5 years ago
COVID-19 will not stop a Salina tradition. For the 38th year in a row Bill Fekas, along with a dedicated group of volunteers, will prepare a free community-wide Christmas dinner. Though the Bill Fekas Christmas Dinner is still taking place this year, things will be a little different. it will be a Christmas dinner to go. The ...

5 years ago
There are 283 new COVID-19 cases in Saline County and one new death. According to the Saline County Health Department, there have now been 4,032 total cases, with  1,775 cases currently active. At least 2,209 have recovered, and now 48 people have died. Salina Regional Health Center reports they currently have 32 hospitalized COVID-19 patients. The dramatic rise in ...

5 years ago
Two Salina men are facing theft charges following a short foot chase in the parking lot at Walmart. Police report that 23-year-old Brentt E. Killingsworth and 33-year-old Jerry Lee Vaughn, Jr. were booked into the Saline County Jail on Tuesday in connection to the case. Store staff observed the two placing items valued around $778 in a ...

5 years ago
The Kansas Department of Labor is under new leadership. Governor Laura Kelly announced yesterday that she has appointed Brett Flachsbarth as acting secretary of the labor department. Flachsbarth, who currently serves as the Kansas Department of Labor's deputy secretary, will lead the department until a permanent secretary is hired.

5 years ago
Damage to property occurred on December 12 through December 19 at the Emmanuel Foursquare Church located at 1325 E. Cloud Street. Officers were sent to the church where the staff advised that someone had cut the catalytic converter from the church's 2011 white Ford van, which was parked in the church parking lot. Total loss ...

5 years ago
An ATV was stolen from a rural property east of Salina. Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that on Tuesday, deputies were sent to a farmstead in the 2900 block of E. Old 40 Highway to investigate a burglary. Thieves reportedly broke into multiple sheds and outbuildings and stole a 2005 Arctic Cat ATV valued ...

5 years ago
The pandemic is not stopping the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), from tracking Sana this year.  It's Christmas Eve, and that means you can keep an eye on Saint Nick's travels around the globe. The North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD, is again tracking Santa's journey trip the world. The military organization is ...

5 years ago
The former CEO of Saint Francis Ministries says he charged thousands of dollars to the organization’s credit cards because of the job’s travel and fundraising demands. And, he said, the $65,000 purchase of Cubs tickets was just an opportunity to flip them for a profit on the secondary market. Saint Francis Ministries hired Robert Smith, known as ...

5 years ago
Governor Laura Kelly has signed an executive order extending the deadline for renewal of driver’s licenses to June 30th, 2021. According to the governor’s office, this order extends a previous provision that allows Kansans 21 to 64 years of age to renew online. By statute, the restriction is 21 to 54 years old. “As the COVID-19 pandemic ...

5 years ago
Kansas Wesleyan University Department of Music Chair, Dr. Milt Allen, can now add hall of famer to his long list of musical accolades. According to KWU, a Salina native and graduate of Salina Central High School, Dr. Allen was recently tabbed as an inductee of the school’s newly established Salina Central Band Hall of Fame. Joining Dr. ...

5 years ago
A man from McPherson County was indicted in federal court on child sex charges. According to U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister, 68-year-old Loren Olson of Marquette is charged with four counts of producing child pornography and one count of the sex trafficking of a minor. The crimes are alleged to have occurred in May, June and July ...