4 years ago
An event designed to deal with the topic of teacher retention is planned. According to Kansas State University, their Rural Education Center will host virtually the Rural Education Summit, "Homegrown Solutions," on Friday, March 26, with the theme "Recruitment, Reinforcement and Retention." The half-day program includes national speakers and kicks off with messages from Debbie Mercer, dean ...

4 years ago
Free document destruction will be available across the area during the first week of March. According to the Kansas Attorney General’s Office, they will mark National Consumer Protection Week with free document destruction events throughout the state. The office will sponsor free document destruction at eight locations throughout the state from March 1-March 6, which is National ...

4 years ago
A presentation on an ancient city in Kansas is planned by the Smoky Hill Museum in Salina. The Smoky Hill Museum will host a free Zoom presentation about Etzanoa, an ancient settlement that was home to more than 20,000 ancestral Wichita Native Americans. This presentation will take place on Thursday, March 4, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Go to ...

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The first patient with what is now known as Alzheimer's disease, the most common form of dementia, died in 1906. More than 100 years later, there is no treatment or cure. "Mind Thief," a new book from the Columbia University Press by Han Yu, professor of English at the Kansas State University College of Arts and ...

4 years ago
Salina Police have identified a suspect in connection with a shooting death which happened earlier this week and are seeking him. Police say at approximately 11:42 AM on Tuesday, February 23rd Salina Fire Department EMS and Salina Police Officers were dispatched to the 700 block of North 4th Street to a report of the sound of ...

4 years ago
Salina Media Connection has received grant funding to help with equipment upgrades. According to the organization, they received an equipment support grant of $5,000 from the William H Graves Foundation. The grant will be used to upgrade and add new equipment for editing and program development. The new equipment will be used to improve the audio and ...

4 years ago
A Salina college student has been selected for a prestigious internship. Kansas Wesleyan senior Kelsey Ripperge has been selected for a Washington Center internship. According to KWU, the internship will take place for EarthShare, an environmental non-profit in the Washington, D.C. region. Ripperger (Hastings, Neb.) is a multi-year honor roll recipient, a letterwinner on the volleyball team, ...

4 years ago
A Salina man was one of three people killed in a head-on two-vehicle crash in Marion County. According to the KHP, 30–year-old Nathan Puett was driving a Dodge Caravan headed east on US 56 Highway. The van went left of center and hit an oncoming Ford F-150 pickup truck head-on. Puett was killed in the crash, as ...

4 years ago
There is one new death and 11 new COVID cases in Saline County. According to the Saline County Health Department, there have been 5,935 cases of the virus, 699 currently active. There are 106 people who have died. Salina Regional Health Center reports they currently have nine patients who require hospitalization for COVID-19. The County dashboard has been ...

4 years ago
A K-State student from Salina has received a scholarship for online learning. More than 75 students attending Kansas State University Online received scholarships this spring semester ranging in amounts from $600 to $1,500 each and totaling $44,800. Saihara Taylor, senior in elementary education, Salina, College of Education Scholarship for Distance Education Students, is a 2021 scholarship recipient. K-State ...

4 years ago
A joint investigation between an Oklahoma county sheriff's office and the Saline County Sheriff's Office lands a Salina man in jail for the theft of several guns. Saline County Undersheriff Brent Melander tells KSAL News that the Saline County Sheriff's Office received word on Wednesday that a crime that occurred in Oklahoma might have connections to ...