3 years ago
A group of Fort Riley soldiers are home from deployment in time for Christmas. According to the Army, approximately 230 Soldiers from the 1st Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, returned to Fort Riley on Friday following a nine-month rotation to Europe. Soldiers from the brigade departed for Europe in February to assume the Atlantic Resolve rotational ...

3 years ago
For the 39th year in a row Bill Fekas is planning to prepare a free community-wide Christmas dinner, and the Salina chef is still in need of a little support. Fekas is planning to prepare and serve a free dinner to as many as 4,500 people. This will be the 39th year for the Fekas Family ...

3 years ago
The weather outside won't be frightful for those planning to travel this week for Christmas.  The National Weather Service says weather impacts are not anticipated. According to the National Weather Service, above normal temperatures and dry weather is favored this week. Near record high temperatures are possible Christmas Eve. The outlook for December 24th through 28th favors ...

3 years ago
A Salina woman is taking home "Santa's Stash". Janie Morris was among a group of finalists who qualified to be a part of the grand finale of Meridian Media's "Santa's Stash" event on Saturday. "Santa's Stash" was a locked box full of cash. The box was on display at various locations around the area. At each location, ...

3 years ago
Kansas has been selected as one of eight states to participate in a demonstration project utilizing Medicaid eligibility data to certify eligible students for free and reduced-price school meals. According to Kansas Governor Laura Kelly's office, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service Mountain Plains Region made the announcement earlier this week. “This project ...

3 years ago
Christmas came early to Kansas Wesleyan University, in the form of the second largest gift in school history. According to KWU,  Jeff Bieber ’71 spent much of his professional life owning and operating John Deere farm equipment dealerships that allowed farmers to refresh their equipment and, therefore, their land. Now, he has given his alma mater, ...

3 years ago
There has been one new COVID death in Saline County since Wednesday and 54 new cases. According to the Saline County Health Department, there are currently 802 active cases in the community. Salina Regional Health Center reports that 22 patients require hospitalization related to COVID-19. There now have been 182 COVID related deaths overall. The best way to stop ...

3 years ago
Sending care packages to deployed service members is the mission for one Solomon, Kansas woman and her organization Packages for Warriors - Hearts of America. Amy Paden, Founder/President of Packages for Warriors - Hearts of America joined in on the KSAL Morning News Extra with a look at how they have teamed up with owner Brian ...

3 years ago
No injuries are reported after a two-vehicle accident involving a patrol vehicle on Thursday. Salina Police Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that around 11:30 p.m., the patrol vehicle was stopped at a light at the intersection of Ninth and Crawford. The light turned green, but the vehicle waited for a pedestrian to cross in front. A ...

3 years ago
State transportation officials are taking stock of all the road signs that were destroyed or are missing following this week's storms in western and central Kansas. As of late yesterday, a KDOT source say state officials estimate that more than one thousand signs would have to be fixed or replaced. Meanwhile, transportation officials took to Twitter to ...

3 years ago
The Kansas Army National Guard and Kansas Forest Service are participating in efforts to fight wildfires in multiple counties in western and central Kansas. The deployment of personnel from both agencies reportedly was made possible by Governor Laura Kelly's declaration of a State of Disaster Emergency more than a week ago. Authorities say most of the state ...