6 years ago
Over 5,700 Kansans have contracted Coronavirus. That's according to the Kansas Department of Health & Environment who released the latest information at 9 a.m. Wednesday. The KDHE says that 5,734 people have COVID-19 in Kansas, while 571 have had to be hospitalized and the death toll has now ticked to 144 people. New cases continue to fire ...

6 years ago
With a heart for the elderly and a high regard for the workers who care for them, Brian Metzger of Salina has put his own business on hold to provide free protective masks to help in the fight against COVID-19.   [audio mp3="https://www.ksal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/metzger-1.mp3"][/audio]   Metzger is the owner of GP Home Defense, and as a bed bug elimination expert ...

6 years ago
In a money saving effort cutbacks are being implemented at Salina Animal Services. According to the City of Salina, they have temporarily reduced the schedule of its workforce possibly through the end of the year in an effort to prepare for expected budget shortfalls due to the COVID-19 outbreak and the April safer-at-home order. The City says ...

6 years ago
A motorcycle driver suffered very minor injuries in a collision with a vehicle near the west end of Salina. Salina Police Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that the crash occurred at 11:55 a.m. Tuesday, at the intersection of W. Crawford St. and Montrose St. Devin Buchenau, 32, Salina, was driving his 2012 Dong Fang D150TKB motorcycle ...

6 years ago
A K-State Student from Abilene is recognized in the A.Q. Miller School of Journalism with a scholarship. Bailey Short, senior in journalism and mass communications, has been awarded the Ehrsam Memorial Scholarship. "The A.Q. Miller School has a long, proud history of providing media education, a tradition that began in 1910, when a journalism program was created ...

6 years ago
Kansas State University Executive Reawakening Team presented the university's reopening plan to the First Tuesday roundtable group for department heads on May 5 and to the public on the COVID-19 reopening website. The plan is a phased approach with universitywide criteria that aligns with White House, state of Kansas, Riley County and CDC requirements and guidance. It calls for operational ...

6 years ago
The City of Salina has recently made numerous changes to its budget, staffing schedules and operational hours. According to the City, the most-recent budget adjustments were made through a combination of work-hour reductions, temporary furloughs, not filling 30 existing vacancies, and suspending hiring numerous seasonal part-time employees pending further review of seasonal program offerings. The full economic ...

6 years ago
Saline County has gone five days in a row without any additional confirmed cases of COVID-19 to report. The county is holding steady with 21 cases and two deaths. Statewide, though, numbers keep rising. The KDHE reported the following in their daily release: A total of 5,458 positive cases and 137 deaths.  That is an increase of ...

6 years ago
The Central Mall will reopen on Wednesday. According to the mall, they will have limited hours, Monday to Saturday 11am - 7pm and Sundays 12pm - 6pm. Entrance doors will open one hour prior to the mall opening. They say the safety and health of guests, employees, and community is always their top priority. The Central Mall will ...

6 years ago
What took a decade for airlines to rebuild following the Great Recession - has taken a little more than a month to choke out on the runway. According to Tim Rogers Executive Director with Salina Airport Authority, air carriers around the nation have taken a significant hit from the COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in a 95% drop ...

6 years ago
Misuse by the public has prompted a closure of access to an area of Kanopolis Reservoir. According to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, vehicle access to Venango Park is currently closed. They say the change in access is due to a rise in vandalism, theft, littering, and disregard for the CDC’s recommended social distancing practices ...