4 years ago
There are 38 new positive COVID-19 cases in Saline County. According to the Saline County Health Department there have now been 1,025 total cases, with 156 cases that are currently active. There are 856 people who have recovered, and a total of 13 deaths. Salina Regional Health Center reports  they have 5 hospitalized COVID-19 patients. The county dashboard ...

4 years ago
The Kansas Supreme Court will hear an appeal next week in an Ottawa County murder case. The case involves the 2017 murder of Matthew Schoshke. On Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017, Schoshke’s body was discovered by a family member in his bathroom in his Tescott area home. He had been shot five times with his own gun. Schoshke’s ...

4 years ago
The City of Salina is preparing for its annual leaf collection effort. According to the city, General Services/Streets staff will begin conducting its annual curbside leaf collection from November 2 to December 23, weather permitting. The schedule is subject to change depending on when the leaves actually fall. As the weeks progress, staff will provide public updates ...

4 years ago
Santiago Vasquez will soon vote in his first presidential election. “It feels awful,” says the young Kansan. “Honestly, I don’t think either candidate is equipped to fix any of the problems in our country.” Vasquez says he’s lost faith in government institutions’ ability “to correct things in a meaningful way.” He’s not alone in those feelings, but he’s ...

4 years ago
COVID-19 clusters continue to appear in Central Kansas, including a new cluster at a long term care facility in Salina. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment, in its latest list of COVID-19 exposure locations, has added a long-term care facility in Salina. According to the agency, they have confirmed 21 cases of the virus at ...

4 years ago
The good news, says food safety specialist Karen Blakeslee, is that Americans seem to be getting the message about the importance of washing their hands. But, barely. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released findings of a survey recently indicating that, during the pandemic, U.S. adults were more likely to remember to wash their ...

4 years ago
Saline County Commissioners plan no changes in the current mask mandate. The county commission received a bi-weekly update on the mask ordinance Tuesday. Health Department Chief Financial Officer Loralee Tibbetts provided the bi-weekly review of the COVID-19 situation and review of the mask mandate for Jason Tiller. In the last two weeks, an additional 141 cases have ...

4 years ago
Early voting is underway across much of the country and is proving popular. Advance voting in Saline County began last week via mail. In-person advanced voting began locally on Monday. According to Saline County Clerk Jamie Doss, her office has a signed application from each voter for every ballot by mail. They check the applications against the ...

4 years ago
Two U.S. Department of Agriculture scientists working on the Kansas State University campus are part of a national team that has earned praise for its pioneering work in building sturdy resistance to a highly-virulent strain of stem rust in wheat. The Borlaug Global Rust Initiative awarded its 2020 Gene Stewardship award to a USDA Agricultural Research ...

4 years ago
U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) has helped lead the way to a new, simple 3-digit suicide prevention hotline that has now been signed into law by President Donald Trump. As the technology and the transition behind the scenes is worked out the new 9-8-8 hotline number will not be activated for a couple of years, keeping ...

4 years ago
A group of Salina radio stations are under new ownership. Meridian Media, LLC this month completed the acquisition of, Newsradio 1150 KSAL (KSAL-AM), FM 104.9 (KSAL-FM), Y 93.7 ( KEYZ-FM) and The General  (KABI-AM) from Rocking M Media, LLC. Addisitonally, Meridian has LMA’d 92.7 The Zoo( KZUH-FM) and 95.5 The Rock (KVOB-FM) from Rocking M. Meridian Media, ...