5 years ago
The first of Ike's 2021 virtual book club series is scheduled for Tuesday of this week. According to the Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum, you can join this program as if you were meeting your friends in a cozy café or living room with a glass of wine -- even if you have not read the ...

5 years ago
Salina Police are remembering a K-9 who has passed away. According to the agency, police dog Karma was suffering from kidney disease. Karma began her service in 2012 and served an over 8 year career providing services to the citizens of Salina. She worked with K-9 Officers Gary Hanus, Kyle Tonniges and most recently Austin Baker. To ...

5 years ago
Artist L.H. Sven Johnson is now exhibiting in the virtual Gallery 708 at Salina Public Library. The exhibit “The Grammatical Heirs” will be on display at salinapubliclibrary.org/virtual until Jan. 31, 2021. It includes 14 mixed medium art prints that focus on existence and how everything in life changes but leaves a mark. L.H. Sven Johnson attended ...

5 years ago
There are two more COVID-19 deaths in Saline County and 100 new cases. According to the Saline County Health Department, there have now been 4,738 total cases, with 1,829 cases currently active. At least 2,835 have recovered, and now 74 people have died. The Health Department staff are now actively monitoring 1,829 cases. At least 2,835 have ...

5 years ago
With the goal of mitigating the continued spread of COVID-19, Kansas State University will begin the first two weeks of the spring semester with remote learning classes. Most classes are scheduled to begin Monday, Jan. 25. The university plans to return to the hybrid and in-person teaching modalities used in the fall semester after the ...

5 years ago
Area healthcare workers, EMS, long-term care employees and patients continue to receive COVID-19 vaccines. Saline County Health Officer Jason Tiller tells KSAL News that the vaccine made by Maderna is the one being administered to most healthcare workers in Salina. Tiller says the brand has to remain frozen in storage before use - and only has a ...

5 years ago
A woman on the Saline County Most Wanted list suffers a serious injury after the car she was in tried to flee from authorities, when it crashed in western Saline County. Salina Police Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that an off-duty Saline County Sheriff's deputy observed 30-year-old Joanna Deniston, Salina, inside of a vehicle parked ...

5 years ago
A man from Minneapolis is hurt in a single-car crash south of Salina on Thursday night. Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that the crash happened on S. Burma Rd., just north of the intersection with W. Thorstenburg Rd.--or about 10 miles southwest of Salina--at 10:35 p.m. Thursday. A 2012 Buick Verano, driven by 18-year-old ...

5 years ago
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly today announced her administration’s final COVID-19 distribution order for population groups in Kansas. The vaccine will be administered in five phases, beginning with those most at risk of contracting or becoming seriously ill from COVID-19 and ending with all Kansans at large. “These COVID-19 vaccination phase groups were created using guidance from ...

5 years ago
The tower of the Stiefel Theatre lit the downtown Salina sky Thursday night for the first time in 66 years. In 1954 lightning caused damage to the upper tiers of the tower, which was completed in 1931. The lightning strike caused the necessary removal of the top layers. As part of a renovation project in 2020, the ...

5 years ago
The Saline County Commission has approved grant funding to a dozen businesses. According to the county, the funding comes from a Community Development Block Grant, Coronavirus Relief Grant dollars approved in July of 2020.  Of that amount, $120,000 was to be used for economic development in light of the Coronavirus pandemic and $12,000 for grant administration ...