5 years ago
Salina Police are investigating the theft of a number of tools from a landscape business. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that sometime between 7pm on Tuesday and 7am Wednesday, someone entered the lot at Fox Lawn and Landscape at 1001 Franklin Street and stole multiple hand tools and power tools from three work trucks. The ...

5 years ago
On Monday of this week the contractor hired by the City of Salina began distribution of the new automated waste carts and collection of old waste carts. While many City customers with regular waste collection on Monday or Tuesday have received their new carts and their old carts were picked up, there are also a ...

5 years ago
The number of people traveling through Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport is rebounding. Airport officials say air travel in Wichita is down by only 20-percent compared to July 2019. Airline passengers are being advised to check in before arriving at the airport and arrive at least two hours before their departure time.

5 years ago
Some Kansas residents who file for unemployment will have to take part in a new program. Under the My Reemployment Plan, the Kansas Department of Commerce will contact eligible people about enrolling in the program, and those who refuse may be denied benefits. To be eligible, unemployed people who receive benefits must not have a return to ...

5 years ago
A woman and a toddler from Arkansas were both hurt in single-vehicle crash along Interstate 70 in Central Kansas late Wednesday night. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 40-year-old Amanda Strouse was driving a 2002 Toyota Highlander headed west on Interstate 70 in Ellsworth County. She lost control, crossed the median, and rolled into a ditch. Strouse ...

5 years ago
The enrollment process at Salina USD 305 schools will begin next week. According to the district, online enrollment opens July 13th for returning USD 305 students. Log into Skyward July 13-29 for convenient school registration at www.usd305.com Parents and guardians are asked to watch for their enrollment letter which will arrive via the United States Postal Service. If ...

5 years ago
Kansas State Troopers helping out a motorist who avoided injury when a lug nut flew across a median and imbedded in a windshield thought the driver looked a little familiar. It turned out to be Denver Broncos quarterback Drew Lock. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, Lock was fortunate to not be hurt. They say it ...

5 years ago
A new Saline County Sheriff Deputy is among sixteen new law enforcement officers who graduated from the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center late last week. Officer Jonathon Davis of the Altamont Police Department was the graduating class president. The speaker for the ceremony was Finney County Sheriff Kevin Bascue. Mike Satterlee, KLETC senior instructor of police, ...

5 years ago
Health officials in Saline County say they have cause for concern because new cases of COVID and hospitalizations are on the rise while vaccine numbers are flat. According to the Saline County Health Department, new cases of COVID-19 are on the rise again, and particularly worrisome is that variants of the virus and hospitalizations are climbing ...

5 years ago
Kansas state employees are getting expanded parental leave benefits. Governor Laura Kelly signed an executive order yesterday that expands parental leave benefits for state employees who are primary caregivers, secondary caregivers and foster parents. Primary caregivers will now get eight weeks of leave, secondary caregivers will receive four weeks and foster parents are also now eligible for ...

5 years ago
Police are investigating the theft of a trailer from a Salina business. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that sometime between July 1st and July 6th, someone hooked up an enclosed trailer owned by Imperial Garden Restaurant, 844 E. Crawford and drove away. The owners assumed an employee had borrowed the trailer, but then learned of ...