6 years ago
The Kansas Department of Health & Environment has updated its daily charting of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Sunflower State. The KDHE released its numbers at 11 a.m. Tuesday and says that 900 Kansans have tested positive for COVID-19, with 27 statewide deaths due to the virus. In Saline County, there are seven confirmed cases of COVID-19 ...

6 years ago
Kansas health officials are urging residents to avoid church gatherings in order to stop the spread of COVID-19. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment's Dr. Lee Norman announced yesterday that three of the state's 11 Coronavirus case clusters are related to church gatherings. Norman says church gatherings have been part of the problem when it comes ...

6 years ago
A Salina man will face drug charges in addition to being arrested for damaging a section of freshly poured concrete. According to Police Captain Paul Forrester officers were sent to the 2600 block of S. 9th on Monday afternoon after work crews reported damage to a sidewalk. Police say 64-year-old Jon Geary was walking by the ...

6 years ago
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) has added one state to the quarantine list: Connecticut. This is effective for persons returning today, April 6, and moving forward. A comprehensive list of those individuals in Kansas needing to quarantine for 14 days includes those who have: Traveled to Connecticut on or after April 6. Traveled ...

6 years ago
A grocery store chain in Kansas is planning to limit the number of customers in its stores. Dillons stores will limit the number of customers to 50-percent of building capacity in order to help limit the spread of coronavirus and to promote social distancing. Dillons' parent company Kroger says all employees are being encouraged to wear protective ...

6 years ago
A seventh case of the COVID-19 Coronavirus has been confirmed in Saline County. According to the Saline County Health Department the latest case is a female in her 50s. She had no known contacts to the disease, or recent travel. This additional case brings the total to 7 in Saline County, with one death. At 11 am the KDHE ...

6 years ago
Salina Police are investigating the theft of a 3,000 pound winch and trailer from a driveway. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that sometime between 6pm Thursday and 10am Friday morning, someone stole a black Lowe's utility trailer with a 3,000 pound winch on board with some scrap metal as well. The trailer and equipment was ...

6 years ago
A Gypsum man was taken into custody early Saturday after a high speed pursuit that clocked in at over 100 mph. According to Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan, 27-year-old Alexander Weller was booked into jail after fleeing from a deputy on patrol Saturday. Sheriff Soldan says just after midnight a deputy tried to make a traffic ...

6 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a damage to property case after a car was vandalized early Sunday morning. Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that around 1am, a 30-year-old woman heard a banging noise outside her residence in the 3300 block of Cedar Creek. The woman looked outside and saw that her 2017 Ford Fusion had been damaged. ...

6 years ago
A Salina man was transported to the hospital after a single vehicle crash early Sunday morning. Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that around 3am Sunday, 19-year-old Nathan Parks was driving a 2000 Toyota Tacoma pickup eastbound on State Street and for an unknown reason lost control of the truck and veered into a ...

6 years ago
Bethany College has announced a radio a re-broadcast of "The Messiah" on Easter Sunday The performance by the Lindsborg / Bethany Oratorio Society chorus and orchestra will be re-broadcast on the radio twice, coming up Friday and Sunday. This year there will not be a live Easter rendition performance in Presser Hall.  Instead, this year's rendition ...