5 years ago
The Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum in Abilene is planning a couple of virtual events as the 76th anniversary of the D-Day invasion approaches. On June 6th, 1944, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Allied Commander during World War II, led the Allied Forces in the D-Day invasion of Normandy, France. Code-named Operation OVERLORD, this was the greatest ...

5 years ago
The global pandemic has not stopped one constant. For the 60th year in a row KSAL radio is awarding scholarships to area high school students. Eight of the area's recent high school graduates received a little boost to fund their college education on Friday night, in the form of a $1,000 scholarship. KSAL and the Rocking ...

5 years ago
As restrictions begin to be lifted for the COVID-19 pandemic throughout the community, Salina Regional Health Center will make changes to its policies as warranted. According to the hospital, beginning Monday inpatients will be allowed to designate one consistent visitor to see them in their rooms. Exceptions would be that no visitors will be permitted for ...

5 years ago
Local officials have prepared a plan to reopen Saline County. The following plan will be presented to the Saline County Commission on Tuesday by Saline County Health Officer Jason Tiller: Saline County must remain flexible to account for the evolving nature and scope of this unprecedented public health emergency posed by COVID-19, while also simultaneously begin the ...

5 years ago
A protest prompted by the deaths of Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia and George Floyd in Minneapolis is planned in Salina. Salina Miranda Bachman is planning to host a “No Justice No Peace” protest this Sunday.  The protest will start at noon at The Temple (formerly Masonic Temple), at 336 S. Santa Fe. It will travel to ...

5 years ago
New Coronavirus cases continue to rise in Kansas. The Kansas Department of Health & Environment says that as of 9 a.m. Friday, there are 9,719 cases of COVID-19 in the state, with 208 related deaths. Hospitalization rates continue to be low as 842 of the positive cases have required to be hospitalized. The rise in new cases this ...

5 years ago
Aligned with the Saline County Health Officer’s order making Phase 2 of the Ad Astra Reopening Plan a local order, Salina USD 305 playgrounds and equipment are now open to the public. Note: the playground at Coronado Elementary remains closed due to special equipment and donor agreements in place. Frequent hand washing, wearing of masks, and ...

5 years ago
Salina Police are searching for a black Chevy Suburban that was involved in a Thursday evening shooting at a north Salina car wash. Salina Police Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that police were called to StuJos Car Wash, 120 N. Broadway at 5:15 p.m. Thursday. Walter Bell, 40, Salina, says that he was detailing his vehicle ...

5 years ago
A Wichita man is injured in a single vehicle crash where a the truck he was driving went down a steep embankment before coming to a rest several hundred feet away from the interstate it was traveling on. Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that the crash occurred at milepost 78 on Interstate-135, near ...

5 years ago
A Salina woman requirement medical care after being involved in a two-car collision in central Salina. According to Salina Police Capt. Paul Forrester, the crash happened at 12:10 p.m. Thursday in the 900 block of S. Ohio St. A 2003 Chrysler Town and Country mini van, driven by Cassie Jones, 29, Gypsum, was headed southbound on Ohio ...

5 years ago
Lindsey Dreiling, executive director of aviation strategy at Kansas State University Polytechnic Campus, has been selected to serve on a new federal board aimed at strengthening the presence of women and girls in aviation. Appointed by U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, Dreiling will serve on the Department of Transportation's Women in Aviation Advisory Board. She was ...