10 years ago
The Salina Community Foundation has awarded nearly two dozen scholarships to youth around the area. According to the organization, over $65,000 in scholarships have been awarded. Scholarships awarded include: The Alma Olson & Michael T. Olson Scholarship is for students attending or planning to attend North Central Kansas Technical College with a view toward obtaining a degree ...

10 years ago
The Kansas Department of Corrections says it's looking into reports that a website is selling letters from the serial killer known as BTK for up to $300 apiece. The letters were sent from El Dorado Correctional Facility by Dennis Rader, who is serving a life sentence for a series of killings that haunted Wichita for three ...

10 years ago
Kansas State has picked a new leader for its College of Veterinary Medicine. Tammy Beckham said in a news release that she's "honored to have been chosen." She's now the director of the Institute for Infectious Animal Diseases, a Department of Homeland Security Center of Excellence in College Station, Texas. Beckham also has served as director of ...

10 years ago
Officials say a 16-year-old boy was arrested after bringing fireworks and a Molotov cocktail to a Wichita high school. The Wichita South High School principal said in an email to parents that no students were in immediate danger nor was the building evacuated. District spokeswoman Susan Arensman said the student will face legal and school disciplinary action. The ...

10 years ago
An iconic piece of golf history is now a part of the history collection at the Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum in Abilene. A cross-section of the "Eisenhower Tree" was unveiled on Wednesday afternoon, and is now on permanent display. It was announced earlier this month, during events surrounding golf's Master's Tournament, that a cross-section of ...

10 years ago
Police are investigating a burglary at Heusner Elementary School located at 1300 Norton. Police say sometime between April 17th and April 20th, someone entered the building and removed multiple items from rooms throughout the school. Staff told officers that keys, $20 cash, a staff lanyard, flashlight, posters, disco lights and five, Star Wars figures were ...

10 years ago
Police are looking for a woman who left behind a counterfeit $100 bill at a convenience store counter on Tuesday afternoon. Police say a suspect described as a black woman with blonde hair wearing a bright pink shirt, attempted to buy cigarettes and some other small items at the Kwik Shop at 1600 S. 9th at ...

10 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff's Office releases more details about the events that led up to a lockdown at Ell-Saline Junior / Senior High School. According to Captain Roger Soldan, eight students were involved in an online discussion with 18-year-old Joshua Downey of Tescott on Tuesday morning. The Facebook chat took a chilling turn when Downey allegedly ...

10 years ago
State and national agricultural workers are planning to set traps across the state to prevent the spread of a destructive beetle. The state announced Tuesday that 163 traps will be set to catch the emerald ash borer and detect unknown populations. The traps will be set in 23 counties starting this month. The beetle kills North American ...

10 years ago
Firefighters were on the scene of a working fire in Downtown Salina Tuesday evening. Crews were called at around 9:45 to the report of smoke coming from the area of Laura's Antiques at 109 S. Santa Fe. No flames were visible from the outside, but a working fire was discovered on the second floor above the ...

10 years ago
A high-speed pursuit along Interstate 70 ended east of Salina Tuesday afternoon. Trooper Ben Gardner from the Kansas Highway Patrol tells KSAL News that it started at around 1:30, when a trooper attempted a traffic stop about 9 miles west of Salina on a black passenger car that was headed east. Instead of stopping , the ...