Jeff Garretson

1 week ago | ksal.com | Jeff Garretson

The remains of a WW II bomber pilot are coming home to Kansas to be laid to rest in Wichita. The remains of U.S. Army Air Forces 1st Lt. Herbert G. Tennyson were recently identified after the undersea search for the B-24 Liberator he was flying was found in the waters off Papua, New Guinea.

1 week ago | ksal.com | Jeff Garretson

Their fingers are stained with paint and the bright colors of the rainbow dot their shirts as they work on a multi-panel art project to beautify a space in downtown. It’s a mother-daughter weekend at the Smoky Hill River Festival for Mindy and Haley Allen. The duo is tackling the 14-panel project with paint guns and what looks like free-flowing creativity. But the artist who has finished major mural projects like the giant grain elevator in Inman, Kansas says it takes a little more planning.

1 week ago | ksal.com | Jeff Garretson

Nicholas Pahls has been working with wood for about a dozen years – and so far it’s been a trip that’s taken him back in time. Pahls woodworking journey led him from using modern-day power tools to Old World, Nordic blades and axes that he now grabs to fashion household items like bowls and spoons. The texture and grain of each log is like a map for the woodworker to explore on a slow trek to completion.

2 weeks ago | ksal.com | Jeff Garretson

A lightning strike destroys an oil tank in rural Saline County. According to Undersheriff Brent Melander, lightning struck the center tank on a trio of storage tanks lined up in the 7500 block of East Assaria Road on Sunday afternoon around 5:25pm. Deputies say the tank exploded and burned causing an estimated loss and damage of $20,000. A crew from Rural Fire District 1 responded to the blaze. The property is owned by a 47-year-old from Roxbury, Kansas. There were no injuries.

3 weeks ago | ksal.com | Jeff Garretson

It was the year the Royals won the World Series, Coke introduced its new formula and Salina was introduced to the idea of a local Jam Fest. When Steve and Rick Hanson first cooked up the idea in 1985, they thought it would be fun for a conglomeration of bands to join forces on stage at the same time – for a mega performance.