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 ...

4 years ago
A flood on the Missouri River and a world wide pandemic has kept the United States Army Corps of Engineers occupied and under the radar concerning the Smoky Hill River channel. It's been three years since Martha Tasker, City of Salina Utilities Director has talked about the river on the radio. But behind the scenes - ...

4 years ago
A driver running a stop sign led to a two-vehicle wreck Saturday night in Salina. A 34-year-old Salina woman was going south on College Ave. when she failed to stop at a stop sign at the intersection with South Street. Her 2000 Dodge Intrepid then collided with a 2021 Chevrolet Traverse going west on South. One ...

4 years ago
Salina Police are looking into an arson case of a trailer from early Saturday morning. Police Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that around 4:25, officers received reports of a trailer on fire at 1200 W. Crawford in lot 27. There was a large fire on the northwest end of the lot behind the Great Wall Chinese ...

4 years ago
An attempt to steal a Harley Davidson motorcycle was unsuccessful Saturday night. Salina Police Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that over the night of Nov. 20, a chain link fence was cut on the west side of Salina Powersports, located at 632 S. Broadway Boulevard. Somebody tried to remove the motorcycle from the lot, but ...

4 years ago
Salina Police are investigating two trailer thefts that happened over the course of last week and weekend. The first happened between Nov. 16 and Nov. 20. Police Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that a 57-year-old Salina man had his black 2011 PJ 20-foot car hauler trailer parked at 916 N. Santa Fe. The trailer was ...

4 years ago
A Salina woman is without her handgun after she said it was taken over the course of Thursday night. The woman told Saline County deputies that she was visiting friends at 216 S. Simpson Road at that time, and the Ruger 357 Magnum revolver was in her parked 2019 Subaru Forester. Once she returned home and woke ...

4 years ago
Nine propane bottles were stolen from an area business after a fence was cut last week. Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that between Nov. 16 and Nov. 19, a fence was cut behind Lorenson Industries, located at 461 E. Avenue A. Several trailers and RVs were broken into, and that's also when the 30-pound ...

4 years ago
This week Kansas roads will be busy with holiday travelers. AAA Kansas predicts 53.4 million people nationwide to travel for the Thanksgiving holiday, up 13 percent from 2020. In Kansas more than 570,000 people will travel for the holiday weekend, which marks an increase of 12 percent over last year. The Wichita Airport Authority says nearly ...