5 years ago
There are eight new COVID cases in Saline County and no new deaths. According to the Saline County Health Department, there have now been 6,119 total cases with 35 cases currently active. There have been no deaths since March 22nd. The total number of community members who have lost their lives to this deadly virus is 108. Salina ...

5 years ago
A pair of suspects are apprehended after leading authorities on a long vehicle pursuit that ended with drugs and a weapon being found in their possession. Salina Police Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that 41-year-old Bradley Sparks, Salina, and 38-year-old Nicole Wolf, Salina, have been arrested on numerous drug related offenses on Wednesday morning. An officer ...

5 years ago
A Wichita aviation firm is awarded a federal contract. Textron Aviation Defense has been awarded a 95-million-dollar contract from the U.S. Department of Defense. Officials say the contract involves engineering and program management services for the T-six aircraft. The contract will run until April 2026.

5 years ago
Jason Bergtold is turning the challenge of teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic into an opportunity to help his students and his fellow faculty members at Kansas State University. As K-State's 2021-2022 Coffman Chair for University Distinguished Teaching Scholars, the professor of agricultural economics will spend the next year studying how new teaching platforms, styles and techniques for remote ...

5 years ago
Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt is praising members of the Legislature for approving funding for a new drug-treatment specialty prison. According to the Kansas Attorney General's Office, the budget passed Friday contains $6 million to convert a building at the Lansing Correctional Facility to a new 240-bed minimum-security prison dedicated to housing certain inmates whose criminal ...

5 years ago
Salina Public Schools have selected a person to lead their new virtual school when it begins with the next school year. According to USD 305, Tracy Hutton will take over as Virtual School Principal effective July 1st. An educator with 21 years of experience, of which the past 14 were at USD 305, Hutton most recently served ...

5 years ago
Vaccine clinics in the Salina area using the Johnson and Johnson vaccine have been postponed following a Tuesday announcement by the CDC and FDA. Federal health officials called for an immediate pause in the distribution of the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine due to concerns about rare blood clots. Acting FDA administrator Janet Woodcock said the ...

5 years ago
Kansas Wesleyan University will honor the history of education in Salina with a new scholarship. According to KWU, children and grandchildren of Marymount College alumni will be eligible for a 50% tuition scholarship.  The scholarship applies to new full-time, on-ground, on-campus undergraduate students beginning in the fall of 2021. “Marymount College was an important part of ...

5 years ago
The Bennington State Bank is expanding its Abilene Loan Production Office to a full-service location. This will be the bank’s eighth full service location and will open this May. The location will include a full-service retail space and drive-thru banking. According to Bennington State Bank, they are excited to offer customers in the Abilene and Dickinson County ...

5 years ago
Law enforcement are searching for a female who was a passenger in a vehicle pursuit after she jumped out of the car and fled on foot. Two others have been arrested. Salina Police Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that Joseph Case, 27, Minneapolis, Kan., and Timothy Collins, 23, Salina, are arrested after their alleged involvement ...

5 years ago
Vaccination clinics which were scheduled today in Gypsum, Assaria and Brookville have been cancelled. Organizers tell KSAL News, out of an abundance of caution they are cancelling the clinics. U.S. health agencies are calling for an immediate pause in using the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine because of rare blood clots. The FDA and CDC are recommending ...