6 years ago
Salina's State Senator Randall Hardy is in Topeka this week preparing for the legislative wrap up session on Thursday, a meeting that won't encompass nearly all the topics and needs brought up before the COVID-19 scare sent representatives scrambling home. Hardy says two bills he sponsored that won't cross the finish line are tied to non-profit ...

6 years ago
A new person is taking charge at the Salina Emergency Aid Food Bank. According to the organization, Karen Couch will take over as Executive Director effective June 1st. Couch is originally from Pasadena, California and moved to Manhattan to attend Kansas State University on a golf scholarship. After graduating Summa Cum Laude from KSU in 2004, she ...

6 years ago
Hospitalization and death rates due to COVID-19 continue to flatten in Kansas, while new cases continue to rise. The Kansas Department of Health & Environment released the latest numbers at 9 a.m. Monday and says that 173 people have died due to COVID-19 in Kansas, while 740 have had to be hospitalized. Meanwhile, there are now 8,340 ...

6 years ago
Kansas Governor Laura Kelly is planning to meet with President Trump. The governor's office announced yesterday that Kelly and Trump will meet on Wednesday to discuss the state's phased reopening plan. They will also talk about Kansas' statewide COVID-19 testing strategy and protecting the food supply chain. Kansas is continuing to gradually reopen its businesses. Hair salons ...

6 years ago
The front door is hit out by a rock and several items from inside stolen at a Salina gas station. Salina Police Capt. Paul Forrester says that the burglary happened at Rod's, 1339 N. 9th St., at 12:30 a.m. Sunday. Surveillance video shows a white male throwing a rock through the front glass door, before entering the ...

6 years ago
A disagreement between two coworkers leads to a knife drawn and an arrest made. Salina Police Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that the incident happened at 5:15 p.m. Sunday at Petro 2 Truck Service Center, 2125 N. 9th St., Salina. Shaun Mathis, 40, Wichita, was putting air in some tires when Charles Overgard, 36, Salina, unhooked ...

6 years ago
Saline County has gone a couple of days in a row without any new confirmed  COVID-19 cases. According to the Saline County Health Department, locally there have been 28 cases. Out of the total number of cases, four citizens continue to be actively monitored and isolated and there have been two deaths. The rest have met ...

6 years ago
The Salina based Coronado Area Council has cancelled its scout summer camps for this year. According to the Council, safety is the Boy Scouts of America’s top priority. As such, they have taken a careful and informed approach in evaluating whether to run summer camp this year. Since the spread of this pandemic, they have been ...

6 years ago
The Shawnee County Health Department is investigating several cases of COVID-19 linked to one or more group events that took place in May at Lake Perry. According to the agency, at least 10 people from multiple counties and two states who participated in the event(s) were confirmed as infected, and at least two additional people were ...

6 years ago
With one of the traditionally busiest weekends of the year approaching, Kansas State Parks, lakes, and wildlife areas are open. The Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism previously developed a plan to keep Kansas’ 28 state parks, 63 state fishing lakes, and more than 100 wildlife areas open to the public during the COVID-19 crisis. Kansas ...

6 years ago
There will be an opportunity this Friday night to safely get out of the house, have some fun, and help out in the "Project Salina” effort. Rocking M Media partnered with Bennington State Bank  is going to be back in action, hosting another cruising event on Santa Fe. It will be a flashback to a by ...