7 years ago
A new study is ranking Wyandotte County as the worst in Kansas. Looking at factors such as population decline, unemployment rates and poverty numbers, Wynadotte made the list of the "Worst County to Live in Every State." Wynadotte's poverty rate of nearly 23-percent is ten-percent higher than the state's rate.

7 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a residential burglary in northwest Salina. Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that Robin Ellyson came home from work on Thursday and discovered shattered glass and coins all over his front porch in the 200 block of South 10th Street. Police say someone damaged the front door to gain entry and stole a ...

7 years ago
Law enforcement in Dickinson County is investigating a shooting. Dickinson County Sheriff Gareth Hoffman confirms his Department is investigating a Wednesday evening shooting from a motor vehicle into another motor vehicle. No one was injured. Just before 9p.m. Wednesday, a vehicle northbound in the 3300 Block of Rain Road at a high rate of speed came up ...

7 years ago
Thanks to a $25,000 grant from American Airlines, plans are taking off on the Kansas State University Polytechnic Campus to help more secondary students learn what it's like to be an airplane pilot. The grant, designed to increase enrollment in Kansas State Polytechnic'sprofessional pilot degree program, will fund construction of a mobile aircraft simulator lab, support ...

7 years ago
The public is welcome to attend the annual Valentine's Day Dinner and Dance sponsored by the Chapman American Legion Riders Chapter 240. The event takes place on February 10 in the upstairs dining hall of the Chapman American Legion, located at 222 N. Marshall. Dinner will be served from 5 P.M. to 8 P.M. and will ...

7 years ago
The Salina Regional Health Foundation’s Community Health Investment Program awarded five grants at its February committee meeting for a total of $108,000. Funding for CHIP primarily comes from Salina Regional Health Center, which tithes a percentage of its operating margin each year to the Salina Regional Health Foundation. Additional funding for CHIP has come from the ...

7 years ago
The Procter and Gamble plant in Kansas City, Kansas, is closing its doors. Company officials announced yesterday the plant will close in 2020 and production of the dish care business will move to a new plant in West Virginia. The plant employs 280 people and the company plans to work with the local labor union to help ...

7 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff's Office in a joint effort with the Salina Police Department is set to host the Advanced Citizen's Academy again this spring. Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that this is a unique chance for residents to go behind the badge and learn how officers work in the field. Applications are being accepted ...

7 years ago
The flu is prompting a northwest Kansas school district to close. Students in the Norton Community Schools will get an unplanned break from classes today and tomorrow due to widespread illness. Officials say classrooms will be disinfected and students will return to school on Monday. Story from Metro Source

7 years ago
After five years of fruitful partnership, two Kansas organizations hope to create even more of a good thing. In January 2013, Kansas State University and the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum and Boyhood Home in Abilene entered a partnership to give researchers greater access to both institutions' scholarly assets. Now, the two organizations have recommitted to ...

7 years ago
When Kansas State University Polytechnic student Jacob Cowart was 12 years old, he went to a flight camp where he was able to take the controls and fly. After that, he was hooked on flying. But the process of piloting an airplane is not easy for Cowart, who has been wheelchair-bound most of his life. Airplanes ...