6 years ago
The Kansas Wesleyan University campus is coming back to life this weekend, as nearly 800 students are now back. While some students, including athletes moved back last week, the rest of the student body is moving in this weekend in preparation of the first day of classes on Tuesday. According to the school, there’s the 16-year-old home-schooled ...

6 years ago
While an adoption event was winding down inside the Salina Animal Shelter early Saturday afternoon, supporters gathered outside in support of embattled manager Vanessa Cowie. Earlier this week Cowie was abruptly placed on paid administrative leave and suspended from all of her duties, pending a hearing with Interim Salina City Manager Mike Schrage which could end ...

6 years ago
The future for some of Kansas’ most imperiled aquatic species got brighter  this week. The Kansas Aquatic Biodiversity Center (KABC) at the Farlington Fish Hatchery in southeast Kansas opened. More than 60 people attended the opening ceremony for the facility, which culminated more than 10 years of planning and work.  The KABC is operated by the ...

6 years ago
A man was injured in a collision involving a bicycle and an SUV along one of the busiest streets in Salina Friday evening. Salina Police told KSAL at the scene the bicycle rider and the SUV collided in the 400 Block of South Ohio Street. The bicycle rider was transported by EMS to Salina Regional Health Center ...

6 years ago
New students from the University of Kansas School of Nursing -Salina participated in a special ceremony Friday, and officially began their medical career path. For the second time KU School of Nursing -Salina students were included in the Nightingale Ceremony at the University of Kansas Medical Center. The Nightingale Ceremony includes an academic society pinning and ...

6 years ago
A man who was on parole from a Kansas prison was arrested Thursday afternoon after allegedly stealing two vehicles, and leading law enforcement on a high speed chase that ended with a crash. Deputies took 45-year-old William Schiffbauer into custody around 2pm. Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that a construction crew from Boretec came back ...

6 years ago
A 15-year-old juvenile from Salina was taken into custody after scuffling with police officers Thursday evening. Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that officers were called to a home in the 800 block of Charles at 7:30pm after an argument turned violent between the boy and a man in the house. Police say the juvenile hit a ...

6 years ago
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation is working with a national animal rescue organization on a case. According to the agency, they have requested help from the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in assisting with evidence collection and the removal of 45 dogs from a property believed associated with dog fighting in Bendena, ...

6 years ago
Salina Police are asking for the public's help in solving a 41-year-old cold case. A 1977 murder is this week's Salina Crime Stoppers Crime of the Week. On July 11, 1977, 34-year-old Thomas Young was reported missing by his family. Young was last seen alive at about 12:45 a.m., on July 10, 1977, at the Lift ...

6 years ago
Salina Police were called to a downtown bar after shots were fired early Friday. Police are looking for a white male in a silver, Chevy Impala who reportedly fired several gunshots in the 7th Street parking lot behind Big Nose Kate's Saloon around 1:50am. According to Captain Paul Forrester, witnesses told officers the suspect tried to run ...

6 years ago
Safety concerns prompted the state to close a lake in a Salina park last week, and it still remains closed. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment closed the lake at Lakewood Park last Friday. On Thursday, the agency indicated the lake will remain on the closed list. A closed or closure status indicates that conditions ...