6 years ago
With area swimming pools closed in the wake of concerns surrounding the spread of the COVID-19 virus, private pool providers have been swamped with requests. Cindy Hubbard is the Manager at Pools Plus in Salina and says by the end of March their call volume skyrocketed.   [audio mp3="https://www.ksal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/pool-1.mp3"][/audio]   Hubbard joined in on the KSAL Morning News Extra Tuesday ...

6 years ago
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment is recommending voluntary 14-day self-quarantine for those Kansans who traveled to Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri, over the Memorial Day weekend and did not use protective measures, such as social distancing and face masks. Over the holiday weekend, large crowds were reported at the Lake of the Ozarks with ...

6 years ago
Two women from Tenn. are under arrest after a traffic stop on Interstate-70 led to the discovery of drugs. Salina Police Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that an officer on patrol pulled over a 2019 Nissan Rogue for speeding in the eastbound lane at milepost 254 on I-70 at 1 a.m. Saturday. When the officer went ...

6 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff's Office is investigating after three bicycles are stolen from a Salina business. Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that someone forced entry in to a shed belonging to Creative Customs, 1443 W. North St. between May 19 and May 22. Stolen is three Schwinn Chopper Style bikes. Two are red in ...

6 years ago
A truck and parts of a home are spray painted by a vandal late last week. Salina Police Capt. Paul Forrester says that the damage occurred between 11 p.m. Thursday and 6 a.m. Friday at a residence in the 1500 block of Osborne. Rebecca Reynaga, 26, Manhattan, was visiting and says that someone had sprayed black paint, ...

6 years ago
Four people are under arrest for their involvement in a weekend robbery. Salina Police Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that a party was held overnight Saturday in to the early morning hours Sunday at 831 Cherokee, Salina. At that party, a 17-year-old male allegedly stole marijuana wax from 25-year-old Leon Smith-Love, Topeka. On Sunday, Smith-Love convinced the ...

6 years ago
Exide Technologies has filed paperwork indicating that nearly 1,000 workers could possibly lose their jobs at facilities in Salina and Kansas City, Kansas. The company filed WARN layoff notices with the state late last week. WARN, the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, helps ensure advance notice for employees in cases of qualified plant closings and ...

6 years ago
Family and friends are remembering a long-time Salina radio personality. William Rowson, known to his listeners as "Bill Ray", passed away Sunday evening. Bill's award-winning radio career in Kansas is chronicled by the Kansas Historical Society's Kansaspedia page. Bill "Ray" Rowson attended Liberal High School graduating in 1968. While there Bill helped produce a high school radio ...

6 years ago
Cool, wet weather did not dampen the Memorial Day spirit in Salina Monday. Though circumstances prohibited a large public gathering at the Saline County War Memorial, small Memorial Day ceremonies were held in Salina cemeteries Light rain which had been falling all morning stopped just before cemeteries began. The first gathering was at Gypsum Hill Cemetery, followed ...

6 years ago
A woman known for her philanthropy is being remembered. Donna Vanier, who was a big supporter of Kansas State University and St. John's Military School, passed away on Saturday. The scriptures say, "To whom much is given, much will be required." Luke 12:48. To Donna Vanier, this was much more than Biblical council. It was a ...

6 years ago
Storms which dropped heavy rain and hail slowly moved across Central Kansas Sunday night into early Monday morning. Rainfall in excess of two inches, including as much as 5 inches in some isolated locations, prompted flash flooding across a large area, extending along Interstate 70 from Salina to Russell. Salina received 2.37 inches of rain at the ...