11 years ago
Demolition of Kansas Wesleyan's historic Glenn Martin Stadium has started. As a crowd looked on, demolition began during the noon hour on Thursday on the stadium, which opened back in 1940 Because of its condition, Glenn Martin Stadium has not been utilized for KWU games since 2007. The stadium is being demolished to make way for ...

11 years ago
A community potluck dinner will be the reward at the finish line for a group of actors and film crew from Chicago working in Salina this week. Executive Director at the Salina Art Center Bill North, stopped into the KSAL Morning News on Thursday with a look at a short film that is under production, "It ...

11 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a residential burglary. According to Police Captain Mike Sweeney, Bobby Smith came home Wednesday evening to discover his back door damaged and numerous items in a jewelry collection missing. Police say someone entered the house in the 300 block of North Kansas sometime between 8:45am and 6pm, and stole five pearl and gold ...

11 years ago
A multi-grammy award winning rocker is coming to Salina. Rob Thomas will perform at the the Stiefel Theatre in April as part of a month-long North American special headline run. According to Thomas's record company, these shows will offer the rare and unique opportunity to catch the superstar performing in a more up close and personal setting, ...

11 years ago
A man is planning to offer rides from Salina to Denver for people who want to buy legal marijuana. Bart Allen says he hopes to drive a 12-passenger Mercedes van for Saturday overnight trips to Denver, beginning this weekend. He says his target customers will be people 45 or older who want to learn ...

11 years ago
The University of Kansas is planning a $17.5 million apartment complex to house up to 32 men's and women's basketball players. The complex is scheduled to open near Allen Fieldhouse for the 2016-17 school year. The estimated cost for each of the students would be $265,000, compared with $68,000 per student in two freshman halls ...

11 years ago
A new endowment established by Dale C. Olson and his wife Marceline Dandurand Olson, who died in 2012, will provide scholarships for around 32 students in Kansas State University's College of Engineering. Each recipient of the Dale C. and Marceline L. Dandurand Olson Engineering Scholarship will receive about $5,000. The scholarships will have an emphasis on ...

11 years ago
A Wichita man is charged with second-degree murder after a police chase led to an accident that killed a 34-year-old woman. Prosecutors on Wednesday charged 23-year-old Javier Rizo in the Oct. 27 death of Maria Martinez. She was in a vehicle that was hit by a van allegedly driven by RIzo while it was fleeing from ...

11 years ago
University of Kansas researchers have played a role in discovering a massive aquifer within the ice layers of a glacier in Greenland. The school says radar technology that was used to find the hidden pool of water was developed by researchers at the university's Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets. The aquifer is the size of ...

11 years ago
A Kansas family helps to replace a church that was destroyed in an earthquake. On January 12th, 2010 Haiti suffered a massive 7.0 earthquake. Since that day Star of Hope has been active in recovery and rebuilding. Six new schools have been built. Local communities have received assistance and lives have been rebuilt. According to the Star ...

11 years ago
A Fort Riley soldier is killed in a motor pool incident. According to the Army, a Soldier with Company A, 101st Brigade Support Battalion, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, died in a vehicular-related incident on Tuesday at a Fort Riley motor pool. Spc. Ryan T. Christensen, 29, of Layton, Utah, was a petroleum ...