8 years ago
A couple of candidate forums events are scheduled this week. One will focus on abortion and life issues, the other on education issues. The first forum, hosted by Salinans For Life,  is Monday evening from 7 - 8:30 in the Prescott Room at the Salina Public Library. Saline County candidates for the Kansas House, Kansas Senate, ...

8 years ago
The University of Kansas says this year's winner of the Nobel Peace Prize is a Kansas graduate. The university says in a release that Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, is a 1973 graduate of the University of Kansas, where he majored in business and economic. Santos won the ...

8 years ago
Authorities say a man from Mexico who has been deported several times faces charges accusing him of raping a child in Kansas. Tomas Martinez-Maldonado is jailed in Geary County on $100,000 bond on a charge of raping a child under the age of 14 last month. Public defender Cole Hawver declined to comment Friday. The public ...

8 years ago
The University of Kansas' chancellor knows firing a gun on campus areas with pressurized gas cylinders, rocket fuel and other combustibles might be disastrous. But she says the school can't ban guns in such places. State-run universities in Kansas must begin allowing concealed weapons onto campuses next July. Schools must submit proposed policies to the governing ...

8 years ago
Salina Downtown is preparing to shine bright for the holidays this year. According to Salina Downtown Inc. a group of dedicated holiday fanatics, local artists, and downtown business owners, led by board member Mindi Davidson, have all come together to ensure that this year's downtown will be bright. In August, Salina Downtown was awarded $3,000 from the ...

8 years ago
With Republican Gov. Sam Brownback for now refusing to say how he'll keep Kansas' budget balanced, some GOP lawmakers are promising more aggressive oversight. Some even want to challenge the governor's longstanding control over annual spending blueprints. Senate President Susan Wagle outlined a proposal this week to give lawmakers a bigger role as internal documents from state ...

8 years ago
A man was hurt in a motorcycle wreck Friday afternoon. According to Salina Police, a motorcycle collided with a vehicle that pulled in front of it. The motorcycle rider, who was not wearing a helmet, was injured. He was transported to Salina Regional Health Center. He was alert and verbal at the scene, before being transported to ...

8 years ago
The National Weather Service in Wichita has rated two tornadoes that touched down in Saline County on Thursday afternoon. One was and EF 2 with a peak wind of 112 mph while the other was  an EF 3 with a peak wind of 140 miles per hour. The following are the results of a preliminary survey:   TORNADO ...

8 years ago
A group of Salinans were "Branching Out" in North Salina this week. They gathered to dedicate a unique, new community sculpture entitled "Branching Out". Several businesses and non-profit organizations partnered with the City of Salina to create "Branching Out". "Branching Out" in its design includes work by five Salina non-profit agencies including Big Brothers Big Sisters, DVACK, ...

8 years ago
A recent Wichita State University report says Kansas could see more than 12,000 new non-farm jobs in the coming year. The Hutchinson News  reports that there are over 1.4 million non-farm jobs in the state this year. The report from the Center for Economic Development and Business Research at the university's business school forecasts that most of ...

8 years ago
Weather officials are evaluating damage after multiple tornadoes touched down in rural areas of central Kansas. The National Weather Service says twisters were spotted in Saline, Dickinson, Clay, Cowley, Labette and Allen counties. No injuries were reported in the storm that started Thursday afternoon. But in Saline County, at least one home was destroyed and two other ...