10 years ago
Plans for a remodel of Salina South High School have been approved. According to USD 305, the schematic design for the largest of the district's bond projects has been approved. After a year of updates about a planning process that addresses the needs at South High School (SHS), the board of education unanimously approved schematic ...

10 years ago
A multi-award winning comedian is coming to Salina.  Jim Gaffigan will perform at the Stiefel Theatre this summer. According to the Stiefel, Gaffigan is a Grammy nominated comedian, New York Times best selling author, top touring performer, and multi-platinum selling father of five. His fourth hour special (“Beyond the Pale” 2006, “King Baby” 2009, “Mr. Universe” ...

10 years ago
The Kansas Presidential Primary Election might be cancelled again. A Kansas Senate committee is considering a bill to cancel the state's 2016 presidential primary as lawmakers face key deadlines. The Senate Ethics and Elections Committee was holding a hearing Wednesday on the primary bill. It was the last day the panel could meet before the Legislature's annual ...

10 years ago
A stretch of state highway in northeastern Kansas now bears the name of an Atchison police officer who was killed on duty in 2011. A stretch of Kansas 7 from Atchison to Troy was renamed Tuesday as Sgt. David Enzbrenner Memorial Highway. He was a 24-year veteran of the city's police force until he was killed while ...

10 years ago
A Lawrence, Kansas, police officer is suspended after being arrested on charges related to domestic violence. The police department says the woman, while in a relationship with the patrol officer, reported that he battered and threatened her last month. The officer was arrested on suspicion of aggravated battery, criminal threat, aggravated assault, domestic battery and kidnapping. He's is ...

10 years ago
Salina Firefighters responded to St. John's Military School during the noon hour Tuesday. There was no fire or medical emergency, but rather they showed up to hand out an unexpected award to Sgt. Geronimo Rivera, an instructor at the school. Chief Larry Mulliken presented Rivera with a Salina Fire Chief Community Service Award. Mulliken explained to ...

10 years ago
A woman was hurt in a single-vehicle crash in North Salina late Tuesday morning. The crash happened at around 11:30, on East Ash Street, when a passenger car slammed into a tree in the front yard of a home. Witnesses to the crash told KSAL News at the scene that the car was headed east on Ash ...

10 years ago
Harper County officials say frequent earthquakes are adding to the cost of repairing the century-old county courthouse, which was already deteriorating because of age. The Hutchinson News reports the county was considering spending $400,000 to fix cracks in the courthouse's staircases. Then a sharp increase in earthquakes began hitting south-central Kansas, causing more damage. The latest ...

10 years ago
Police arrested a Salina teen in connection to a spree of recent grass fires. Officers arrested 15-year-old David Eklund on 6 counts of arson and 1 count of aggravated assault. Police say Eklund allegedly set numerous grass fires on February 13th and again on February 18th. Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that Eklund also threatened to ...

10 years ago
K-State Salina continues to be a trendsetter in the unmanned aircraft systems industry. According to the school, they are the first entity in the country to receive approval from the Federal Aviation Administration, or FAA, for statewide drone access. The university has received three Certificates of Authorization that will allow its unmanned aircraft systems, or UAS, ...

10 years ago
A family fund has been established for a child who was killed in a Monday fire. Family members tell KSAL News that 21 month old Sawyer White was killed when a fire swept through his home in Belleville. A sibling was inured, and hospitalized. An online account has been set up to help the family pay for ...