6 years ago
When tough times hit, many Kansans don’t need to look very far for a little help. That’s the basis of a publication now available from K-State Research and Extension, titled When Your Income Drops: Community and Family Resources. “Family and community can be sources of supply, support and aid,” said Debra Wood, a family resource management agent with ...

6 years ago
A Salina exterminator is changing the focus of his business from protecting against things like bed bugs to instead protecting against COVID-19. Brian Metzger, owner of GP Home Defense, says his operations have all but shut down. He realized he was in a position to do something about the current situation, specifically, the lack of personal ...

6 years ago
Friday night lights lit up the sky in Salina. The community  joined other cities across the country by turning on their stadium lights to honor graduating seniors in the class of 2020. The lights at Salina Stadium came on at 8:20 Friday night, and stayed on for 20 minutes, to honor graduating 2020 Seniors from both ...

6 years ago
An 18th COVID-19 case has been confirmed in Saline County and a list of locations where the patient visited while possibly contagious has been released. According to the Saline County Health Department, the new case involves a female in her 30s who is associated with an already identified cluster of cases in Wichita. She is currently ...

6 years ago
For a third straight day, Kansas has seen its largest jump in new cases of COVID-19. The Kansas Department of Health & Environment released the latest numbers at 9 a.m. Friday and says that 2,777 Kansans have now contracted the virus--a jump of 295 new cases in a 24-hour time frame. The nearly 300 new cases ...

6 years ago
Three people who fled from the scene of a car crash in Salina were taken into custody on Thursday, leading to charges for the 19-year-old driver and a female 14-year-old passenger. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that officers were sent to 101 N. Chicago after a stolen vehicle crashed through a fence and hit ...

6 years ago
Police are looking for a man who allegedly made a threat inside a Salina store. It is this week's Salina Crime Stoppers crime of the week. According to Salina Police, On April 10th they received a report of a criminal threat at the Dollar General ar 654 S. Broadway. The threat was spoken at 4:52 PM, ...

6 years ago
Schools across the country have been choosing an evening to turn on their stadium lights to honor graduating seniors. They have been turning on lights at 8:20 for 20 minutes as a way to honor the graduating seniors. 8:20 PM in military time is 20:20. The lights are turned on at 20:20 for 20 minutes to ...

6 years ago
On the same day Kansas health officials were reporting the biggest single-day increase in positive coronavirus cases in the state hundreds of Kansas residents rallied in Topeka to protest the state's stay-at-home order. The group, which included among others business owners and idled workers, carried signs and chanted on and around the lawns of the State ...

6 years ago
On the second day in a row where the state of Kansas saw its biggest single-day increase of confirmed COVID-19 cases there were no new confirmed cases in Saline County. According to the Saline County Health Department,  Saline County is holding steady with 17 confirmed cases of the virus. There also have been two COVID-19 related ...

6 years ago
Kansas Secretary of Labor Delía García today joined Gov. Laura Kelly in announcing that Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC), which provides an additional $600 weekly payment for unemployment insurance claimants, went live starting today. FPUC is part of the federal CARES Act, which is focused on expanding unemployment benefits in the wake of the COVID-19 ...