5 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 ...

5 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 ...

5 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 ...

5 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 ...

5 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 ...

5 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 ...

5 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 ...

5 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. It is: "Slide into it." Starting Thursday clues will be available at 7:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m each day, at www.festivalmedallionquest.com , simultaneously posted on the signboard near ...

5 years ago
An Abilene woman died in an accident just after 2a.m. Wednesday in Dickinson County. The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2009 Nissan Altima driven by 22-year-old Kristen A. Teeters of Abilene was southbound on Brady Street in Abilene at a high rate of speed. The driver failed to stop at the 14th Street intersection and the ...

5 years ago
Public health and medical experts from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Wednesday released a statement on a plan for COVID-19 booster shots for the American people. Health officials say available data make very clear that protection against COVID infection begins to decrease over time following the initial doses of vaccination, and in ...

5 years ago
Comedian Mike G. Williams is coming to Salina to help a local agency celebrate forty years of ministry. Salina Rescue Mission's annual fundraising banquet is coming up Tuesday, September 14th at the Webster Conference Center. Executive Director Chad Young with the Mission tells KSAL News that Covid-19 knocked the event off the calendar in 2020, but ...