4 years ago
On a warm Saturday morning in mid-July, a crowd gathered on the lawn outside of Fort Hays State University’s Kansas Wetlands Education Center to listen to author Mandy Kern read from her newly published children’s book, Ava: A Year of Adventure in the Life of an American Avocet. A former science teacher and current FHSU Program Specialist ...

4 years ago
A dozen people on the latest list of Salina's Most Wanted have been caught. The first weekend of each month a new list of Salina’s most wanted is released. The July list of Salina’s Most Wanted looks a little different. In an effort to clear up numerous outstanding warrants that are currently active, it has been ...

4 years ago
Kansas Senator Dr. Roger Marshall has joined a group of colleagues in introducing the Travel Mask Mandate Repeal Act of 2021. According to Marshall's office, legislation to prohibit the imposition of mask mandates on public transportation. “Unelected bureaucrats don’t make laws, Congress does. After over a year of battling COVID-19, communities and states have reopened, and ...

4 years ago
Flags will fly at half-staff to honor a police officer who died last weekend. Governor Laura Kelly has directed flags be lowered to half-staff throughout the City of Wichita effective from sunup to sunset on Saturday, July 17 in honor of Captain Clay Germany of the Wichita Police Department who passed away from medical complications due to contracting ...

4 years ago
There has been another COVID related death in Saline County within the past week. According to the Saline County Health Department, there have now been 120 total deaths. There have been 31 new cases of the virus over the past week, with 68 cases currently active. Salina Regional Health Center reported Wednesday that four people require hospitalization ...

4 years ago
Coming to a curb near you: your new waste cart and a color coded map to understand the new system. Salina City Manager Mike Schrage tells KSAL News that if you have not yet had your new waste cart(s) delivered - they are on the way as some 20,000 new carts are being circulated. [audio mp3="https://www.ksal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/mike-on-carts-1.mp3"][/audio]   Schrage added ...

4 years ago
Being the music director and conductor for the Salina Symphony entails a lot more than “picking up a baton on the Stiefel stage on a Sunday afternoon,” according to Kyle Campbell, vice-president of the organization’s board of directors. The ideal music director must not only be passionate about connecting with and leading a 60-plus piece orchestra, ...

4 years ago
Claimants who are receiving unemployment insurance benefits from the Kansas Department of Labor are getting a new debit card. State officials say the claimants will receive new cards due to a change in service providers from Bank of America to U.S. Bank. Unemployment claimants are being asked to make sure that the Kansas Department of Labor has ...

4 years ago
A teenager killed in a Newton shooting is identified. Family members say 14-year-old Madison Parrott was shot and killed at a home in the 900-block of South Walnut on Sunday night. Witnesses say the 16-year-old male suspect was visibly intoxicated and holding a gun before the shooting. A GoFundMe page has been set up to help defray the ...

4 years ago
Salina USD 305 School Board members have approved a plan which rewards employees with a raise, and retention incentive pay. According to the district, the mission of the Salina Public Schools is to be the best place to learn and work by embracing challenges, creating belonging, fostering pride and inspiring hope. In pursuit of that mission, ...

4 years ago
One person was killed in a single-vehicle crash in rural Dickinson County. According to the Dickinson County Sheriff’s Office, Sunday evening at around 6:30 first responders were sent to the 700 Block of 2700 Avenue, just east of Fair Road, for a report of an injury accident. 20-year-old Jade Waters of Abilene was operating a 2003 Chevrolet ...