11 years ago
Flags around Kansas will be lowered to half-staff this week to honor the victims who were killed in Overland Park in Sunday afternoon's shootings outside a Jewish community center and housing community. Kansas Governor Sam Brownback has ordered flags to be flown at half-staff from sun-up to sun-down on Thursday and Friday in honor of Dr. ...

11 years ago
The Lakewood Middle School Jazz Band is recognized for performance excellence. According to USD 305, the band received a superior rating and brought a trophy back from the 32nd Annual Northeast Community College Jazz Festival in Norfolk Nebraska. The LMS Jazz Band competed against 17 groups. The contest included musicians from 10 states including Kansas, Nebraska, ...

11 years ago
More than 80 distinguished professors have endorsed a new proposed social media policy for Kansas universities. The professors, from several universities, sent a letter to the Kansas Board of Regents saying the proposed policy "exemplifies the role of scholarship for public intellectuals in a democracy." The new policy was proposed by a work group formed ...

11 years ago
Two women from Oklahoma died when their car collided with a pickup truck driven by a man going the wrong way on the Kansas Turnpike. The Kansas Highway Patrol says the accident occurred Tuesday night on Interstate 35 in Wichita. The patrol says the driver, 65-year-old Donald Fifer of Haysville, was driving south in ...

11 years ago
The veterinarian from Rolling Hills Zoo will speak at Kansas Wesleyan University. According to the school, the Smoky Hills Audubon Society will host "Lions and Tigers and Bears…and Birds, Too" Thursday evening at 7:30. Dr. Danelle Okeson will talk about her experiences with the animals at Rolling Hills. Dr. Okeson holds a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree ...

11 years ago
Some of the most deadly reptiles in the world are slithering into Rolling Hills Zoo this weekend. According to the zoo, the grand opening of Clyde Peeling’s REPTILES: The Beautiful and the Deadly is Saturday. The live traveling exhibit features 19 of the world’s most recognized and dangerous reptiles. REPTILES: The Beautiful and the Deadly is ...

11 years ago
A bicycle rider is injured early Tuesday evening when he is hit by an SUV along an East Salina busy street. First responders were called at around 6:30 to the report of a cyclist hit by a vehicle at the entrance to Bill Burke Park on East Crawford Street. Salina Police told KSAL News at the scene ...

11 years ago
An actor who has been in movies, been on television, and been on Broadway, will star in a production in Salina this summer. According to the Salina Community Theatre, Tyrees Allen will return to star in a production of David Mamet's "A Life in the Theatre" for six performances in July. Allen has been a featured actor ...

11 years ago
The Saline County Commission is being urged to expand from a three person board to a five person board. The group Saline County Citizens For Responsible Government prepared a resolution that was presented Tuesday, asking commissioners to place the issue on the November ballot. Commissioners Duncan and Price indicated that they both believe there is no ...

11 years ago
A Salina tradition returns this week at the Community Theatre. The 28th Annual Geranimium and Plant Sale kicks off Thursday, April 17th inside the Theatre Lobby at 11:30am. Florence Jester and Jeanie Hemmy stopped into the KSAL Morning News on Tuesday with a look at the Salina Community Theatre Guild's biggest fund raiser, "We have a beautiful ...

11 years ago
Approximately 140 guns, 10 knives and numerous loads of ammunition are among the items taken from a Salina sporting goods store. Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL news that sometime between Saturday evening April 12 and Monday morning April 14 Cleve's Marine & Sporting Goods store at 136 S. Broadway was forcefully entered. The suspect(s) allegedly entered through ...