5 years ago
While the past two years have proven difficult for many institutions in higher education, others reached even greater heights than previously imagined. In the Sunflower State, Kansas Wesleyan stands as perhaps the best example of this achievement. According to KWU, enrollment for the 2021-22 year currently stands at 829 students, including 317 new, full-time ...

5 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff's Office is seeking tips involving a burglary and theft from a work truck. The case is this weeks' Salina Crime Stoppers crime of the week. According to the agency, on Thursday, August 12th, the Saline County Sheriff's Office responded to the 1900 Blk of W Grand Ave in Saline County for a ...

5 years ago
The search is into its third day. The Smoky Hill River Festival Medallion Quest is underway. The fourth clue was unveiled at 7:30 Friday morning. It is "A kind of vault." Here are all of the clues: Slide into it. Stoop to conquer. Full moon lines. A kind of vault. Clues will be available at 7:30 a.m. and ...

5 years ago
The pond at Salina’s Jerry Ivey Park continues to be among 12 bodies of water in Kansas under a public health warning. Additionally, another 14 are under a watch. Additionally, a half-dozen advisories which had been in effect have been lifted. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment in conjunction with the Kansas Department of Wildlife, ...

5 years ago
The 14th oldest retailer in the country will soon fill a couple of empty space's in Salina's Central Mall. Glik's is planning to open a men's and women's store. According to Glick's, since their first store opened in 1897, five generations of the Glik family have built a family-owned retail company that now encompasses over 60 ...

5 years ago
The search is into its second day.. The Smoky Hill River Festival Medallion Quest is underway. The third clue was unveiled at 4:30 Thursday afternoon. It is "Full moon lines." Here are all of the clues: Slide into it. Stoop to conquer. Full moon lines. Clues will be available at 7:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m each day, at ...

5 years ago
United Airlines’ flights operated by SkyWest Airlines at the Salina Regional Airport have set new records for passenger enplanements. Flights to Denver, Chicago and beyond are at capacity on the 50-seat regional jets that serve Salina. During July 2021 a record 4,642 total passengers traveled to and from Salina on United flights. July 2021 passenger activity exceeded Salina ...

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 ...