3 years ago
There have been 3 news deaths and 115 new COVID cases in Saline County since Wednesday. According to the Saline County Health Department, there are currently 713 active cases in the community. Salina Regional Health Center reports that 24 patients require hospitalization related to COVID-19. There now have been 173 COVID related deaths overall. The agency says it doe ...

3 years ago
Looking back at forty-plus years of newspaper columns was more than a trip down memory lane for former Salina Journal writer Tim Horan. The Abilene native who recently retired from his post as Editor at the Abilene Reflector-Chronicle has spent the last several months squeezing those stories in black and white into a new book entitled ...

3 years ago
A truck that was given a new look with suspected house paint has been returned to its owner. Salina Police Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that an officer was patrolling in the 400 block of N. Chicago St. early Friday morning when they spotted a suspicious truck parked in the area. The officer noticed the ...

3 years ago
A two-vehicle accident on Thursday was the result of texting and driving. Salina Police Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that a 2013 Nissan vehicle was stopped at the intersection of Centennial Road and Tony's Road to make a turn. A driver behind them was allegedly texting, though, and a 2004 Honda Civic hit the Nissan ...

3 years ago
A Salina business is cleaning up after a burglary Wednesday night. An employee of Kansas Hempire showed up to work Thursday at 10:30 a.m. and discovered broken glass, vape cartridges and a knife on the ground around the store. A window was broken on the north side of the business, and the knife is believed to have ...

3 years ago
A two-vehicle accident Thursday afternoon led to one Salina resident having minor injuries. Police Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that at 2:10 p.m., a 2017 Honda Pilot going west on Crawford St. ran a red light and hit a 1993 Mercury Topaz going north on Front Street. Both vehicles had to be towed from the scene. ...

3 years ago
Packs of cigarettes and several lighters were stolen from a convenience store Thursday night. Salina Police Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that the burglary occurred around 10 p.m. at Snak Attak, located at 1619 W. Magnolia Road. Officers responded to an alarm that was set off at the business. Security video shows a male subject shatter ...

3 years ago
A Gypsum man is without his truck after it was taken yesterday. Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that around 2:14 a.m., grainy video footage shows a 2004 white Ford F250 truck being stolen from 701 Maple Street. The victim, 42-year-old Robert McKim, told deputies the keys were left in the vehicle. The truck is ...

3 years ago
A former department dean at North Carolina State University is in line to take over as president of Kansas State University. In a statement issued yesterday, members of the school's Board of Regents announced the hiring of Richard Linton. He reportedly will serve at the university's 15th president. Authorities say he replaces former President Richard Myers, who ...

3 years ago
Family, friends, and brothers and sisters in arms are mourning the death of retired sheriff and part-time deputy Doug Whitson. Local authorities announced that Whitson died this week due to complications associated with COVID-19. He was 69. Officials say Whitson served with the Goodland Police Department from 2006 to 2011.

3 years ago
An incoming student from Nebraska is the first ever winner of a new scholarship at Kansas Wesleyan University. According to KWU, Sydney Mitchell is the winner of the inaugural Barbara Marshall Theatre Scholarship competition. Mitchell (Alma, Neb.) intends to major in Psychology when she begins her education at KWU in the Fall of 2022. In addition to academics and ...