3 years ago
There have been two new COVID related deaths and 29 new cases of the virus in Saline County since Friday. According to the Saline County Health Department there are currently 671 active cases of the virus in the community. Salina Regional Health Center reports they have 17 patients in the hospital battling the virus. Overall, 148 people have ...

3 years ago
An alleged burglary on September 23rd has left the aquatic park in Salina without a good portion of its candy bar inventory. Salina Police Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that the night of the 23rd, a window was broken on the concession stand building at Kenwood Cove. This came just a few days after reports ...

3 years ago
The Salina Police Department is investigating the cause behind two damaged vehicles over the weekend. Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that an 18-year-old Salina resident reported his two vehicles were messed with between midnight and 6 a.m. on Sunday. The cars were parked on the street at the 1300 block of Arlington Drive. One of the ...

3 years ago
A Salina man is in trouble after he allegedly damaged three buildings. Salina Police Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that on Sunday around 4:50 p.m., witnesses reported 60-year-old Michael Fagan was breaking things around town. Of the three buildings Fagan damaged, one was on Seventh St., one on Eighth St. and the other was the Smoky ...

3 years ago
Tuesday evening will mark the beginning of a new musical season at Kansas Wesleyan, in more ways than one. The Department of Music will open its annual concert schedule with a 7:30 p.m. performance of the Wind Ensemble, Jazz Ensemble and String Orchestra. The event will also mark the department’s initial public performance under new chair ...

3 years ago
The Pollution Prevention Institute at Kansas State University has received a $333,000 grant from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, or KDHE, to provide free, confidential environmental compliance assistance to Kansas small businesses. Nancy Larson, director of the Pollution Prevention Institute, said the funding will allow the program to provide a variety of services, including ...

3 years ago
A sun-soaked Saturday provided the perfect backdrop for the 2021 Smoky Hill Museum Street Fair. The day began with a parade down Santa Fe and then the crowd headed down Iron Street to return to the 'Old West.'   Wild Bill Hickok was on hand to watch over the town as cowboys and even a few cattle ...

3 years ago
A federal grand jury Friday returned an indictment charging 15 people with one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine in Kansas. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, the defendants allegedly intentionally conspired to distribute cocaine in the state of Kansas and elsewhere between January 2019 ...

3 years ago
A missing 77-year-old man who was the subject of a statewide Silver Alert has been discovered deceased at the Leavenworth State Fishing Lake. The statewide Silver Alert is now canceled. - - - ORIGINAL: A statewide Silver Alert has been issued for an elderly Kansas man who went fishing on Tuesday and has not been seen since. According ...

3 years ago
A pilot from Texas was able to walk away after he was forced to make a rough landing at a small airport in Central Kansas. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 69-year-old Perry Proffitt from Keller, Texas, was flying a 1964 Beechcraft single-engine fixed wing aircraft. The agency says as he was landing at Hillsboro Municipal ...

3 years ago
Two pillars of the Salina business community have announced an exciting new partnership, as Mahaska and Kansas Wesleyan have joined forces. Mahaska will be the official beverage provider for KWU, and will sponsor both the KWU Exemplary Teacher Award and scholarship opportunities designed to support Marketing and Business students from north-central Kansas. “It has been an ...