7 years ago
Flying and teaching are two things Bill Gross loves most about his job as an aviation instructor at Kansas State University Polytechnic. It’s because of these passions he and his wife, Elaine, participated in the K-State Family Scholarship Program and created a scholarship for Polytechnic students. With the K-State Family Scholarship Program, new gifts of $30,000 ...

7 years ago
One of the first openly gay major financial leaders on Wall Street is donating a million dollars to the University of Kansas. According to KU, retired vice chairman of global banking at Citigroup and University of Kansas graduate Chad Leat, announced a $1 million scholarship gift commitment in support of LGBTQ students at KU during a ...

7 years ago
The search for an an Eastern Kansas man who drowned in a lake near Manhattan was into its second day on Sunday. On Saturday afternoon at around 3:00 the Riley County Police Department was called to Tuttle Creek Lake for the report of an apparent drowning. According to the agency, officers with RCPD responded to the scene ...

7 years ago
The girls' and boys' KSHSAA state basketball tournament runs Wednesday, March 7 though Saturday, March 10. Eight KSAL-area teams made the state tournament (Salina Central girls & boys, McPherson girls & boys, Smoky Valley boys, Sacred Heart boys and Rural Vista girls & boys.) 5A Boys' State Tournament: (Wednesday, Friday & Saturday-Topeka) (1) Goddard Eisenhower (19-2) vs ...

7 years ago
Last year she finished 25th at state. A year later, she is a state champion. Salina South's Lauren Lust on Friday won the class 5A - 1A State Girl's Bowling Championship, and helped her team finish third in the state tournament in Wichita. KSAL News caught up with Lust at the Salina Big Brothers Big Sisters "Bowl ...

7 years ago
The Salina Central boys basketball squad fell to third-ranked Maize both times in the regular season. Last time the Mustangs were at Maize High School, they fell behind 21-0. In the biggest game of the 2017-18 campaign, the Mustangs returned the favor. Central used an 18-0 explosion to grab a 16-point advantage, locked down Maize’s leading scorer, ...

7 years ago
Two Salina radio stations raised over $111,000 to help in the fight against childhood cancer. Rocking M Media Radio Stations Y 93.7 and Real Country 101.7 on Friday concluded a two-day radiothon to benefit St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Listeners from all over Kansas opened up their hearts, and their wallets, to help in the effort. Calls ...

7 years ago
The Dane G. Hansen Foundation has awarded $100,000 to Salina Area Technical College, to fund the Dane G. Hansen Foundation Medical Scholarship Program for students in the college’s new Nursing program. Salina Tech President Greg Nichols said the scholarship doesn’t specify a certain number of recipients or a dollar amount, giving the college the flexibility to ...

7 years ago
Thanks to the largest single gift in the history of the school, a dormitory at Bethany College will undergo a major renovation. The school announced Friday a planned $2.5 million renovation of Alma Swensson Hall. According to Bethany, Crossland Construction, recognized as one of the top construction firms in the nation, is providing project management. The ...

7 years ago
A theft from a storage building is this week's Salina Crime Stoppers Crime of the Week. Between December 1, 2017 and February 16, 2018, unknown suspect(s) entered a storage building located in the 700 block of Maple Street in Gypsum, Kansas. The following items have been reported stolen: Harley Davidson motorcycle seat from a 2013 Harley ...

7 years ago
Police are investigating a case of vandalism in east Salina. According to Captain Paul Forrester, sometime just before 3am Thursday morning, someone in a red, 4-door pickup circled around the backside of a couple of Salina businesses and shot out two glass doors and a window with a BB gun. Police say the damage at the Social ...