4 years ago
A Solomon farmer has hydraulic cylinders stolen off of an implement in far east Saline County. Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that 86-year-old Morris Rasher, Solomon, reports that two hydraulic cylinders are stolen off of a Great Plains 8332 cultivator, parked in the 5800 block of N. Amos Rd. The man has someone farm ...

4 years ago
A Salina fast-food restaurant alerts a Salina woman that her property was inside of the store, however, she is still missing a large sum of cash and a book bag. Salina Police Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that 24-year-old Cynthia Armijo, Salina, was awakened by messages on her phone that said that her wallet and ...

4 years ago
A Minneapolis man is dead after being hit by an SUV in the dark on Interstate 135. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol 20-year-old Kalub Rowson was struck by a vehicle when he ran across  I 135 in front of an SUV in rural Harvey County. No one in the SUV was hurt. The incident happened at ...

4 years ago
On the heels of its highest enrollment figure since 2011, Kansas Wesleyan University’s positive image within the state continues to grow. KWU announced Thursday that it had moved up to fourth in the state in a pair of recently released college rankings. On Niche.com’s 2021 rankings of private colleges within Kansas, KWU is ranked fourth among ...

4 years ago
Three out of every ten households in Kansas have not self-responded to the 2020 Census and time is running out to respond. The census is scheduled to end September 30th. What does that mean for local communities? An undercount could result in losing federal funding for programs like schools, parks, roads, emergency programs, meal programs, and ...

4 years ago
Thanks to nearly $275,000 in support from donors, 272 scholarships were awarded to Fort Hays State University business students for the 2020-2021 academic year. The awards were announced at today’s W.R. and Yvonne Robbins College of Business and Entrepreneurship scholarship awards ceremony. The event is traditionally held in FHSU’s Memorial Union but took place in a ...

4 years ago
Seventy new law enforcement officers graduated from the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center on Friday, including six who will work in Salina and Saline County. According to the organization, the large class size was designed to prevent disruption to Kansas law enforcement and to ensure there was no additional delay in training created by the suspension ...

4 years ago
A new USD 305 activities bus was unveiled Friday afternoon, colorfully decorated with a design created by a student. A design created by Karlyn Brecheisen is now wrapped around a 40,000 pound activity bus. The Salina Central High School junior submitted the winning entry in a competition which gave students experience with the graphics and sign ...

4 years ago
Health officials want to alert Kansans to potential air quality impacts from Western wildfire smoke. According to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, ongoing wildfires across the Western U.S. continue to produce dense smoke that is being transported into Kansas by the atmospheric winds. While a majority of this smoke is remaining high in the ...

4 years ago
The Wreaths Across America's Mobile Education Exhibit will be making some stops in Kansas over the next week. The Mobile Education Exhibit will be there as a reminder of the efforts to lay wreaths for all fallen soldiers at national cemeteries across the nation on December 19th, and to offer a welcome home to veterans. The ...

4 years ago
With 22 new cases to report, the Saline County Health Department says community spread of COVID-19 in Saline County has been confirmed.  Multiple cases identified over the last few days cannot be directly traced back to a known exposure with a positive case or related to travel.  It is important for everyone to practice social ...