4 years ago
A new grant opportunity is now available to help communities develop or enhance tourism attractions to boost their local economies. According to Kansas Governor Laura Kelly's office, the grant program is the Tourism Attraction Sub-grants for Kansas (TASK) program available through the Kansas Tourism Department. The program offers funding support for public and not-for-profit groups to ...

4 years ago
With weather forecasts expecting rain and the possibility of snow late Friday evening (January 14) and into Saturday (January 15), the City of Salina is making preparations to pre-treat roadways with salt and Magnesium Chloride brine (MgCl2), treat initial accumulations of snow with salt and MgCl2, and if necessary plow roadways. According to the City, salt ...

4 years ago
A Salina teenager is facing charges after he led police on a pursuit early Thursday morning. Police Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that at 12:25 a.m., an officer attempted to stop a 2000 Pontiac Sunfire in the 700 block of S. 4th St. after the vehicle made an improper turn in the 1000 block of ...

4 years ago
The Kansas Board of Education is taking steps to address a teacher shortage. Board members voted yesterday to approve an emergency declaration that lifts some requirements for substitute teachers. The emergency declaration allows for substitute teacher candidates to apply for a Temporary Emergency Authorized License, and it removes a requirement for candidates to have 60 semester credit ...

4 years ago
A flurry of gunshots on Wednesday left some Salina residents with several bullet holes in their property. Salina Police Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that at 10:50 p.m., officers were sent to a residence in the 2400 block of Pheasant Lane for multiple reports of shots fired. Upon arrival, they observed a 2019 Ford F150 ...

4 years ago
The local surge in COVID cases in putting a strain on Salina Regional Health Center. Locally there have been as many COVID cases the first 12 days of this month as there were in all of January last year. In an update on Wednesday,  Sr. Vice President and Chief Medical Officer Dr. Robert Freelove said there ...

4 years ago
The study of science at Kansas Wesleyan University is getting a quarter of a million dollar boost. According to the school, Dr. Dave Fancher ’64 has spent decades helping build the KWU sciences, from his time as a faculty member to, more recently, putting together the ‘Gang of Eight’, a group of graduates that has made significant ...

4 years ago
There have been two new COVID deaths in Saline County since Monday and 367 new cases. According to the Saline County Health Department, there are currently 1,664 active cases in the community. Salina Regional Health Center reports that 25 patients require hospitalization related to COVID-19. There have been 190 COVID related deaths overall. An additional 208 people were vaccinated ...

4 years ago
The help wanted sign is out at the Tony's Pizza Events Center. According to the venue, a full calendar of events is just around the corner and many part-time positions are unfilled. The Tony’s Pizza Events Center is hosting a job fair on Wednesday, January 19th from 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm in the Lobby. Prospective ...

4 years ago
The U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Division is asking for the public's help and offering a reward of up to $25,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person(s) responsible in a case involving a murder at an area lake. According to the Army, Mrs. Enfinnity Latania Hayes was shot and killed by an ...

4 years ago
Tri-Rivers Stadium and rodeo grounds are gone, tennis will soon be served up at the former site. Clark Renfro with Salina Tennis Alliance joined in on the KSAL Morning News Extra with an update on the project to build twelve new tennis courts near Tony's Pizza Event Center. Renfro says the organization has raised nearly $2 million. ...