6 years ago
With economic challenges growing amid COVID-19 related job losses, volunteers at Salina Shares are pivoting to collect and distribute more kid-friendly food. Executive Director Debbie Rivers tells KSAL News that the number one request from adults in need - is food for their children. "The challenges for families right now, especially those with school aged children, have ...

6 years ago
Marbles, tubes and dominoes could all be in the blueprints when area children begin building machines for a chance to win a prize from Salina Tech. With their regular summer camp delayed until late July, Salina Area Technical College is announcing a sort of tech camp - at home for kids. "That's the plan," Alisha Jester, ...

6 years ago
A Salina man has several belongings, including a high-end bicycle, stolen from a storage unit. Salina Police Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that the burglary occurred between 10:45 a.m. and 3:15 p.m. on Thursday from City Wide Self Storage, 2435 Centennial. 55-year-old Thomas Osborne, Salina, is the leaser of the unit and had to leave abruptly ...

6 years ago
A child was injured after being shot in a hunting accident in McPherson County. Authorities say the incident took place near Roxbury on Saturday afternoon when a hunter thought he had shot at a turkey. The turkey was a decoy. A seven-year-old boy was shot the head. The child was taken to a Wichita hospital for treatment.

6 years ago
When it's possible friends and family will gather to remember a Salina man whose sculpture sits atop the state capitol building. Dr. Richard D. Bergen, the Kansas artist whose iconic bronze sculpture Ad Astra graces the capitol building in Topeka, died last week on Wednesday. He was 95. Bergen and son Rich partnered for over 35 years ...

6 years ago
Another victim of the mass shooting at an El Paso Walmart last August has died. Guillermo "Memo" Garcia had been in the ICU since being shot multiple times in the Walmart parking lot on August 3rd. Guillermo "Memo" Garcia and Jessica Coca Garcia, formerly of Salina, were at the Walmart in El Paso, Texas, fundraising for their ...

6 years ago
Saline County is holding steady with 19 confirmed COVID-19 cases. According to the Saline County Health Department, they do not have any new cases to report on Sunday. Saline County has 19 confirmed cases of the virus, and two people have died from COVID-19 related causes. Other are counties report the following: McPherson County 20 cases Ottawa County ...

6 years ago
Researchers from Kansas State University are doing their part to help discover a treatment for COVID-19 through a second licensing agreement with Cocrystal Pharma. The new agreement with Cocrystal grants the use of two patented series of protease inhibitors developed by Kyeong-Ok "KC" Chang and Yunjeong Kim, virologists in the K-State College of Veterinary Medicine. Collaborators include ...

6 years ago
What thoughts does the term community engender? The term is used a great deal at KWU, but for two individuals with KWU ties, it has come to mean even more during this time of the COVID-19 pandemic. Helen Keller once said, "Alone, we can do so little; together, we can do so much,” and KWU ...

6 years ago
Salina USD 305 is looking for at least four new members to their equity council. According to the district, the council is made up of community members, staff, and students.  The USD 305 Equity Council was formed in the spring of 2018. At monthly meetings they review data, information and feedback in order to identify challenging ...

6 years ago
Kansas  Governor Laura Kelly says her administration has reached an agreement with the two churches who filed a lawsuit over limiting religious gatherings. “My highest priority has been, and will continue to be, keeping Kansans safe during this pandemic,” Kelly said. “While I am confident that we have the law on our side, the agreement with these ...