5 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff's Office responds to a vehicle fire and has an update on a stolen boat from over the weekend. Saline County Sheriff's deputies and Rural Fire District No. 5 respond to a vehicle fire in the 400 block of S. Gypsum Valley Rd. at 2:35 p.m. on Tuesday. The 2001 Lexus was driven ...

5 years ago
Kansas counties will receive 400-million-dollars in state funding to help deal with health and economic challenges from the COVID-19 pandemic. The funding was approved yesterday by the State Finance Council, and will be distributed to counties based on population, case rates and unemployment levels. The money will also help Kansas communities make preparations for potential future Coronavirus ...

5 years ago
Saline County Commissioners got a first look at the proposed new budget. County Administrator Phillip Smith-Hanes presented his recommended budget for 2021 to the commission during their meeting on Tuesday. The recommended budget provides funding for 10 new positions and a possible 1% increase to employee salaries, with no increase to the mill levy. This is ...

5 years ago
Community-based providers of services to Kansans with intellectual and developmental disabilities are struggling to stay solvent due to the impacts of coronavirus pandemic. Beginning in March, the Kansas IDD service provider network enacted sweeping measures to keep the persons they serve safe and healthy. A significant number of persons with IDD have co-occurring physical health conditions ...

5 years ago
Kansas Wesleyan is taking steps to reduce its carbon footprint, even in the midst of a global pandemic. KWU has begun a project alongside Energy Solutions Professionals (ESP), a Kansas City firm, to make campus-wide improvements that will both help the environment and save utility and operating costs in the long-term. The project will reduce the campus’s carbon footprint by ...

5 years ago
State health officials have issued a warning for blue-green algae for an area lake. The warning is for Marion Reservoir in Marion County. When a warning is issued, KDHE recommends the following precautions be taken: Lake water is not safe to drink for pets or livestock. Lake water, regardless of blue-green algae status, should never be ...

5 years ago
Work crews are nearing the finish line to bring the historic H.D. Lee building into its next life - as a commercial and loft apartments space in downtown Salina. Danielle Brown, Director of Operations with the Overland Property Group tells KSAL News that 53 loft units will be available to renters by early August of this ...

6 years ago
This spring, Girl Scouts of Kansas Heartland launched a new program to deliver Girl Scout Cookies to essential workers on the front lines of the COVID-19 outbreak. Now the professionals at Salina Regional Hospital have something sweet thanks to generous Kansans. This week, Girl Scout Cookies donated through Cookies for Courage were delivered to Salina Regional ...

6 years ago
Saline County has been awarded Federal Funds made available through the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)/Federal Emergency Management Agency under the Emergency Food and Shelter National Board Program. Saline County has been chosen to receive awards in two Phases. Phase 37 CARES,  $17,975.00, and Phase 37 SSA, $18,959, to supplement emergency food and shelter programs ...

6 years ago
When ElDorado followed the Big Brothers Big Sisters Salina bus in the Salina Parade of Lights last winter, the employees saw that the AeroTech from years past needed some repairs and wanted to do something to help. According to Big Brothers Big Sisters, with ElDorado’s donation of materials, over 40 employees donated more than 200 hours ...

6 years ago
Saline County has four new COVID-19 cases. According to thE Saline County Health Department the new cases include; A female in her 20s associated with a prior positive case. Two males in their 20s associated with prior positive cases. A male in his 30s without known contacts. All four individuals are isolating at home. In addition, three ...