6 years ago
COVID-19 has been linked to a service area along Interstate 70. The Shawnee County Health Department says they have identified some COVID19 cases linked to the Topeka Service Area on the I-70 Turnpike located at mile marker 188, just east of Topeka.  The exposure is specifically designated to the food court and restrooms of the facility. This ...

6 years ago
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment recently teamed up with the University of Kansas School of Engineering to determine if genetic remnants of COVID-19 can be detected in wastewater. According to the state, the concept originally tested in Massachusetts and the Netherlands, and now throughout the United States, is that people infected with the virus ...

6 years ago
Saline County is still holding steady with 21 confirmed COVID-19 cases.  The Saline County Health Department says it does not have any additional confirmed cases of COVID-19 to report Thursday for the seventh day in a row. The Kansas Department of Heath and Environment says there are two other previously unreported probable cases in Saline County ...

6 years ago
As teachers continue to provide remote lessons to thousands of USD 305 students, staff and administrators are talking about the future of learning in Salina. Superintendent Linn Exline believes education is heading for a shift as schools face an invisible foe. [audio mp3="https://www.ksal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Exline-1.mp3"][/audio]   Exline was a guest on the KSAL Morning News Extra and says talks are centering ...

6 years ago
Cases of COVID-19 in the Sunflower State have now topped 6,000. According to the Kansas Department of Health & Environment, they released the latest numbers at 9 a.m. Thursday and say that 6,144 Kansans have contracted COVID-19, with 147 related deaths. Hospitalizations are at 587 cases with 218 ICU admissions. Meanwhile, of the 147 deaths, the youngest ...

6 years ago
Two more people on the May list of Salina's Most Wanted have been arrested. The new list of Salina's Most Wanted went online Saturday. Since then, five of them have been arrested. According to the Saline County Sheriff's Office, the latest arrests include: Kevin Bollinger David Skillin Those on the May list of Salina's Most Wanted are wanted ...

6 years ago
The aviation program on the Kansas State University Polytechnic Campus has a new leader. With more than 30 years of experience as a pilot, Gold Seal flight instructor, aviation mechanic, authorized inspector and educator, Terry Hunt has been selected as the director of aviation at K-State Polytechnic and will begin his role July 1. Previously, he served as an ...

6 years ago
A Salina man is in jail after displaying odd behavior at a Salina gun store leading the store to call authorities. Salina Police Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that police were called to Wilson Security Solutions, 527 S. Broadway Blvd., in reference to a patron acting odd. Kristoffer Augustine, 29, Salina, was in the store and ...

6 years ago
A downtown Salina business is recovering from what appears to be BB gun damage to the front window. Salina Police Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that the damage occurred at Farmer's Insurance Group, 154 S. 7th St., between Monday at 12 p.m. and Wednesday at 5:25 p.m. The owner of the business noticed that the store ...

6 years ago
One of the wort tornadoes in Kansas history roared across the state nearly a century ago today. According to the National Weather Service, on May 7th, 1927 a huge F5 tornado raced 95 miles on the ground. The massive tornado was nearly 2 miles wide. It formed in extreme South Central Kansas and didn't lift for 95 ...

6 years ago
The Kansas Legislature is set to return to Topeka for the first time in more than two months. The Kansas Legislative Coordinating Council has voted to have the legislature return to Topeka on May 21st to complete the 2020 legislative session. Kansas lawmakers were last in Topeka in mid-March when the session was put on hold due ...