5 years ago
Some welding equipment and tools were stolen from a storage shed over the weekend. Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that sometime between Friday evening and Sunday afternoon, someone forced a lock open on a building in the 300 block of S. Cunningham Road and took numerous items from inside. Deputies say a Harbor Freight ...

5 years ago
A bi-partisan effort by Governor Laura Kelly, Senate President Ty Masterson, and Speaker of the House Ron Ryckman has formed an initiative to regularly communicate critical data to better inform regional and state leaders as they navigate the COVID-19 pandemic. Every Tuesday, reports will be shared from the seven state regions as defined by the Kansas ...

5 years ago
With the Salina County positivity rate hovering around 15 percent since the end of October, Salina Presbyterian Manor reports three new cases of COVID-19 at the campus. According to the senior living community, they conducted two rounds of employee surveillance testing and one round of outbreak testing for residents. One essential health care worker and two ...

5 years ago
Coronavirus vaccines are being shipped out across the country. The first doses were shipped out early Sunday and the first shots are expected to be given on Monday. Drug maker Pfizer said it would deliver some6.4 million doses in its initial shipment. Officials are anticipating receiving 24,000 doses in the first shipment of the vaccine in Kansas, ...

5 years ago
A Salina Police Officer is recovering after being stabbed early Sunday, while a 29-year-old man is in custody in connection to the case. On December 12, 2020, Officers of the Salina Police Department were dispatched to the 2100 block of Meadowlark for the report of an intoxicated male knocking on the back door of his ex-girlfriend’s ...

5 years ago
The Salina Area United Way is planning a virtual event to get you in the spirit of the season. The agency is planning a virtual holiday open house this week. According to the United Way, Executive Director Claire Mullen, and Program Director Brenda Gutierrez will be a part of the virtual holiday event.  They will get ...

5 years ago
The deadline is nearing to apply to be a part of a Salina Police Department citizen review board . The City of Salina is currently accepting expression of interest forms for the Salina Citizen Review Board. According to the city, a new deadline for submission is this Tuesday, December 15th. A previously posted deadline was January ...

5 years ago
Over 115 Republican leaders from across the First Congressional District of Kansas gathered in Salina on Saturday for their biennial Re-Organizational Meeting. According to the organization,  delegates to the meeting chose Laura Tawater of Ford County to be the new Chair for at least the next two years.  Tawater, the sitting Vice-Chair, challenged sitting Chair Tom ...

5 years ago
Kansas Wesleyan has received a $1 million dollar donation from local philanthropist Mac Steele. According to the school the donation is spread over the next 30-plus years. It will cover multiple Nursing scholarships for juniors and seniors each year at KWU. Those students will be designated as receiving the Mac Steele Scholarship. “Mac is a great friend ...

5 years ago
With the Supreme Court dismissing a case filed by multiple states, including Kansas, contesting the results of the presidential election Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt says it’s time to “put the election behind us”. Schmidt issued a statement on Friday’s  decision by the U.S. Supreme Court not to hear the lawsuit challenging election procedures in Georgia, ...

5 years ago
There is one death and 170 new COVID-19 cases in Saline County. According to the Saline County Health Department, there have now been 3,257 total cases with 1,204 cases currently active. There are 1,930 people who have recovered , and 43 people have died. Salina Regional Health Center reports  they currently have 30 hospitalized COVID-19 patients. The county dashboard ...