5 years ago
Three out of every ten households in Kansas have not self-responded to the 2020 Census and time is running out to respond. The census is scheduled to end September 30th. What does that mean for local communities? An undercount could result in losing federal funding for programs like schools, parks, roads, emergency programs, meal programs, and ...

5 years ago
Thanks to nearly $275,000 in support from donors, 272 scholarships were awarded to Fort Hays State University business students for the 2020-2021 academic year. The awards were announced at today’s W.R. and Yvonne Robbins College of Business and Entrepreneurship scholarship awards ceremony. The event is traditionally held in FHSU’s Memorial Union but took place in a ...

5 years ago
Seventy new law enforcement officers graduated from the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center on Friday, including six who will work in Salina and Saline County. According to the organization, the large class size was designed to prevent disruption to Kansas law enforcement and to ensure there was no additional delay in training created by the suspension ...

5 years ago
A new USD 305 activities bus was unveiled Friday afternoon, colorfully decorated with a design created by a student. A design created by Karlyn Brecheisen is now wrapped around a 40,000 pound activity bus. The Salina Central High School junior submitted the winning entry in a competition which gave students experience with the graphics and sign ...

5 years ago
Health officials want to alert Kansans to potential air quality impacts from Western wildfire smoke. According to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, ongoing wildfires across the Western U.S. continue to produce dense smoke that is being transported into Kansas by the atmospheric winds. While a majority of this smoke is remaining high in the ...

5 years ago
The Wreaths Across America's Mobile Education Exhibit will be making some stops in Kansas over the next week. The Mobile Education Exhibit will be there as a reminder of the efforts to lay wreaths for all fallen soldiers at national cemeteries across the nation on December 19th, and to offer a welcome home to veterans. The ...

5 years ago
With 22 new cases to report, the Saline County Health Department says community spread of COVID-19 in Saline County has been confirmed.  Multiple cases identified over the last few days cannot be directly traced back to a known exposure with a positive case or related to travel.  It is important for everyone to practice social ...

5 years ago
Another COVID-19 case has been confirmed at a Salina school. According to USD 305’s COVID-19 incidents page, a case was confirmed Thursday at Meadowlark Ridge Elementary School. Earlier in the week on Wednesday a case was confirmed at Lakewood Middle School. A case was confirmed Wednesday at Salina South Middle School, the second case at that school. Other ...

5 years ago
The Sunflower State has another 290-million dollars to help Kansans impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Yesterday, legislators approved a plan to fund public-health programs, essential needs and services, and business-resiliency and workforce-development programs recommended by the state's SPARK program. State officials say the money represents the final round of federal CARES Act funding.

5 years ago
A Salina man is hospitalized after the motorcycle he was driving crashed in to the side of a pickup truck. Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that 73-year-old Donald Garris, Salina, was sent by EMS to Salina Regional Health Center on Thursday afternoon. The crash happened just south of Salina, at the intersection of Old ...

5 years ago
A Salina man is under arrest after trying to run from officers, then running towards one with a knife. Salina Police Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that 39-year-old Wesley Spragg, Salina, is charged with aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer. The incident happened at 2:20 p.m. Thursday in the 600 block of E. Ash St. ...