5 years ago
A second  COVID-19 case has been confirmed at a Salina elementary school and at a Salina high school, while another Salina high school has its first case. According to USD 305’s COVID-19 incidents page, a second case was confirmed Sunday at Meadowlark Ridge Elementary School, and also at Salina Central High School. A case was confirmed ...

5 years ago
Due to an increase in COVID-19 and potential COVID-19 cases in teaching staff, USD 435-Abilene schools are moving to online course instruction only. The move takes effect tomorrow, Tuesday, Sept. 22; and is due to four adults in the district who have already tested positive for COVID-19 and four more who aren't feeling well currently. In a ...

5 years ago
Although a worldwide pandemic has kept him in his apartment, Ken Jennison has always felt right at home on the radio. Jennison began working at KSAL Radio fresh out of Kansas State University in 1949 as a copy writer. It wasn't long before the station boss asked him to find a way to brighten up the ...

5 years ago
The Dickson County Sheriff's Department, Saline County Sheriff's Office and the Salina Police Department are looking for individuals who are believed to have information regarding a shooting. Dickinson County Sheriff Gareth Hoffman tells KSAL News that authorities met 40-year-old Michael Kohman, Solomon, at Memorial Hospital in Abilene on Friday morning. Kohman had sustained a gunshot wound ...

5 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 ...

5 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 ...

5 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 ...

5 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 ...

5 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 ...

5 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 ...

5 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 ...