6 years ago
A fourth confirmed case of the COVID-19 Coronavirus has been identified in Saline County. According to the Saline County Health Department, they have been notified of another positive case. The case was identified through testing sent to a private lab. The case is a male in his 30s. This case is not associated with known close contacts ...

6 years ago
Classes began remotely for Salina USD 305 schools this week. As the first week is winding down officials are looking ahead to next week. Superintendent Linn Exline says younger students will pick up packets for next week today. Students K - 8 are picking up instructions for next week's learning.  They will also pick up a ...

6 years ago
A new principal will take over at a Salina high school. According to USD 305, Charles Kipp will become the South High School Principal effective July 1st. Kipp has been an educator for 15 years, most recently serving as Lead Associate Principal at USD 457 Garden City High School since 2013. Kipp has taught language arts, coached boys ...

6 years ago
An Ellsworth woman was killed in a single-vehicle rollover crash. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 63-year-old Janice Perkins was driving a 2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee headed north on a rural road. For an unknown reason she went off the road. As she  over corrected, the SUV slid sideways into a ditch and rolled. The Jeep ...

6 years ago
The state has launched a new jobs website, connecting job seekers with Kansas businesses hiring to fill urgent needs during the COVID-19 pandemic. According to Kansas Department of Commerce, the COVID-19 jobs site, kansasworks.com/coronavirus, allows employers from essential industries to quickly and easily post critical positions that need to be filled to support activities related to ...

6 years ago
Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt and U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister are teaming up to fight fraud related to the COVID-19 Coronavirus outbreak. According to the Kansas Attorney Generals' office, a state-federal partnership has formed to investigate and prosecute scammers attempting to prey on Kansans during the COVID-19 outbreak. Coordinating information and manpower will allow the agencies to ...

6 years ago
The Saline County Health Department has been notified of two additional positive cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Saline County. The positive cases were identified through testing sent to a private lab and to the KDHE lab. One case is a female in her 60s. The other case is a male in his 60s. These cases are ...

6 years ago
Ten people in Kansas have died due to complications with COVID-19 Coronavirus. That's according to the Kansas Department of Health & Environment who updated the COVID-19 cases in the state at 10 a.m. Wednesday. The latest updates say that there are 484 cases of COVID-19 in Kansas with 10 deaths. However, the KDHE says that of those ...

6 years ago
UPDATE: The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) and the Leavenworth County Health Department are conducting a joint medical investigation into the COVID-19 cases identified at Lansing Correctional Facility. On March 31, the Kansas Department of Corrections (KDOC) announced three staff members tested positive for COVID-19. KDHE is conducting the tracing and investigation within the facility ...

6 years ago
The State of Kansas closed March with total tax collections at $523.4 million; 1.6% or $8.6 million below the estimate. That is 0.3% or $1.4 million more than March of Fiscal Year 2019. Individual income tax collections were $247.3 million; $4.3 million more than the estimate and 7.1% more than last March. Corporate income tax collections ...

6 years ago
Salina Police are asking the public's help in locating a stolen BMX bicycle. Salina Police Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that the bike was stolen from the 900 block of Maple between March 10 and March 17. Daniel Ortiz, 20, Salina, reports that someone entered his residence through an open window on the north side of ...