12 months ago
The Salina Education Foundation is accepting applications for the Loan Initiative for Future Teachers (LIFT) Program. According to the organization, the LIFT program rewards exemplary Saline County residents who want to become teachers.  It provides up to $5,000 in loans per year while the student works toward an initial teaching certificate. The Salina Education Foundation forgives up ...

12 months ago
With temperatures dropping, the Kansas Department for Children and Families has a program for Kansans needing financial assistance to keep their heat on this winter. They can apply for the Low Income Energy Assistance Program (LIEAP) earlier this year than in past years. “Kansas winters can be brutal and no Kansas family should be cold,” said ...

12 months ago
A Christmas Market and Winter Festival event set against the backdrop of a South Central Kansas exotic animal farm is planned for this weekend. Everyone in the area is invited to Hedrick's Exotic Animal Farm, located on Kansas Highway 96 just west of Hutchinson on the ay to Nickerson, on Saturday from 10:00 AM to 4:00 ...

12 months ago
He's prepping for another busy Christmas day, feeding over 4,000 people in Salina a free meal. For the 41st year in a row Bill Fekas is planning to serve a free community-wide Christmas dinner, for pick-up or delivery only at the 4-H Building from 11am to 2pm on December, 25th. Fekas joined in on the KSAL Morning ...

12 months ago
A long-time Salina music teacher has been honored with a prestigious award. Eddie Creer has been named the 2023-2024 High School Level Outstanding Educator by the North Central District of the Kansas Music Educators Association. In his 43rd year of teaching, Mr. Creer is the Director of Vocal Music, and an instructor of classical guitar and ...

12 months ago
K-State Salina is continuing a one-of-a-kind scholarship program that allows students to earn a bachelor's degree while working part-time and gaining valuable on-the-job experience with Salina manufacturing company Great Plains Manufacturing. Eight students from K-State Salina — all working toward one of the campus's engineering technology degrees — have been announced as the Great Plains Scholars Program recipients ...

12 months ago
A former Salina Police Captain is stepping into the lead role as Interim Executive Director at Child Advocacy and Parenting Services in Salina. The CAPS Board of Directors has announced the hiring of Paul Forrester as Interim Executive Director as of Monday December 4, 2023. Forrester just completed six years of board service and a thirty-year career ...

12 months ago
A valuable painting the Salina Public Library chose to sell from its collection will remain in Salina after the buyer has donated it back to the City. According to Salina Arts & Humanities, a 1921 oil painting by Lindsborg artist  Birger Sandzén was accepted into the City of Salina’s public art  collection by city commissioners during ...

12 months ago
Over 200 runners joined in a grassroots effort in Salina to raise funds, and show love in the memory of a child who died from injuries suffered when a vehicle he was in was hit by a suspected drunk driver. Back on the evening of December 1st, just before 7pm, 9-year-old Nolan Davidson and his father ...

12 months ago
Kansans can now weigh-in on the next State of Kansas license plate. Starting Monday, Kansans can go to KSPlates.kansas.gov to vote for their favorite plate among five designs created by Mammoth Creative Co., a Kansas-based marketing firm, in partnership with Kansas Tourism. Voting will end at 5 p.m. on Friday, December 15. “Kansans have offered their thoughts ...

12 months ago
A Salina woman is facing a charge of attempted first degree murder after allegedly stabbing a man in the chest with a kitchen knife. Police Lt. Kyle Tonniges tells KSAL News that 35-year-old Erica N. Wroten was taken into custody at her home in the 500 block of Russell Avenue on Friday, after she dropped off ...