4 years ago
Salina Regional Health Center and its affiliated Salina clinics are modifying their COVID-19 visitor restrictions to accommodate patients and families while COVID-19 infection numbers remain low in the community. According to the hospital, effective today, hospital inpatients may have two visitors in the building at the same time instead of two visitors per day. Visitors will ...

4 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff's Office is seeking tips in a case involving a thief who was caught on camera. The case is this week's Salina Crime Stoppers Crime of the Week. According to the agency, on Thursday, June 10th, deputies responded to the 2400 block of E Water Well Road for a report of a vehicle ...

4 years ago
A pedestrian was hurt after being hit and thrown up onto the windshield of a car while crossing a busy street. Police say around 9:00 Thursday morning 74-year-old Willard Bradshaw was walking east across Ohio Street at the corner of Iron and Ohio. Bradshaw was hit by a 2008 Ford Focus, driven by 19-year-old Lexxi Espada ...

4 years ago
A thief steals a car what was left unlocked, with the key in the ignition, parked in front of a home in south Salina. Police say a 2000 Nissan Ultima was stolen from a home in the 2000 block of Quincy sometime between 2:00 AM and 7:30AM Thursday. The car was actually parked on Wayne Street, ...

4 years ago
An spike in overdoses has a Kansas county issuing a health alert.  There has been an alarming increase in fatal and non-fatal overdoses in Reno County, including three in a 24-hour period. According to the Reno County Health Department, Since June 1th  there have been 15 overdoses, one of which was fatal, and four heroin overdoses ...

4 years ago
Summer camp season for youth is back at Fort Hays State University. After all youth camps were canceled a year ago because of the pandemic, youth from near and far are gathering on campus this summer to participate in a myriad of activities. On weekdays during June and July, youth can be seen making their way ...

4 years ago
A student from Kansas Wesleyan University has earned a prestigious scholarship. According to KWU, Emily Monson is among recipients of the Kansas Independent College Foundation's annual Maud Wyatt Scholarship. She is one of 20 students honored. “I am so thankful to have received this scholarship,” said Monson. “Going to Kansas Wesleyan has taught me so much, and ...

4 years ago
The pond at Salina’s Jerry Ivey park is among six bodies of water in Kansas now under a public health warning. Additionally, another seven are under a watch. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment in conjunction with the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism has issued public health advisories for four Kansas lakes and ...

4 years ago
Kansas Governor Laura Kelly on Thursday commuted the sentences of five incarcerated individuals and granted pardons to three individuals. The Governor's Office says all of then showed strong signs of rehabilitation and the ability to safely re-enter society. The decision to grant the commutations and pardons was made following independent reviews by the Prison Review Board, ...

4 years ago
A former sheriff's deputy is behind bars in connection wil alleged child sex crimes. According to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, special agents from the agency arrested former Doniphan County Sheriff Deputy Nathaniel Keller  on Thursday morning. At approximately 5:30 a.m., KBI agents conducted a search warrant at a home at 330 W. Poplar in Troy, ...

4 years ago
A Saline County man is bilked out of thousands of dollars in cash after falling victim to a phone scam. Saline County Undersheriff Brent Melander tells KSAL News that a 59-year-old man who lives in the northwest part of the county was contacted by a man over the phone who claimed to be the chief counsel ...