5 years ago
Salina USD 305 is asking for donations of masks for students to use when they head back to school. According to the district, a mask drive is planned August 10-20 with the goal of engaging the Salina community to help provide our students with a backup face covering. While social distancing puts physical space between us, ...

5 years ago
Schwan’s is expanding in Salina and building a new 400,000-square-foot expansion at its Tony's Pizza manufacturing facility, nearly doubling the factory. Officials including Senator Jerry Moran, Governor Laura Kelly, Salina Mayor Mike Hoppock, and officials from Schwan's made the announcement Monday afternoon. Hoppock said it would be the biggest investment in Saline County since 1965. [audio wav="https://www.ksal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/hoppock-tonys.wav"][/audio]   “Schwan’s has ...

5 years ago
A fire that appears to be sparked by a generator damages a motorhome and trailer at Salina Speedway. Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that sheriff's deputies and Rural Fire District No. 6 responded to an ongoing fire near the entrance of Salina Speedway, 2841 S. Burma Rd., shortly after 4 p.m. Saturday. A homemade ...

5 years ago
Some questions will finally be answered in a three-plus decade long murder investigation in Saline County. On Monday morning, the Saline County Sheriff's Office says that DNA testing of an unidentified female nicknamed "Miss Molly" has confirmed a familial match and that the Sheriff's Office will have an announcement to inform the public on Tuesday. The body ...

5 years ago
Damaging non-thunderstorm wind roared through Salina early Monday morning. With non-severe storms in the area, the wind began to surge shortly after 4:00 in the morning. According to the National Weather Service, a gust of 66-miles-per-hour was reported in south Salina, and a 53-mile-per-hour gust was reported in Gypsum. KSAL News has received reports of some wind damage, ...

5 years ago
A new person will soon be leading a Salina area bank. According to Bennington State Bank, its Board of Directors has unanimously elected Darren Gragg to succeed Burke Matthews as President and CEO of BSB, effective January 31, 2021. Matthews will continue to serve as President and CEO for the remainder of 2020 to ensure a ...

5 years ago
The Kansas State Fair might be canceled, but deep-fried cuisine will live on for one weekend in August. State Fair food lovers will still be able to get their fix of Pronto Pups, funnel cakes, fried Oreos and much more during the Fair’s Food and Tunes Weekend Aug. 21 and 22. The event is sponsored by ...

5 years ago
Students have returned back to Kansas Wesleyan University as the fall semester will soon start. As the new fall semester begins, the class of 2020 will return to campus on Saturday to wrap up the spring semester and graduate. The university had previously announced that a spring ceremony would not take place as scheduled, due to the ...

5 years ago
Though it's closed for the season, there was plenty of activity at Salina's Kenwood Cove Water Park Saturday morning. A large group of volunteers showed up at the shuttered facility to clean it up. The water park was in need of a spruce-up because the City of Salina has temporarily reduced the schedule of its workforce ...

5 years ago
For the second consecutive year, Kansas Wesleyan has been honored with the Tree Campus USA distinction by the Arbor Day Foundation. The award recognizes the commitment colleges and universities across the country have made to effective urban forest management. KWU is one of seven campuses across Kansas to hold the distinction, and just the second private ...

5 years ago
One of the most respected infectious disease experts in the world joined KSAL News Friday afternoon for a conversation. Dr. Anthony Fauci, the Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health joined in a conversation about the COVID-19 pandemic, returning to school in Salina, how to stay safe ...