9 years ago
A couple of different upcoming candidate forum events are planned in Salina. The first event is later this week. The Salina Area Chamber of Commerce and the League of Women Voters will sponsor a Candidates Forum for Saline County Clerk candidates, Saline County Commission candidates, and State Legislative candidates from Saline County on Thursday. It will ...

9 years ago
The Kansas State Animal Response Team is planning the first statewide Kansas Animal Response Exercise, to be held at Salina's Crisis City venue. According to the organization, this event is open anyone interested in learning more about how animals are cared for during and after a disaster. No previous training is required. The event will be ...

9 years ago
Kansas is overhauling a program that confines sex offenders indefinitely for post-prison mental health treatment. The changes to be rolled out this month follow a federal lawsuit, a critical legislative audit and legal challenges to similar programs in other states. Officials at the Larned State Hospital program said treatment will become more structured, personalized and focused on ...

9 years ago
Hundreds of people in Salina kicked off Breast Cancer Awareness Month Saturday morning by lacing up their shoes and running, or walking, the length of Santa Fe Avenue.  It was the "Fe for a Cure" event to help locally in the fight against cancer. Fe for A Cure is a unique event. It is very colorful, ...

9 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff's Office released more details regarding a plane that made an emergency landing on Saturday morning. According to Lt. Mike Smith, pilot Terry Burger, 68 of rural Salina experienced engine trouble just after take-off from Salina Regional Airport and crash landed in a soybean field in the 5000 block of S. Fairchilds Road. Deputies ...

9 years ago
Thousands of prospective voters in Kansas who did not provide citizenship documents will be able to vote in the November election under a federal appeals court ruling late Friday that upheld a judge's order. The ruling upholds U.S. District Judge Julie Robinson's temporary order forcing Kansas to register more than 20,000 voters. The court previously refused ...

9 years ago
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback says a task force will outline proposals next week for improving the state's revenue projections. The Republican governor said Friday that the proposals are aimed at addressing problems the state has faced in predicting how much tax revenue it will collect. Brownback appointed the task force earlier this year. Republican legislators slashed personal ...

9 years ago
The staff at Rolling Hills Zoo welcomed their 1.5 millionth guest to the Zoo on Friday, Cathy Hadorn and her daughter Christina Flax of Salina along with her five grandkids were the 1.5 millionth guest to walk through the doors and purchase their admission tickets. As the 1.5 millionth guest they received a special goodie bag ...

9 years ago
Rumors and misinformation quickly spread on social media in regard to two unrelated incidents at Salina South High School on Friday. On Friday morning parents were sent a safety update from USD 305, concerning a threat. A student on Thursday allegedly threatened gun violence against the school, which was to happen on Friday. Salina Police investigated, ...

9 years ago
The Kansas Board of Regents says graduate student employees at state universities will lose their health care subsidies starting next year as a result of a recent opinion by the IRS regarding health insurance. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that the IRS issued an opinion that an employing university can no longer provide a subsidy for graduate ...

9 years ago
Pianist Tatiana Tessman will join the Salina Symphony on Sunday to perform a piano concerto - crafted for the left hand. "I'm using a long bench so I can actually move from one side to another," Tessman said. The Russian born artist tells KSAL News that the piece written by Maurice Ravel was commissioned by Austrian pianist ...