4 years ago
Veterans Day was the perfect day to check in with Salina's VFW Post Commander Steve Murrison. Murrison Ret. (U.S. Army) joined in on the KSAL Morning News Extra with a look at how the VFW and Salina Post 1432 serves the community. Listen to Friday's interview here.   https://soundcloud.com/oddittenger/vfw-on-ksal-11-11?si=c21663e17a4345ecad99e22699603231&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing The post received its Charter in 1926 and is named ...

4 years ago
It’s a Kansas tradition to open the pheasant and quail seasons on the second Saturday in November. If you’re a bird hunter, you've probably been losing sleep thinking about opening day. The Kansas pheasant and quail season opens this Saturday, November 12th. Officials remind hunters that landowner permission is required before hunting on private land, whether the ...

4 years ago
The Kansas State Board of Education is asking public schools to end the practice of associating Native-American themes with school identities and sports teams. The board has accepted the Kansas Advisory Council for Indigenous Education Working Group’s mascot reform statement and recommendations. A motion, in part, read: “The Board makes a strong recommendation to Kansas K-12 nontribal ...

4 years ago
Two pedestrians who were out changing a tire on a vehicle on an on ramp along Interstate 135 were hit and killed Thursday evening. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol,  20-year-old Christian Evans from Elk City and 18-year-old Emily Stein of Wichita were both outside of an SUV changing a driver side tire.  For an unknown ...

4 years ago
The Salina Area Chamber of Commerce inducted three new members into the the Salina Business Hall of Fame, and recognized the first ever Spirit of Salina award on Thursday Celebrating its 17th year, the Salina Area Chamber of Commerce’s Business Hall of Fame inducted its 2022 class. They are: Mabel Shelton (Historic Category 1926-1975) Mel Jarvis ...

4 years ago
A threatened fish species has been successfully reintroduced in Kansas. According to the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, as election workers tear down and pack up polling stations, and coffee shops bustle with side conversations about the future of The Sunflower State, one small-but-mighty candidate is quietly entering a race of its own a race ...

4 years ago
Throughout the month of November, Home Health and Hospice of Dickinson County will be joining organizations across the nation in hosting community activities which recognize National Hospice and Palliative Care Month (NHPCM). This year’s NHPCM theme is “meeting you where you are.”  For more than 40 years, hospice has helped provide interdisciplinary, supportive care to millions ...

4 years ago
The Salina Youth Symphony and Youth Choir have been hard at working preparing for their fall concerts, According to the symphony, the talent of more than 95 young area musicians will be on display at the Salina Youth Symphony Fall Concert Sunday, November 13, at 7 p.m. at the Stiefel Theatre. The concert will feature members ...

4 years ago
November 9th at approximately 10:15 AM an Ell-Saline Student was involved in a roll over accident on her way to school. Saline County Sheriff’s Deputy Jesse Mcowen tells KSAL News that at 10:15 AM a 16-year-old student was on her way to school. As she was driving south on Brown Hill Rd. a quarter mile north ...

4 years ago
A man with a screwdriver who knocked on the door of a Salina residence around 2:20 AM  was taken into custody. Captain Paul Forrester told KSAL Staff that officers were called to a residence in the 500 block of South Eighth St. around 2:20 AM on Wednesday morning. The caller informed dispatch there was a man ...

4 years ago
The Kansas State University Salina Aerospace and Technology Campus is committed to helping outstanding students achieve their academic goals with a new scholarship program, the Tenfold Scholars.   According to the school, the Tenfold Scholars Program will award scholarships to 10 high school valedictorians from Kansas high schools each year, starting in the fall 2023 semester. The scholarships will cover the total cost of ...