4 years ago
The Dwight Eisenhower administration and its response to the space race will be the topic of discussion at a virtual event this week hosted by the Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum. According to the organization, the next monthly virtual Lunch & Learn program will be Tuesday, November 16th, at noon. NASA Johnson Space Center Historian Jennifer Ross-Nazzal addresses ...

4 years ago
Nothing, except maybe vaccine efficacy, has been more hotly debated than forcing people to wear a medical mask, especially children.  The fallacious logic used by most everyone in this public debate has been fascinating to observe. Throw in a couple math tricks and the entire discussion smells like the stale beer, cigarette smoke, and gallons ...

4 years ago
For 23 years, the Athens Institute of Education and Research has never approved a presentation by an undergraduate student for its annual International Conference on Education. That changes this May, when KWU senior Alexander Botz takes his paper, “The Discipline of Dialogue: Discovering Student Empowerment through Conversation,” to Athens, Greece to be presented by himself ...

4 years ago
Friday afternoon Rolling Hills Zoo broke ground on their new Pride of the Prairie experience, ushering in a new era at the zoo. According to the zoo, with the existing lion habitat in the background, Rolling Hills Zoo’s Executive Director, Ryan VanZant, welcomed the crowd to what will soon be the entrance of the new Pride ...

4 years ago
A Salina radio personality spent the bulk of the day Friday on the roof of a downtown restaurant, braving a strong wind and cold wind chill, in an effort to raise money for the Salina Area United Way. The United Way partnered with Salina radio station group Meridian Media and Taco John’s to raise $5,000 for ...

4 years ago
There have been 61  new COVID cases in Saline County since Wednesday and no new deaths. According to the Saline County Health Department there are currently 484 active cases of the virus in the community. Salina Regional Health Center reports they have 13 patients in the hospital battling the virus. Overall, 166 people have now died in Saline ...

4 years ago
Following a mother's push to reopen a case, a man is facing multiple felony charges in connection with a 2018 fatal crash in Dickinson County. According to the Dickinson County Sheriff's Office,  on February 16th, 2018, Isaac Johnson was killed in an automobile accident.  The driver and two other passengers in the vehicle were injured. Earlier this ...

4 years ago
A driver was arrested following a high pursuit along Interstate which ended in a construction area in Dickinson County. According to the Dickinson County Sheriff's Office, in the early morning hours of Wednesday their agency was notified the Geary County Sheriff’s Office was pursuing a 2015 Ford Mustang, reported stolen from Wichita, westbound on Interstate 70.  ...

4 years ago
The 3,500th arrest in the Salina's Most Wanted program has been made. According to the Saline County Sheriff's Office,  Christopher Uebelher is the 6th person from the November most wanted list, and the 3,500th overall since the program began back in July of 2000. He was wanted for felony drug crimes. The first weekend of each month ...

4 years ago
Republican lawmakers say they have enough signatures to call for the first special legislative session in Kansas history. Speaker Ron Ryckman, House Majority Leader Dan Hawkins and Speaker Pro Tem Blaine Finch issued a joint statement yesterday announcing that lawmakers would return to Topeka on November 22nd to discuss two bills. One reportedly would require Kansas ...

4 years ago
A forestry skid loader is a complete loss after it was burned up Thursday morning. Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that it happened around 11:13 a.m. in the 3900 block of S. Woodward Road. A 60-year-old Delphos man was working on some trees with the ASV PT-100 loader when the fire started. It is ...