6 years ago
The U.S. District Court issued a temporary restraining order Saturday night which prohibits enforcement of Governor Kelly’s Executive Orders against churches which sued. The orders restrict religious gatherings to 10 or fewer people. The court’s temporary order noted that, given the gravity of the issues involved, the order only applies to the two plaintiffs to the lawsuit. ...

6 years ago
The Salina Education Foundation is under new leadership. According to the organization,  Michael Chambers is their new executive director. Chambers, who grew up in Lindsborg and graduated from Bethany College, has lived and worked in Salina for the past 25 year. Most recently he served as the Executive Director of the Salina Emergency Aid Food Bank. The ...

6 years ago
Saline County has gone a couple of days with no new positive COVID-19 cases. According to the Saline County Health Department, they don't have any additional positive cases of COVID-19 for Friday, or Saturday. Saline County has 15 confirmed cases, and two COVID-19 related deaths. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment reports statewide a total of 1,790 ...

6 years ago
A long-time voice on Salina radio signed off for the final time Friday evening. KSAL's Clarke Sanders, whose radio career has spanned nearly four decades, is stepping away from the microphone full-time. He announced to his audience he is semi-retiring. Sanders will no longer be the full-time host of "Friendly Fire" or "The Clarke Sanders Show". Sanders's ...

6 years ago
Area health care organizations are getting custom-made face shields and cloth face masks to help prevent the spread of COVID-19, courtesy of Kansas State University. College of Architecture, Planning & Design students are 3D-printing face shields, while the Department of Interior Design and Fashion Studies in the College of Health and Human Sciences has teamed up ...

6 years ago
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly and DCF Secretary Laura Howard today announced efforts to support parents and childcare providers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The “Hero Relief Program” expands DCF’s child care assistance subsidies for families and provides financial support directly to child care providers. The new program specifically targets health care workers, first responders and other ...

6 years ago
Over 1,700 Kansans have contracted the COVID-19 virus as of Friday. The Kansas Department of Health & Environment released its latest numbers at 11 a.m. Friday and says that 1,705 people have tested positive for COVID-19 in Kansas, with 84 related deaths. Hospitalizations continue to be necessary to a small percentage of the known cases, as the ...

6 years ago
A grocery run leads to a stolen car and the drug related arrests of a couple of Salina men. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that on Wednesday a 58-year-old homeowner was unloading groceries from his car in the 600 block of Highland Avenue. He told officers in his haste he dropped some items on ...

6 years ago
A single car crash on Interstate-70 sends a Junction City woman to the hospital in Salina. Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that 28-year-old Ashley Kochick was traveling westbound Thursday evening around 7pm and lost control of the 2011 Kia Sorento she was driving, striking the ditch. Kochick was transported by EMS to Salina Regional ...

6 years ago
Salina police are asking for the public's help in identifying a suspected bank card thief who was caught on camera. The case is this week's Saline Crime Stopper's crime of the week. Police say on April 14th they received a report in which multiple banking cards were misplaced. The report indicated the banking cards were used ...

6 years ago
There are two more more confirmed COVID-19 cases in Saline County. According to the Saline County Health Department the new cases involve A female in her 30s associated with a known close contact who is isolated at home. A male in his 60s associated with a known close contact who is isolated at home. Saline County has ...