6 years ago
In the month of Feb. it was all normal for Kelsey Jensen. Her life was consumed by dance competitions all over the state and midwest. The month of March was a huge setback due to the virus outbreak, but the Revolution School of Dance is making its comeback in April. The dance studio for dancers of all ...

6 years ago
Saline County is holding steady with 17 confirmed COVID-19 cases. According to the Saline County Health Department,they do not have any additional positive cases of COVID-19 to report for Tuesday. Saline County still has a total of 17 confirmed cases and two COVID-19 related deaths. The agency says the Kansas Department of Health and Environment has updated its ...

6 years ago
As the end of the 2019-2020 school year approaches, Salina Public Schools is recognizing retiring faculty and staff members. According to USD 305, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, district events including the annual retirement recognition have been cancelled. Regardless of social limitations, it is important to publicly acknowledge their service to Salina students and community. Retiring staff ...

6 years ago
Salina Police are looking for a person in a blue pickup who may have damaged a vehicle at the Roadway Inn. According to Police Captain Paul Forrester, Siva Kris from Topeka heard a banging and thumping noise outside his room during the overnight hours on Monday at the hotel located at 3932 S. 9th Street and ...

6 years ago
New cases of COVID-19 in Kansas have hit the 2,000 mark. The Kansas Department of Health & Environment says that as of 11 a.m. Tuesday, 2,025 Kansans have contracted the virus, while it has caused 107 deaths statewide. Of the over 2,000 people infected with COVID-19, 419 are on record of having to be hospitalized. While the total ...

6 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff's Office is investigating the theft of a number of tools from a worksite. Sheriff Roger Soldan reports that $12,000 worth of construction tools and equipment were stolen from a trailer that was parked in the 800 block of N. Fairchilds Road sometime between Sunday afternoon and Monday morning. Deputies say someone cut ...

6 years ago
A Salina man was transported to a Wichita hospital where he died from his injuries following a motorcycle crash on Saturday. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that 37-year-old Jahdiel Mercado was riding a 2001 Suzuki motorcycle northbound on Centennial at a high rate of speed when he lost control through a set of curves ...

6 years ago
A group of Kansas 4-H'ers and volunteers are taking the organization’s motto to "Make the Best Better" pretty seriously with an ambitious online program that debuts to the public on April 27. They will be producing a weekly series dubbed "Mindful Monday Mornings" in which they will help people of all ages find creative ways to ...

6 years ago
Thunderstorms with large hail is a threat Tuesday night in to early Wednesday morning for parts of Kansas. The National Weather Service in Wichita says that golf ball sized hail will be a major threat on the Kansas/Oklahoma border, while closer to central Kansas, thunderstorms with nickel to quarter hail is more likely. Some storms will ...

6 years ago
Kansas is getting thousands of coronavirus testing kits from the federal government. Governor Laura Kelly says seven-thousand kits will go to counties in southwestern Kansas. The kits were sent to Kansas due to an increase in COVID-19 cases among workers at meat-packing plants in the southwestern part of the state.

6 years ago
COVID-19 clusters have been detected at several Kansas meat packing plants and nursing home facilities. One of the hot spots in the state right now is Ford County in Southwest Kansas. The Ford County Health Department Monday received notification of 42 new cases. They say the reason they are seeing such an increase is that the ...