6 years ago
City of Salina Salina public facilities are back open. According to the city, picnic shelters, neighborhood centers, splash pads, basketball courts and park bathrooms are now available for use. Picnic tables are being returned to shelters as time allows. Facilities and parks affected include: Bill Burke Park Carver Center Centennial Park Country Club Park East Crawford Recreation ...

6 years ago
Miranda Bachman's mission is to keep people moving - with their feet and their minds to reach a new understanding about how we all fit together. The mother of four who lives in Salina organized a peaceful march a couple of weeks ago after George Floyd, a black man died in the custody of four white ...

6 years ago
A two car crash in south Salina send a man to the hospital. Salina Police Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that accident happened at the intersection of S. 9th St. and Magnolia Rd. at 11:40 a.m. Tuesday. A 2003 Chevy Silverado pickup truck was traveling north on 9th and was attempting to turn left on to ...

6 years ago
An illegally parked pickup truck is a contributing factor between a two-car crash involving a Salina Police Department vehicle and a Salina Fire Department vehicle that was responding to an emergency. Salina Police Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that the crash occurred at 2:25 p.m. Tuesday at the intersection of E. Ash St. and N. ...

6 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff's Office responds to a vehicle fire and has an update on a stolen boat from over the weekend. Saline County Sheriff's deputies and Rural Fire District No. 5 respond to a vehicle fire in the 400 block of S. Gypsum Valley Rd. at 2:35 p.m. on Tuesday. The 2001 Lexus was driven ...

6 years ago
Kansas counties will receive 400-million-dollars in state funding to help deal with health and economic challenges from the COVID-19 pandemic. The funding was approved yesterday by the State Finance Council, and will be distributed to counties based on population, case rates and unemployment levels. The money will also help Kansas communities make preparations for potential future Coronavirus ...

6 years ago
Saline County Commissioners got a first look at the proposed new budget. County Administrator Phillip Smith-Hanes presented his recommended budget for 2021 to the commission during their meeting on Tuesday. The recommended budget provides funding for 10 new positions and a possible 1% increase to employee salaries, with no increase to the mill levy. This is ...

6 years ago
Community-based providers of services to Kansans with intellectual and developmental disabilities are struggling to stay solvent due to the impacts of coronavirus pandemic. Beginning in March, the Kansas IDD service provider network enacted sweeping measures to keep the persons they serve safe and healthy. A significant number of persons with IDD have co-occurring physical health conditions ...

6 years ago
Kansas Wesleyan is taking steps to reduce its carbon footprint, even in the midst of a global pandemic. KWU has begun a project alongside Energy Solutions Professionals (ESP), a Kansas City firm, to make campus-wide improvements that will both help the environment and save utility and operating costs in the long-term. The project will reduce the campus’s carbon footprint by ...

6 years ago
State health officials have issued a warning for blue-green algae for an area lake. The warning is for Marion Reservoir in Marion County. When a warning is issued, KDHE recommends the following precautions be taken: Lake water is not safe to drink for pets or livestock. Lake water, regardless of blue-green algae status, should never be ...

6 years ago
Work crews are nearing the finish line to bring the historic H.D. Lee building into its next life - as a commercial and loft apartments space in downtown Salina. Danielle Brown, Director of Operations with the Overland Property Group tells KSAL News that 53 loft units will be available to renters by early August of this ...