6 years ago
This spring SCT received a Greater Salina Community Foundation grant to create a communications campaign informing patrons about safely returning to the theater. Just as winter had begun to melt away, the COVID-19 pandemic froze daily life to a standstill, leaving programs and plans at the Salina Community Theatre on hold. Determined to find a way to ...

6 years ago
Rolling Hills Zoo is welcoming two new members to its animal family. According to the zoo, two new chimpanzees are being introduced to the troop of four at their great ape exhibit.  Female chimpanzees, Baby Face and Randi  made the move from the Potawatomi Zoo in South Bend, Indiana on Monday. Baby Face is 47-years-old while ...

6 years ago
A Salina church is asking for donations for the Salina Emergency Aid Food Bank. St. John's Lutheran Church is hosting a Family Needs/COVID19 Food Bank Drive the entire month of August. Though the effort is going on all month, a special drop off event is planned for this Saturday. The drop off will be from 9 till noon ...

6 years ago
Kansas Department of Corrections (KDOC) Secretary Jeff Zmuda announced today that 43 residents at the Larned Correctional Mental Health Facility (LCMHF) have tested positive for COVID-19. The first staff member at LCMHF tested positive on August 8 and 262 residents were tested based on the contact tracing that occurred. The residents at LCMHF are all males, ranging ...

6 years ago
Two large jars containing over $1,500 in coins are stolen from a Salina residence. Salina Police Capt. Paul Forrster tells KSAL News that they were taken between 8:15 p.m. Tuesday and 6:30 a.m. Wednesday from a garage in the 500 block of Reynolds. Brittany Drown, 27, Salina, found the garage door to her home up approximately two ...

6 years ago
Authorities are on the lookout for a stolen Jeep that belongs to a Salina woman. Salina Police Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that the vehicle was stolen from in front of a residence in the 600 block of Highland between Midnight and 4 a.m. Wednesday. The victim, 28-year-old Paige Norwood, Salina, was visiting a resident at ...

6 years ago
Signify, formerly known as Philips Lighting, is planning to close its light bulb manufacturing facility in Salina. But the jobs won’t be lost. Great Plains Manufacturing is buying the facility and will expand into it. Signify said in response to a declining demand for conventional lighting, they will leverage economies of scale and improve efficiencies by ...

6 years ago
Even though students in Kansas are not yet back in the classroom, some school districts are already dealing with COVID-19 cases. The school district in Colby is dealing with the virus. USD 315 says they received notification that one or more individuals who attended a middle school volleyball / football concussion video meeting on August 6th,  ...

6 years ago
Staff members from Rocking M Media Salina radio stations have been honored by the Kansas Association of Broadcasters. The association announced its 2020 KAB Awards of Excellence on Wednesday. Salina staff have been honored with five awards. The awards include: Hard News Feature/Enterprise 1st Place KSAL  Todd Pittenger  "Salina Protest" Sports Play-by-Play 1st Place KSAL James Westling / ...

6 years ago
There are 5 new COVID-19 cases in Saline County and 2 more people have died. According to the Saline County Health Department, there have been a total of 394 cases, with 97 of them currently active. There have been 290 people who have recovered, and now 7 people have died. Salina Regional Health Center last reported that ...

6 years ago
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly today announced that three Kansas cities will receive Community Development Block Grants from the Department of Commerce to assist with commercial redevelopment efforts. Clay Center, Eudora and Lincoln each will receive $250,000 in CDBG funds for redevelopment projects, with each city providing matching funds of $88,000, $87,400 and $125,714, respectively. “The Community Development ...