7 years ago
A health insurance information and enrollment event will be held in Salina next week. The Cover Kansas Navigator Project will be hosting a Health Insurance Marketplace Information and Enrollment event from 11 am – 6 pm, December 5, at Salina Family Healthcare Center. Certified Navigators will be on hand to personally assist individuals and families with ...

7 years ago
Salina Police were called to the Ambassador Hotel, 1616 W. Crawford early Tuesday morning after a woman ran to the desk clerk for help. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that 27-year-old Kristofer Dillon of Clanton, Alabama was arrested for aggravated domestic battery and criminal threat after a 21-year-old female hid behind the desk as ...

7 years ago
A shirtless man who was high on meth and swinging a metal bar was taken into custody after fighting with officers on Country Club Road Monday afternoon. Deputies with the Saline County Sheriff's Office arrested 32-year-old Manuel Zapien, Jr. from Turon, Kansas after he was tased, handcuffed and sedated by EMS near the Scoular Elevator located ...

7 years ago
A Nebraska man was injured in a crash involving a deer on Interstate 70 west of Salina early Tuesday morning . According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 65-year-old Julian Gonzalez Lopez of Lexington, Nebraska, was driving a 2010 Dodge Charger, headed east on Interstate 70.  He struck a deer that entered the road from the south. Gonzalez ...

7 years ago
A donation to Cloud County Community College will help fund students who study wind energy. According to the school, on Thursday, October 20th, Enel Green Power North America Inc. (EGP-NA), the largest wind operator in the state of Kansas, launched a wind tech scholarship program with the Cloud County Community College Foundation (CCCC). EGP-NA has provided ...

7 years ago
The winter season is heating up for the Kansas Wesleyan Coyotes. And so does the Kansas Wesleyan Coaches Show, which takes place every Monday from 6 to 7 pm, live at Burger Theory inside the Holiday Inn just past Lowe’s. Come in for the $6.99 Build-Your-Own-Burger Special that includes a side. Various members of the Wesleyan ...

7 years ago
The Greater Salina Community Foundation awarded a total of $39,500 to 10 area nonprofits during its October grant cycle. Grants were funded by the Kansas Health Foundation Fund for GSCF, the L.P. “Pat” Mullen Fund and the Dane G. Hansen Community Grant Fund. The following organizations received funding: Salina High School Central FIRST Robotics Team 3172 ...

7 years ago
Mary Vanier, Manhattan, has given a gift of $1 million to Kansas State University to create at least 30 matching gift scholarships as part of the K-State Family Scholarship Program. This program is an initiative of the Kansas State University Foundation to increase scholarship dollars to help the university attract and retain students and to ...

7 years ago
Kansas Highway Patrol Troopers worked four fatal crashes over the Thanksgiving holiday. The agency released its Thanksgiving Weekend Holiday Activity Report Monday. The reporting period for the holiday weekend ran from 6:00 pm on Wednesday, November 22, through 11:59 pm on Sunday, November 26. Four fatal crashes were worked during this reporting period, which killed six people ...

7 years ago
Officers of the Salina Police Department will begin teaching classes at Salina South High School during the 2018-19 school year, under an agreement signed Monday between the City of Salina and Salina Area Technical College. Under the terms of the agreement, the city will provide two on-duty officers who will each teach five hours of classes ...

7 years ago
Despite three combined wins between the schools, Salina Central and South placed 14 on the All-AVCTL Division One Teams. Salina South had five make the first team, led by juniors Jayden Miller, Isaac Mitchell and Cai Calvert. Senior Payton Webb and junior Nolan Cox joined the trio after a 3-7 season. The Cougars were one of ...