6 years ago
Last week officials announced the Saline County Treasurer’s Office was closing temporarily, with staff working remotely due to potential COVID-19 exposure. The Saline County Health Department said if you visited the Treasurer’s Office on Monday, November 2nd, or Tuesday, November 3rd, please monitor yourself for symptoms of COVID-19. This week Saline County Treasurer Jim DuBois announced ...

6 years ago
The downtown Salina skyline will look a little different later this week. This Wednesday the new Stiefel spire for the newly built tower will be placed. According to the Stiefel, the spire will be transported to the site between 8-9am.  From 9:30-11am donors and board members are invited to come down and see the spire up ...

6 years ago
There are 10  new COVID-19 cases confirmed at Salina schools since Friday. According to USD 305’s COVID-19 incidents page, cases were confirmed at: One positive case at Schilling Elementary November 9, 2020 One positive case at Schilling Elementary November 9, 2020 One positive case at Cottonwood Elementary November 9, 2020 One positive case at Stewart ...

6 years ago
There are 66 new positive COVID-19 cases in Saline County to report since the last update on Friday. According to the Saline County Health Department, there have now been 1,413 total cases, with 240 cases currently active. There are 1,157 people who have recovered, and a total of 16 deaths. Salina Regional Health Center reports that they ...

6 years ago
10 acres of Soybeans and some property belonging to Saline County and a Kansas energy company are all burned up in a Sunday afternoon brush fire. Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that the fire was near the area of McReynolds Rd. and Ohio St. at 1:49 p.m. Sunday. Multiple Saline County fire crews responded ...

6 years ago
A Salina man is jailed on suspicion of robbing a motel with a gun. Salina Police Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that 27-year-old Juan Bustamante-Espinoza, Salina, is arrested for allegedly robbing the Budget King Motel, 809 N. Broadway Blvd., at around 11:50 p.m. Sunday. Victims say that the suspect tried to break in to the office ...

6 years ago
A window is broken out of a downtown Salina business that also allowed someone to damage a vintage truck that was parked inside. Salina Police Capt. Paul Forrester says that the burglary took place between 10 p.m. on Friday and 9:30 a.m. Saturday from Calvin's Customs, 325 N. Santa Fe Ave. It appears that the perpetrator gained ...

6 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff's Office has worked an excess number of vehicle crashes involving deer. Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that deputies worked a total of five crashes involving deer on this past weekend, alone. The accidents include: 5:45 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 6: Simpson Rd. and Assaria Rd. 11:53 p.m. on Friday, Nov. ...

6 years ago
UPDATE: A Salina teenager has been arrested in connection with a Thursday afternoon break-in in far northern Saline County. Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan says that a 17-year-old Salina teen was found with a stolen 20 gauge Mossberg shotgun on Friday and is believed to have been involved in the home break-in. The teen has been ...

6 years ago
Two more Salina Presbyterian Manor employees have tested positive for COVID-19. No residents or any other employees tested positive. “Even as the positivity rate in Saline County rises, we remain vigilant in our efforts to keep COVID-19 at bay,” said Jeanne Gerstenkorn, PMMA’s vice president for health and wellness and infection preventionist. According to the organization. The ...

6 years ago
Before you pitch that unidentifiable piece of mail without opening it – that bland envelope with no return address – think again. It could be the first warning that something’s amiss with your finances. As COVID-19 swept through the country this year, ushering in the threat of illness, business closures and rising unemployment, it also led ...