candy, but rather non-perishable ...

6 years ago
A former Kansas Republican Governor who was born and raised in Salina will be back in his hometown, on the eve of the election, stumping for a Democrat who is vying for the state's highest office he once held. In the final days leading up to the election Laura Kelly will be making multiple stops across ...

6 years ago
A Salina man was killed in a crash late Tuesday afternoon on the Kansas Turnpike in southern Kansas. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 32-year-old Jacob Palmer was driving a 2014 Western Star Wrecker.  The wrecker rolled into a ditch along the southbound lanes. According to the agency, Palmer was killed in the crash. The crash happened at ...

6 years ago
Kansas Wesleyan University will celebrate the opening of its new Emergency Operations Center on Saturday as a prelude to the big football game against Avila University. The new, state-of-the-art EOC on campus provides students in the Emergency Management and Criminal Justice programs with a high-tech, hands-on teaching lab. At the same time, the EOC – fully ...

6 years ago
The Kansas Department of Transportation is starting the testing phase of the Integration Pilot Program this week. Flights by Iris Automation will focus on enabling new detect and avoid capabilities for drones. Iris Automation will be testing its collision avoidance technology in the airspace above Gypsum’s farmlands. The technology uses computer vision and artificial intelligence to ...