7 years ago
As the nation reflects and remembers the courage and lives lost to break through Hitter's Atlantic Wall 75-years ago on D-Day, staff at the Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum will be culminating a week of activities with a Remembrance Ceremony in Abilene on Thursday morning. Museum Curator, William Snyder tells KSAL News that beginning at 9:30am, ...

7 years ago
Bizarre behavior lands a Salina woman in county jail. Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that the incident began shortly after 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday in the 1700 block of W. State St. where a line of cars were waiting on a train to cross the roadway. With the line of cars all stopped at ...

7 years ago
The lion will sleep tonight...at Rolling Hills Zoo. A new lion pride arrived Wednesday morning. The pride includes 9-year-old male Sahar and 5-year-old female littermates Kamali and Zalika. The trio of African lions moved to their new home in Salina from the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago. Rolling Hills Zoo General Curator Brenda Gunder told KSAL News ...

7 years ago
The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services is turning to a Kansas company to handle child welfare cases in the Omaha area. State officials announced yesterday that they will award a five-year, 197-million-dollar contract to the Salina, Kansas-based St. Francis Ministry. The new contract is less than two-thirds as expensive as the current agreement with Omaha-based ...

7 years ago
Eisenhower National Airport in Wichita is the recipient of two federal grants. City officials announced yesterday that the Wichita Aviation Authority received an eight-point-six-million-dollar FAA grant for runway work. The airport previously was awarded a six-point-seven-million-dollar grant to replace part of the runway's keel section. Airport officials say the grants will help extend the life of the runway ...

7 years ago
A week of activities commemorating the 75th anniversary of the day that changed history, D-Day, culminates Thursday in Abilene with a Remembrance Ceremony and concert at the Eisenhower Presidential Library. The Remembrance Ceremony begins at 9:30 a.m. near the statue of General Dwight D. Eisenhower. More than 60 WWII Veterans and “Rosie the Riveters” will be ...

7 years ago
Soldiers from Fort Riley will participate in D-Day ceremonies on Thursday at multiple locations including at their home base, in Abilene, and in Normandy, France. The 1st Infantry Division and Fort Riley will commemorate the 75th Anniversary of D-Day with a Remembrance Ceremony at 4 p.m. Thursday. The ceremony pays tribute to the 1st Infantry Division's ...

7 years ago
As summer is just starting to heat up people without access to air conditioning or other means of staying cool during hot and humid weather can receive fans from the Salina Salvation Army. According to the agency, they will make free fans available again this year. The Salina Salvation Army, located on North Santa Fe, will ...

7 years ago
A five minute high-speed pursuit Monday, ends with an abandoned car and police looking for a possible known suspect. Salina Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that around 6:45pm an officer on patrol ran a tag check on a 2003 Ford Taurus near the intersection of Roach and Beloit. Information came back that the license plate ...

7 years ago
Salina Police are looking for a car thief who was caught on video. According to Captain Paul Forrester officers were called to a home in the 500 block of W. Jewell after someone stole a 2008 Cadillac SRX from a driveway just after midnight on Monday. Police say video from a home surveillance system in the neighborhood ...

7 years ago
The co-winners of the 2019 Festival Medallion Quest are Salinans Gwenna Reich and her daughter Tara Sauber. Reich found the 2019 Medallion at about 9:30a on Tuesday, June 4 in a fountain in Sunset Park. The Medallion itself was a metal tube. The tube was attached by a line to a rock resting on the rock ...