5 years ago
Salina Public Schools have selected a person to lead their new virtual school when it begins with the next school year. According to USD 305, Tracy Hutton will take over as Virtual School Principal effective July 1st. An educator with 21 years of experience, of which the past 14 were at USD 305, Hutton most recently served ...

5 years ago
Vaccine clinics in the Salina area using the Johnson and Johnson vaccine have been postponed following a Tuesday announcement by the CDC and FDA. Federal health officials called for an immediate pause in the distribution of the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine due to concerns about rare blood clots. Acting FDA administrator Janet Woodcock said the ...

5 years ago
Kansas Wesleyan University will honor the history of education in Salina with a new scholarship. According to KWU, children and grandchildren of Marymount College alumni will be eligible for a 50% tuition scholarship.  The scholarship applies to new full-time, on-ground, on-campus undergraduate students beginning in the fall of 2021. “Marymount College was an important part of ...

5 years ago
The Bennington State Bank is expanding its Abilene Loan Production Office to a full-service location. This will be the bank’s eighth full service location and will open this May. The location will include a full-service retail space and drive-thru banking. According to Bennington State Bank, they are excited to offer customers in the Abilene and Dickinson County ...

5 years ago
Law enforcement are searching for a female who was a passenger in a vehicle pursuit after she jumped out of the car and fled on foot. Two others have been arrested. Salina Police Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that Joseph Case, 27, Minneapolis, Kan., and Timothy Collins, 23, Salina, are arrested after their alleged involvement ...

5 years ago
Vaccination clinics which were scheduled today in Gypsum, Assaria and Brookville have been cancelled. Organizers tell KSAL News, out of an abundance of caution they are cancelling the clinics. U.S. health agencies are calling for an immediate pause in using the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine because of rare blood clots. The FDA and CDC are recommending ...

5 years ago
Twenty-three new law enforcement officers graduated from the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center Friday. Officer Jason Boyd of the Conway Springs Police Department was the graduating class president. The speaker for the ceremony was the chief of police for the Derby Police Department, Robert Lee. Troy Livingston, KLETC senior instructor of police, was the class coordinator ...

5 years ago
There are eleven new COVID cases in Saline County and no new deaths. According to the Saline County Health Department, there have now been 6,111 total cases with 35 cases currently active. There have been no deaths since March 22nd. The total number of community members who have lost their lives to this deadly virus is 108. Salina ...

5 years ago
While the Saline County mask ordinance will end on Tuesday, a similar mask ordinance for the City of Salina will continue. Salina City Commissioners voted 2-2 Monday on an ordinance which would have repealed the mask ordinance. To pass, it would have taken a majority vote. Mayor Melissa Hodges and Commissioner Dr. Trent Davis both voted ...

5 years ago
A man missing from Pratt who was the subject of a statewide Silver Alert was found Monday deceased. According to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, the Pratt Police Department reported that 68-year-old Kenneth Gatlin was located deceased Monday afternoon. A landowner discovered him in rural Pratt County, northwest of Pratt. There was no indication of foul play, ...

5 years ago
Two men are under arrest in connection with a deadly shooting in Hutchinson. According to Hutchinson Police, 64-year-old Sandral Wade and 71-year-old Robert Lagrange were arrested and charged with first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder. A 42-year-old man and a 46-year-old man were found shot on Sunday morning in the 15-hundred-block of West 12th. The older victim ...