4 years ago
The pond at Salina’s Jerry Ivey Park continues to be among 12 bodies of water in Kansas under a public health warning. Additionally, another 14 are under a watch. Additionally, a half-dozen advisories which had been in effect have been lifted. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment in conjunction with the Kansas Department of Wildlife, ...

4 years ago
The 14th oldest retailer in the country will soon fill a couple of empty space's in Salina's Central Mall. Glik's is planning to open a men's and women's store. According to Glick's, since their first store opened in 1897, five generations of the Glik family have built a family-owned retail company that now encompasses over 60 ...

4 years ago
The search is into its second day.. The Smoky Hill River Festival Medallion Quest is underway. The third clue was unveiled at 4:30 Thursday afternoon. It is "Full moon lines." Here are all of the clues: Slide into it. Stoop to conquer. Full moon lines. Clues will be available at 7:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m each day, at ...

4 years ago
United Airlines’ flights operated by SkyWest Airlines at the Salina Regional Airport have set new records for passenger enplanements. Flights to Denver, Chicago and beyond are at capacity on the 50-seat regional jets that serve Salina. During July 2021 a record 4,642 total passengers traveled to and from Salina on United flights. July 2021 passenger activity exceeded Salina ...

4 years ago
A fund has been established to help an Abilene woman who was badly injured in a crash early Wednesday morning. 19-year-old Sadie L. Smith of Abilene was a passenger in a car that hit a curb, left the road, and rolled, The driver of the car was killed. Smith was among three other people who were ...

4 years ago
All COVID-19 related federal unemployment programs, as originally authorized by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act of 2020, and extended through the Continued Assistance to Unemployed Workers Act (Continued Assistance Act) of 2020 and American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) of 2021, will expire on Sept. 4, 2021, as required by federal law. According ...

4 years ago
Covid-19 has taken its toll on the medical community in a way most of the public doesn't see. Genell Heimer, MSN,RN,CNML is a Covid-19 Project Manager with Salina Family Healthcare Center and tells KSAL News that some nurses in Salina are overwhelmed and in some cases leaving the profession. [audio mp3="https://www.ksal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/nurse-1.mp3"][/audio]   Heimer stressed the lack of nurses in ...

4 years ago
A Salina man is in jail on various charges after he allegedly held a knife to the throat of his mother and stole her vehicle. Saline County Undersheriff Brent Melander tells KSAL News that Joseph Tholstrup, 31, was riding with the victim Wednesday at noon in a 2012 Ford Focus. The two got in an argument ...

4 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff's Office is searching for answers on an RV that was engulfed in flames late Wednesday afternoon. Saline County Undersheriff Brent Melander tells KSAL News that around 4 p.m. yesterday, deputies responded to a report of a 1983 Pace Arrow on fire in the 3400 block of East North Street. Rural Fire District ...

4 years ago
The search has started. The Smoky Hill River Festival Medallion Quest is underway. The first clue was unveiled Wednesday afternoon at 4:30 on the steps of the Smoky Hill Museum. The second clue was unveiled at 7;30 this morning. Here are the clues: Slide into it. Stoop to conquer. Clues will be available at 7:30 a.m. and 4:30 ...

4 years ago
There have been 64 new COVID-19 cases identified in Saline County since Monday. With these new cases, there have been 82 cases in the last five days. The Saline County Health Department staff is actively monitoring 530 cases of COVID-19. Salina Regional Health Center reports they currently have 19 patients who require hospitalization for COVID-19. Fortunately there were ...