11 years ago
Saline County Clerk and Election Officer Don Merriman tells KSAL News that his office has sent out over 170 letters to voters who did not sign the back of their ballot envelope - asking them to come in and finish the voting process. "Unfortunately we cannot count their ballot without that signature," he said. Merriman says those ...

11 years ago
A change in interest rates means that the USD 305 school bond issue, if passed, would not cost tax payers as much. According to the district, based upon current interest rates, the projected mill levy for the repayment of the bonds is 1 mill lower. For taxpayers, this reduces the monthly increase for an owner of ...

11 years ago
The National Junior College Athletic Association is moving its Division I Women's Basketball Championship out of Salina following the 2015 tournament at the Bicentennial Center. The NJCAA made the announcement it will move the tournament to Lubbock, Texas, from 2016 to 2018 on Thursday during its meetings in Colorado Springs, Colo. Mary Ellen Leicht, Executive Director of ...

11 years ago
Eight Kansas schools, including one in Saline County, have been selected to receive state grants to promote the use of local foods in schools and agriculture education in the classroom. The Kansas Department of Agriculture says Wednesday that it had awarded each of the schools $12,500 from the Farm to School program. Earning the grants were ...

11 years ago
The staff of a federal panel that oversees plans for monuments in the nation's capital is recommending changes in the design for a memorial honoring President Dwight D. Eisenhower. The National Capital Planning Commission is set to consider building plans Thursday for architect Frank Gehry's design for the memorial. But after months of review, the commission's ...

11 years ago
The University of Kansas is seeking dismissal of a lawsuit by a former professor who claims its School of Medicine retaliated for his assertion that the university misappropriated federal research grants. The university and the Kansas Board of Regents argued in court filings Wednesday that they are protected from lawsuit under sovereign immunity. The university also ...

11 years ago
Secretary of State Kris Kobach says a Kansas House committee has taken the teeth out of legislation to protest the federal government's listing of the lesser prairie chicken as a threatened species. Kobach on Wednesday described the bill as being "gutted." The measure still declares that the federal government has no authority to regulate prairie chickens or ...

11 years ago
A bill aimed at bringing a state-owned casino to southeast Kansas has cleared the state Legislature and is going to Governor Sam Brownback. The House approved the proposal Wednesday on an 84-36 vote. The Senate approved it last week. The bill lowers the investment required for a southeast Kansas casino from $225 million to $50 million. The ...

11 years ago
Along with the annual work that makes the River Festival a reality, Salina Arts & Humanities announces the creation of a new endowment fund to support the Festival long-term and provide additional support over time to Salina's arts and cultural programs. Key to the early success of the newly approved Smoky Hill River Festival Legacy Fund ...

11 years ago
Documentary filmmaker and storyteller Audrey Kalivoda is coming back to Salina with a look at her new project. Kalivoda will be on hand at the Smoky Hill Museum on Thursday afternoon for her presentation of the making of "Kansas: The Center of it All" Kalivoda joined in on the KSAL Morning News Wednesday and says the film ...

11 years ago
A refrigerator is stolen from a vacant rental home. Larry Mattison of New Cambria contacted the Saline County Sheriff's Office after discovering a GE side by side refrigerator was removed from a property he oversees and rents out in the 3000 block of E. Old 40 Highway. Deputies say someone stole the appliance sometime between Monday and ...