6 years ago
Saline County is down to one active COVID-19 case. According to the Saline County Health Department, they continue to actively monitor one case who is isolated at home.  The rest have met the criteria necessary to be considered recovered and have been released from daily monitoring and isolation. Overall, Saline County has had 30 positive COVID-19 cases ...

6 years ago
Shirts that had been printed for the Smoky Hill River Festival will be sold. According to Salina Arts and Humanities,  t-shirts designed and printed before the cancellation of the Smoky Hill River Festival. Shirts are available through the Festival website, www.riverfestival.com. They will also be sold from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. June 8-11 on the ...

6 years ago
A woman from Minneapolis was cited for DUI and failure to yield after a two car crash caused an injury to another driver on Wednesday afternoon. According to Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan 35-year-old Mindi Carlson was driving a 2018 GMC Sierra pickup truck eastbound on Water Well Road and failed to yield to a northbound ...

6 years ago
Salina Police are searching for three people who were in a pickup that struck a Salina woman and dove away while she bled on the ground. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that 45-year-old Ronika Trembley was taken to Salina Regional Health Center by EMS and then transported to a Wichita hospital with a head ...

6 years ago
A truck driver from Nebraska was killed in a single-vehicle crash in rural northern Kansas. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 50-year-old Scott Sell from Hastings, Nebraska, was driving a Peterbilt semi headed  south on K-14 Highway in rural Jewell County.  For an unknown reason he veered onto the west shoulder, over-orrected, and entered a ditch. ...

6 years ago
A physical altercation at a Kansas prison Wednesday evening resulted in property damage and minor injuries. According to the Kansas Department of Corrections, at approximately 5:13 p.m  a physical altercation between two offenders took place in the dining hall at the Hutchinson Correctional Facility. A chemical agent was deployed to help gain control of the situation ...

6 years ago
As Saline County moves forward this Friday into Phase 3 of reopening businesses and activities, Jason Tiller, Director and Health Officer for the Health Department says his office continues to look ahead at what's next, including schools. Tiller tells KSAL News that they have frequent conversations with all the school districts including higher education - talking ...

6 years ago
A Salina man was hurt in a two-vehicle rear-end crash on Intestate 70. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 23-year-old Jacob Luther of Salina was driving a small passenger car headed west on the Interstate. He rear-ended an SUV which had slowed due to a disabled vehicle on the shoulder. Luther was transported by EMS to Salina ...

6 years ago
An assistant principal at Salina South Middle School will be the new Salina Catholic Schools Superintendent. The diocese says Geoffrey Andrews has been hired. Bishop Vincke said, "I'm looking forward to working with Geoffry and introducing him to our Catholic Schools throughout the diocese." Andrews received his bachelor's degree in Secondary Education from Kansas State University and ...

6 years ago
A series of events led to two different crashes involving one motorcycle and a Salina man in the hospital. Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that deputies were sent to the interchange of Interstate-70 and Interstate-135 at 4:35 a.m. Wednesday. Reports from the Kansas Highway Patrol say that a 1990 Honda 750 motorcycle was traveling ...

6 years ago
Kansas 4-H youth are still going camping this summer, though it may not be the way they have been used to doing it. Amy Sollock, the southwest regional specialist for Kansas 4-H Youth Development, said the state’s largest youth organization will be celebrating the benefits and traditions of camp on social media during the month of ...