5 years ago
A strong cold front fired several rounds of severe thunderstorms across Kansas late Saturday night into early Sunday morning The strongest storms dropped large amounts of hail in some areas, including across Salina, some of as large as golf balls. Saline County was under a tornado warning for an hour as a rotating wall cloud passed just ...

5 years ago
A prestigious internship with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, JPL, is helping a Kansas State University student achieve her career goals.  Sarah Lamm, master's student in geology from Colby, began her remote internship in April with the Origins and Habitability Lab at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory on the InVADER — In-situ Vent Analysis Divebot for Exobiology Research ...

5 years ago
That roar coming from downtown Salina Friday night was not the sound of thunder or anything ominous, it was the sound of motor vehicles of all kinds "cruising for a cause". Meridian Media radio stations partnered with Nex-Tech Wireless to host the event. The cruise route looped from Rod's Convenience Store on South Santa Fe, to the ...

5 years ago
A Dickinson County student is the recipient of a unique, local scholarship. Noah Peck is the recipient of the 2020-2021 Cash Hollistah Scholarship. Peck, a senior at Chapman High School in Chapman, is an emerging musician who participates in praise & worship for Abilene First Christian Church, and volunteers at Village Manor Nursing Home in Abilene. Peck will be attending ...

5 years ago
Sandy Kruse is the mayor of Gypsum, Kansas. She is also a key volunteer with the annual event now known as the Gypsum Pie Festival and Car Show. Sandy was born in Salina. In 1961, she and her husband moved to Gypsum where she’s lived ever since. Sandy is now semi-retired from her position as a ...

5 years ago
There is potential for severe thunderstorms in parts of Kansas this weekend, Saturday afternoon into the overnight hours. According to the National Weather Service, severe storms appear possible for Saturday afternoon and Saturday evening. The area of greatest concern will be across central Kansas, north of Hutchinson to Salina line. All severe hazards are possible with golf ...

5 years ago
Students from Salina Area Technical College brought home 10 medals from the statewide SkillsUSA competition in late April. The Kansas competition is typically held in Hutchinson, but because of COVID each school’s team competed on its own campus, with judges either in-person or monitoring students were via webcams. Students who win gold medals qualify to compete in ...

5 years ago
Flags across Kansas are flying at half-staff to honor those who have lost their lives to COVID-19 and their families. According to Kansas Governor Laura Kelly's office, in honor of the more than 5,000 lives lost due to COVID-19, and the families they left behind, the Governor has directed that flags be lowered to half-staff throughout ...

5 years ago
There are 5 new COVID cases in Saline County, and 2 new deaths. According to the Saline County Health Department's COVID Dashboard, there have now been 6,245 total cases with 70 cases currently active. There have now also been 9 confirmed cases of The UK variant, B.1.1.7. The total number of community members who have lost their lives ...

5 years ago
Salina's own Sunset Sinners are drawing more and more attention to their brand of music - as their song "Old Glory" continues to garner more praise. Lead Singer Tony Bowell and drummer Blake Blackim were in studio for a live acoustic performance of the song during the KSAL Morning News Extra Friday.   [audio mp3="https://www.ksal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/red-wihite-blue-cut-5721.mp3"][/audio]   Tony talked about the ...

5 years ago
Salina Police are searching for a vehicle that left a bar in the early morning hours Friday, crashed in to another vehicle and then left the scene. Salina Police Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that 58-year-old Barbara Adams, Salina, was driving northbound in the 2000 block of S. Ohio St. at 2:20 a.m., when a ...