6 years ago
There are 59 new positive COVID-19 cases in Saline County. According to the Saline County Health Department, the total for the county is now 1,225, with 160 cases currently active, There are 1,052 people who have recovered, and a total of 13 deaths. Salina Regional Health Center reports that they have 5 hospitalized COVID-19 patients. “This sharp increase ...

6 years ago
The State of Kansas continues to see revenue growth over the same month of the last fiscal year. October's total tax receipts were $596.6 million, an 11.7% or $62.6 million increase over the estimate. That is 7.9%, or $43.6 million, more than October of Fiscal Year 2020. "As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact Kansans and ...

6 years ago
Fourteen people on the October list of Salina’s Most Wanted have been arrested. According to the Saline County Sheriff’s Office the latest arrests include: Sheldon Alexander Freeman Katrina Marie Kuhn Ronnie Steven Mills They were wanted for crimes which include felony theft of a firearm, felony drug crimes, and criminal deprivation of property. Since the Most Wanted program ...

6 years ago
A man from Mexico is facing federal charges after being caught in Western Kansas with a large amount of heroin According to U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister, 24-year-old Orlando Alexis Gaxiola-Guevara, a citizen of Mexico, pleaded guilty to driving more than one kilogram of heroin to Kansas. Gaxiola-Guevara, and another man were stopped on I-70 in Logan County. ...

6 years ago
A Kansas woman will spend 12 years in federal prison for selling heroin laced with fentanyl while ignoring overdoses among buyers. According to U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister, 37-year-old Amber L. Juarez of Leavenworth pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute heroin and fentanyl.  Juarez sold heroin on three separate occasions to a confidential informant. ...

6 years ago
Law enforcement in Salina are in search of the driver of a vehicle that was involved in a hit and run crash on Saturday afternoon. Salina Police Capt. Paul Forrester says that a smaller red 2-door passenger car struck a 2000 Harley Davidson motorcycle and didn't stop on Saturday at 4:20 p.m. Both vehicles were traveling west ...

6 years ago
Salina Police are working with security footage to try to identify the subjects involved in an altercation and an unlawful discharge of a firearm incident at a Casey's General Store. Salina Police Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that multiple gun shot are fired by an individual on Sunday at 1:35 a.m. at Casey's General Store, ...

6 years ago
Two potential suspects are under arrest and law enforcement are searching for another believed to have been involved in ring of thefts from unlocked vehicles in Saline County over the weekend. Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that authorities have made two arrests on Monday morning, after a vehicle that was stolen from the ...

6 years ago
Election day is less than 24 hours away, and tens of millions of Americans have chosen not to wait this year. A staggering 93 million people have already voted early or turned in mail-in ballots. That's nearly 70 percent of the total votes counted in the 2016 general election. California, Texas and Florida are leading the way ...

6 years ago
For the fourth straight month, Clay Center is celebrating a strong sales tax collection. According to the City of Clay Center, since July the sales tax collections are up 16% compared to a year ago.   Because sales tax reports are presented two months after the month they are collected, this represents the time period of May, ...

6 years ago
The CDC is issuing Thanksgiving activity guidelines, and this year the agency says less is definitely more. While people continue to navigate the safest way to celebrate Thanksgiving amid the pandemic, the CDC recommends people keep gatherings small, forgo travel if possible, and conduct Black Friday shopping online. The agency says Thanksgiving is a time when ...