5 years ago
Authorities are investigating after human skeletal remains were located along the Mitchell and Cloud County line.  According to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, on Monday just before noon their agency was asked by the Mitchell County Sheriff’s Office and the Cloud County Sheriff’s Office to investigate after they located human skeletal remains near Highway 9 and ...

5 years ago
There are 26 new COVID cases in Saline County, and no new deaths. According to the Saline County Health Department, there have now been 6,202 total cases with 63 cases currently active. The total number of community members who have lost their lives to this deadly virus is 109. Salina Regional Health Center reports they currently have five ...

5 years ago
Second half taxes for real estate and personal property are coming due. According to the Saline County Treasurer's Office, they are due due May 10th. The 2020 tax statements were mailed out last November. Please send the remittance stub from the bottom of the tax statement with the payment.  Please remember to indicate on the stub ...

5 years ago
The Salina Police Department will host a press conference on Thursday in regards to a two-month long homicide case, regarding a woman who was killed. Salina Police Chief Brad Nelson tells KSAL News that the briefing will be an update on the Courtney Ann Hoffman homicide investigation and held on Thursday at 10:30 a.m. at the ...

5 years ago
Ringmaster Joseph Bauer, Jr has spent his life making people smile, laugh and sometimes gasp out loud at the circus. Bauer began performing at a young age when he joined the family daredevil act, The Fabulous Fearless Bauers. In his early teens, he was featured in a number of thrilling acts including the motorcycle on the ...

5 years ago
Numerous equipment and tools are lost, as well as calves killed, in a structure fire in west Saline County. Saline County Sheriff's Capt. Jim Hughes tells KSAL News that deputies and Rural Fire District No. 3 responded to a building on fire in the 2500 block of S. Reese Rd. at 5:10 p.m., Tuesday. A 50 foot ...

5 years ago
A plan for a new public park for picnics, camping and fishing near the Saline River just south of Lincoln, Kansas, is moving forward. Steve and Marion McReynolds transferred the deed for approximately 4.7 acres in Indiana and Elkhorn townships, near the river dam and site of the old Rees Mill, to the Board of County ...

5 years ago
Salina's annual largest organized effort to feed the hungry is set to begin. The Project Salina food collection effort will not kickoff this week with a large gathering of volunteers, but the effort will continue during a time in which organizers say there is an increased need for food. Project Salina unites multiple businesses and organizations ...

5 years ago
A group of Salina high school musicians are preparing to perform downtown. According to Salina Arts and Humanities, for the May 7th First Friday, head downtown to enjoy the music of the Salina Central Jazz Combo. This performance  starts at 5 p.m. at the outdoor public plaza next to Ad Astra Books & Coffee House, near ...

5 years ago
Eligible Kansans can now apply for the for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Distance Learning and Telehealth (DLT) grants program. According to Kansas Governor Laura Kelly's Office, the USDA has allocated $42.4 million in funding for 2021 DLT grants nationwide. The program aims to help rural communities use the unique capabilities of telecommunications to connect ...

5 years ago
A Salina woman is among appointments to Kansas state boards and commissions announced by Governor Laura Kelly 0n Monday. Debra Tucker has been reappointed to the Kansas Volunteer Commission. Tucker is the Disaster Program Manager Central/Western Kansas Chapter of the American Red Cross in Salina. The following is the complete list of appointments: Kansas Commission for the ...