3 years ago
The Salina Post Office is gearing up for its busiest weeks of the year. According to the Postal Service, the 2020 holiday season was a record-setting year for them with 13 billion letters, cards and packages were processed and delivered under some of the most difficult circumstances we’ve faced in the past century. For the 2021 peak ...

3 years ago
For the second year in a row, things on Thanksgiving day in Salina were the same but different. The Salina Salvation Army, partnering with Applebee's, the GL Huyett company of Minneapolis, the Salina Country Club  and a dedicated group of volunteers again provided a free community-wide Thanksgiving dinner. Because of COVID-19 safety concerns, a sit-down meal at ...

3 years ago
The ISIS Shrine ladies invite everyone to a unique holiday event. The "Feztival of Trees" is this weekend - Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. The organization tells KSAL News besides having the opportunity to win a tree with its prizes, those attending the Feztival will also have the opportunity to: Buy spectacular wreaths and table decorations at a ...

3 years ago
There have been 59 new COVID cases no new deaths since Monday in Saline County. According to the Saline County Health Department there are currently 555 active cases of the virus in the community. Salina Regional Health Center reports they have 16 patients in the hospital battling the virus. Overall, 168 people have now died in Saline County ...

3 years ago
Fort Hays State University was recently awarded a $1.25 million grant from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, and the university celebrated with an announcement just before Thanksgiving. Numerous law enforcement officers and dignitaries attended Tuesday’s on-campus ceremony in the new Fischli-Wills Center for Student Success. One of those was U.S. ...

3 years ago
No injuries are reported after an early Tuesday morning fire. Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that deputies were sent to 2708 S. Holmes Road at 5:02 a.m. on reports of a house fire. Dustin Vance, a 42-year-old man, owns the house and told authorities that he woke up to smoke in his residence. The ...

3 years ago
An 18-year-old Salina man is facing charges after he was caught in the act of stealing from a vehicle. Police Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that officers were called to the 500 block of Sunset Drive around 1:20 p.m. yesterday for a disturbance report. When officers arrived, two subjects were holding Lucas Bolen down. Donald Abbott, ...

3 years ago
The state of Kansas is taking steps to address staffing shortages at 24-seven state facilities. Governor Laura Kelly announced a series of new pay initiatives yesterday that will impact the Kansas Department of Corrections, Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services, state hospitals and the Kansas Commission of Veterans Affairs Office. The Kansas Plan will include long-term ...

3 years ago
There’s no better deal than “free” and this Friday, there’s no better place to snag that deal than at a Kansas state park. According to the Kansas Department of Department of Wildlife and Parks,  this Black Friday entrance fees will be waived at all Kansas state parks as part of the nationwide #OptOutside initiative. The agency ...

3 years ago
An area law enforcement agency is seeking tips in a case involving a man who has been missing for over two years in what they deem as a suspicious disappearance. According to the Dickinson County Sheriff's Office, on January 19, 2019, 34-year-old Alex Michael Head of Enterprise, Kansas was reported missing. Since that time, efforts to ...

3 years ago
When the Jobs for America’s Graduates – Kansas (JAG-K) program at Salina South High School needed a new Career Specialist last summer, an interesting candidate stepped up to the plate. According to JAG-K, no one could be better to understand the impact the program can have on students than a former participant in the program. And ...