4 years ago
The state of Kansas is taking steps to address staffing shortages at 24-seven state facilities. Governor Laura Kelly announced a series of new pay initiatives yesterday that will impact the Kansas Department of Corrections, Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services, state hospitals and the Kansas Commission of Veterans Affairs Office. The Kansas Plan will include long-term ...

4 years ago
There’s no better deal than “free” and this Friday, there’s no better place to snag that deal than at a Kansas state park. According to the Kansas Department of Department of Wildlife and Parks,  this Black Friday entrance fees will be waived at all Kansas state parks as part of the nationwide #OptOutside initiative. The agency ...

4 years ago
An area law enforcement agency is seeking tips in a case involving a man who has been missing for over two years in what they deem as a suspicious disappearance. According to the Dickinson County Sheriff's Office, on January 19, 2019, 34-year-old Alex Michael Head of Enterprise, Kansas was reported missing. Since that time, efforts to ...

4 years ago
When the Jobs for America’s Graduates – Kansas (JAG-K) program at Salina South High School needed a new Career Specialist last summer, an interesting candidate stepped up to the plate. According to JAG-K, no one could be better to understand the impact the program can have on students than a former participant in the program. And ...

4 years ago
Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan stopped into the KSAL studios Tuesday with an update on the new jail construction project and more. Soldan says dirt work is underway to raise the elevation by a foot at the site and then sometime in January the footings will be poured for the steel framework to begin. Move-in day ...

4 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a damage to property case after someone drilled holes into the gas tanks on a couple of work trucks. Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that sometime between last Saturday and Monday, someone drilled a 1/2 inch hole into the fuel tanks on two Ford F250 trucks owned by Bobcat of Salina, ...

4 years ago
As many prepare to celebrate Thanksgiving and look ahead at a busy holiday season, the American Red Cross encourages eligible donors across the country to harness their humanity by giving blood or platelets in the coming weeks. According to the agency, as a result of low blood donor turnout in recent months, the Red Cross is ...

4 years ago
Salina public transportation will be closed on Thanksgiving Day. Ride services including Salina CityGo, 81 Connection, Regional Paratransit, GoAbilene, GoConcordia and KanConnect public transportation, will be closed on Thursday, November 25, 2021, for Thanksgiving. CityGo service will resume on Black Friday, November 26, 2021, with hours of operation from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.  Peak routes will ...

4 years ago
The Kansas Legislature completed a 14-hour special session Monday night by sending Gov. Laura Kelly a bill packed with generous medical, religious and philosophical exemptions to federal COVID-19 vaccination mandates and the potential of state unemployment benefits to people fired for refusing to be inoculated. As legislators were voting on the measure, the Democratic governor issued ...

4 years ago
TubaChristmas, a long-time celebration comprised of tuba and euphonium players, is returning to Salina. The Kansas Wesleyan Department of Music will coordinate the event, which is December 11th. According to the school, Dr. James McAllister, department chair, will conduct the TubaChristmas ensemble, which will rehearse the morning of Dec. 11 at KWU. The group will then play ...

4 years ago
There have been 48 new COVID cases and one new death since Friday in Saline County. According to the Saline County Health Department there are currently 537 active cases of the virus in the community. Salina Regional Health Center reports they have 12 patients in the hospital battling the virus. Overall, 168 people have now died in Saline ...