6 years ago
A little more than 1,100 Kansans have tested positive now for COVID-19 in the state, with 50 deaths statewide. The Kansas Department of Health & Environment updated its findings at 8:30 a.m. Friday and says that 1,166 people have now tested positive for the virus--with 274 hospitalizations. Locally, Saline County holds at eight cases of COVID-19 as ...

6 years ago
Another drug related arrest is made in connection to a group of people tied to a February robbery. Lt. Jeremiah Hayes with the Saline County Sheriff's Office tells KSAL News that 26-year-old Valerie Vogel was taken into custody on Thursday after investigators found meth pipes and syringes in her home in the 1300 block of E. ...

6 years ago
The governor of Kansas is fighting back to limit church gatherings. Laura Kelly has asked the state's Supreme Court to keep her ban in place. She ordered all religious gatherings to no more than ten people on Tuesday to slow the spread of coronavirus. But lawmakers overturned that. Now, she's suing them. Kelly calls their vote "mind-blowing" and ...

6 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff's Office is investigating a business burglary at a towing company. Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that sometime between Tuesday and Thursday, someone cut a hole in the fence at A&A Towing and Recovery located at 1334 N. Ohio and removed numerous items from some of the vehicles on the lot. Deputies say ...

6 years ago
Even though recent circumstances make live performances of "St Matthew Passion" on Good Friday and the "Messiah" on Easter Sunday at Bethany College impossible, it's not impossible to still hear them. Good Friday afternoon at 3:00 last year's "St. Matthew Passion" will be broadcast in Downtown Lindsborg  on the street P.A. system. Good Friday evening at 6:00 ...

6 years ago
At least 100 prisoners were rioting at a Kansas prison. Authorities say the trouble started at the Lansing Correctional Facility around 3 p.m.Thursday after several inmates refused a lock-down order. The situation went downhill from there. By Thursday evening, some 100 to 150 inmates were damaging offices and equipment. Some were seen on video destroying prison property. It ...

6 years ago
Health officials in McPherson say community spread of COVID-19 is now likely, and they are providing information about a grocery store employee who might have been contagious while at work for two days. The McPherson County Health Department says due to the increasing amount of COVID-19 cases in their community  without a history of travel, they ...

6 years ago
In the State of Kansas, 263 people have been hospitalized due to COVID-19, with 42 virus related deaths. That's according to the Kansas Department of Health & Environment as they released the official numbers at 11 a.m. Thursday. The KDHE says that 1,106 people have contracted the virus across 57 Kansas counties, including eight cases locally in ...

6 years ago
All learning in the USD 305 school district moves online beginning this Tuesday. High school students have already  started an online curriculum, while students in grades K-8 have been learning though the use of packets. In a message sent to parents Superintendent Linn Exline said all K-12 instruction will be online using Google Classroom beginning Tuesday. All ...

6 years ago
Two search warrants executed at a couple of Salina homes net 6 arrests and 5 handguns confiscated in connection to a drug related robbery. Officers descended on a house at 844 Sheridan and apartment at 2130 E. Crawford on Wednesday. Lt. Jeremiah Hayes with the Saline County Sheriff's Office tells KSAL News that after a 45-day ...

6 years ago
The Barton County Sheriff's Office is searching for a suspect who they say should be considered armed and dangerous. According to the agency, they are seeking the public’s help in locating a wanted person. Law enforcement is looking for 33-year-old Andrew Taylor. Taylor is a white male, 5’10” tall, and weighs 225 pounds. He is wanted on ...