7 years ago
Students returning to class at Bethany College  will enjoy living in a newly renovated residence hall. The school in Lindsborg  celebrated the $2.5 million renovation of Alma Swensson Hall with a ribbon cutting ceremony. According to Bethany, the residence hall remodel was made possible by a gift from the David J. Nutt Trust, the largest single ...

7 years ago
Representatives from the Kansas Water Office, the Division of Water Resources, the Kansas Geological Survey and state legislators paid a visit to the banks of the Smoky Hill River near downtown Salina on Wednesday. The bus tour with 42 representatives from around the state got a front row view of the vision of what designers of ...

7 years ago
Three people were hurt when an all terrain vehicle crashed on the Kansas State University Polytechnic Campus in Salina Wednesday morning. Salina Police Sgt. Brent Rupert told KSAL News at the scene the crash happened at 11:11 in the morning on Wednesday. According to Rupert, three people were riding in a University ATV in the main parking ...

7 years ago
Salina Police had to remove an intoxicated bar patron in the early morning hours on Wednesday, before he allegedly struck two officers. Police Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that law enforcement were called to Big Nose Kate's Bar, 117 N. Santa Fe at 12:25 a.m. on Wednesday to remove a subject. When police arrived, they asked ...

7 years ago
A Salina teenager is recovering in the hospital after being struck by a car that didn't stop in central Salina. Police Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that the 15-year-old girl was walking south on Lewis St. at the intersection with McAdams shortly after 7 p.m. on Tuesday. A 2000 Suzuki Grand Vitara was traveling west on ...

7 years ago
A unique blend of alternative rock will highlight this week's Friday Night Live event in downtown Salina. According to Salina Arts and Humanities Buildings Like Mountains will perform Friday night at 7 p.m. in Campbell Plaza. Originating in September of 2014, local Salina band Buildings Like Mountains uses their wide variety of influence to bring a unique ...

7 years ago
Kansas Gov. Jeff Colyer has conceded defeat in the Republican gubernatorial primary, ending one of the closest votes in Kansas history. Secretary of State Kris Kobach will be the Republican nominee for governor. The Governor made the concession Tuesday evening. Earlier in the day Kobach had stretched his lead by several hundred votes, gaining votes in ...

7 years ago
A Hutchinson veteran is accused of defrauding the government by pretending to be blind. According to U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister's Office, 39-year-old Addison Lewis, a U.S. Army veteran, and 25-year-old Brandi Lewis, both of Hutchinson are charged with one count of conspiracy to defraud the government and two counts of theft of government funds. The indictment alleges ...

7 years ago
A recent cattle truck crash is prompting the most well-known animal rights group in the world to put up a billboard in Saline County. Back on August 7th a truck hauling cattle crashed in rural Saline County. A semi hauling 65 head of cattle crashed in a ditch southeast of Salina. As the driver reached for ...

7 years ago
The Streetscape and Waterline work proposed for this week has been modified due to weather such that the intersection of Walnut and Santa Fe on the west side has been reduced to one lane westbound.  This configuration is shown on the attached maps and the work is further described as follows. Traffic control will continue ...

7 years ago
A Salina woman was killed in a single vehicle crash Tuesday afternoon. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 29-year-old Michelle LaPierre was driving a 2011 Hyundai Sonata, headed east on Crawford Street in the westbound lane of travel. She made an evasive maneuver, steering the car to the south. The car left the road, struck a culvert ...