5 years ago
Kansans safely disposed of nearly four tons of unused and unwanted medicines during last month's National Drug Take-Back Day. According to the Kansas Attorney General's Office, law enforcement officers collected 7,742 pounds of medicines at 69 locations throughout the state during the October 23 event. Kansans have safely destroyed a total of 229,556 pounds of medications in ...

5 years ago
Vaccination clinics for children are being planned in Salina. Governor Laura Kelly announced Wednesday that Kansas will adopt the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Center for Disease Control’s (CDC) recommendations for administering the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to children ages 5-11 under an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA), making all Kansans 5 and older eligible for the ...

5 years ago
There have been 48  new COVID cases in Saline County since Monday and one new death. According to the Saline County Health Department there are currently 406 active cases of the virus in the community. Salina Regional Health Center reports they have 12 patients in the hospital battling the virus. Overall, 164 people have now died in Saline ...

5 years ago
The historic Santa Fe Trail will be the topic of discussion at an upcoming virtual event at the Smoky Hill Museum. According to the museum, Steve Schmidt will host the upcoming First Thursday free zoom presentation titled Santa Fe Trail 101. Schmidt is an amateur historian, a former Santa Fe Trail Association chapter president and an ...

5 years ago
A high speed pursuit ended with an arrest near downtown Salina on Tuesday morning. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that about 10am, an officer on patrol attempted to make a traffic stop after he clocked a driver in a 2008 Acura traveling 41-mph in a 30-mph zone on West Bishop. Police say 28-year-old Kaleb Beaugh ...

5 years ago
A three car crash on Crawford caused a traffic tie up Tuesday morning. According to Salina Police Captain Paul Forrester, two eastbound vehicles were stopped at the light on Crawford and Lewis when they were struck from behind. Police say about 7:35am a 2011 Dodge Charger driven by a 42-year old Salina man ran into a ...

5 years ago
A man from Colorado was able to avoid serious injury after taking a wild ride in a crash along Interstate 70 near Salina. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol,  60-year-old Robert Laham from Boulder, Colorado, was driving a pickup truck headed east.  For an unknown reason he entered the center median. The truck crossed the Westbound lanes of ...

5 years ago
A former Kansas congressman has died. Former Kansas Third District Congressman Dennis Moore passed away yesterday after a battle with cancer. The Democrat served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1999 to 2011 and also had been dealing with Alzheimer's for several years. Moore was 75-years-old.

5 years ago
Kansas State University Salina Aerospace and Technology Campus has received grant funding that will help train its faculty and staff in strengthening their leadership capabilities. The campus has been awarded a Leadership Transformation Grant through the Kansas Leadership Center, or KLC. The center fosters a culture of leadership in organizations and communities throughout the state for ...

5 years ago
A man is taken back into custody after he was mistakenly released from the Sedgwick County Jail. Authorities say 30-year-old Jamarcius Quayshaun Fisher was mistakenly released from jail on Monday. Jail administrators were made aware of Fisher's release yesterday morning and he was taken into custody yesterday evening. Fisher faces charges including aggravated battery, domestic battery and ...

5 years ago
There will soon be two new faces on the Salina City Commission and one new face on the Salina USD 305 Board of Education. According to unofficial final election results from the Saline County Clerk's Office, Greg Lenkiewicz and Bill Longbine have won four year terms on the Salina City Commission while incumbent Mike Hoppock is ...