2 years ago
Get the heck into Kansas is the message four Kansas communities are sharing. This week, the Abilene, Dodge City, Hays and Wichita Convention and Visitors Bureaus rolled out their new “Gunsmoke Trail.” “Gunsmoke" is a television western drama series based in and around Dodge City, Kansas, during the settlement of the American West. "Gunsmoke" is the ...

2 years ago
An Abilene native will be honored with his likeness on the Wild Bill Hickok Rodeo buckle. Ethan McDonald, who grew up in Abilene and now lives in Paola, Kan., is the feature on this year’s rodeo buckle. The son of John and Mary McDonald, the McDonald family returned to Abilene when Ethan was an eighth grader, after ...

2 years ago
A Salina man is in jail after assaulting an 18-year-old woman in a house he was verbally banned from. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that 45-year-old George J. Wagner was taken into custody on Monday night after an altercation that involved the woman and her 14-year-old brother. Police say the woman heard someone in a ...

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An audit of a small Mennonite college in rural Kansas has found systemic failings, with sexual abuse reporters pressured to meet their abusers face-to-face and “forgive and forget” the abuse. In November 2022, Hesston College commissioned international law firm Cozen O’Connor to review legal compliance and make recommendations about the college’s policies, procedures and practices addressing ...

2 years ago
Bethany College was honored with the 2022 Tree Campus Higher Education recognition by the Arbor Day Foundation for its commitment to effective urban forest management. The Arbor Day Foundation is the world's largest membership nonprofit organization dedicated to planting trees. Its Tree Campus Higher Education program began in 2008 to encourage colleges and universities to plant ...

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A man who has been missing since April 25th has been found dead. According to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, the body of  23-year-old Dakota A. Patton was found on Monday, and and two people were arrested arrested in Missouri in connection with the death. At around 11:40 a.m., deputies from the Labette County Sheriff’s Office and ...

2 years ago
Salina letter carriers on Saturday will join in a nationwide effort to help “Stamp Out Hunger”. On Saturday carriers will collect non-perishable food donations left by mailboxes and in post offices and deliver them to local community food banks, pantries and shelters. Nearly 1,500 letter carrier branches in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto ...

2 years ago
Students at Kansas State University Salina Aerospace and Technology Campus have elected new Student Governing Association leadership for the 2023-2024 school year. The new K-State Salina Student Governing Association, or SGA, student body president is Cassy Girard, junior in electronic computer engineering technology, New York, New York, and the new vice president is Roxana Linares, junior ...

2 years ago
The Chamber Orchestra of the Smoky Valley's  final concert of the season is Sunday. The performance, held at Bethany Lutheran Church in Lindsborg, will feature works by Clarke, Faure, Beethoven and is free and open to the public. According to Bethany College, the Chamber Orchestra of the Smoky Valley is a unique, auditioned regional ensemble of professional ...

2 years ago
Saturday marked the SculptureTour unwrap festivities in downtown Salina, with twenty-two sculptures unveiled. As part of the celebration Cassi Rebman, Belle Plaine, MN, served as the 2023 juror.  After viewing the 22 pieces of the exhibit, Cassi presented these three Awards of Merit from the City Lights Stage downtown. The awards include: Award of Merit - ...

2 years ago
A Herington middle school science teacher who was arrested back in April has been arrested again and is facing more charges. According to the  Kansas Bureau of Investigation, on Monday morning, the KBI and the Dickinson County Sheriff’s Office arrested 61-year-old Russell L. Thomas on a warrant. Thomas was arrested for three counts of aggravated indecent liberties ...