4 years ago
The new list of Salina’s Most Wanted is online. The first weekend of each month a new list of Salina’s Most Wanted is released. Those on the September list are wanted for crimes which include aggravated escape from custody,fleeing and eluding, endangering a child, aggravated battery, felony theft, felony drug crimes,  and failing to register as an ...

4 years ago
COVID-19 cases have been confirmed at two Salina Schools in the last two days. According to USD 305’s COVID-19 incidents page, on Thursday a case was confirmed at Coronado Elementary School and on Friday a case was confirmed at Salina Central High School. The district began on Thursday of this week posting any confirmed report of a ...

4 years ago
There are 19 new positive COVID-19 cases in Saline County. According to the Saline County He-lath Department, there have now been 522 total cases, with 124 cases currently active. There are 389 people who have recovered, and a total of 9 deaths. Salina Regional Health Center reports that they have 5 hospitalized COVID-19 patients. As the holiday weekend ...

4 years ago
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly today announced her strong push to land the new U.S. Space Command headquarters in Kansas. Four Kansas communities have submitted proposals to become home to the headquarters of the U.S. Space Command (USSPACECOM), which is responsible for military operations in outer space. Derby, Kansas City, Kan., Leavenworth, and Wichita have responded to ...

4 years ago
A motorcycle was stolen from outside of a downtown Salina bar, however, it was later found a half block away. Salina Police Capt. Gary Hanus tells KSAL News that the 2000 Suzuki VZ800Y Marauder was stolen on Thursday between 11:11 p.m. and 11:43 p.m. from the 100 block of N. 7th St. The 37-year-old male victim from ...

4 years ago
Monday, Sept. 7, is Labor Day. This means a three-day weekend for students, faculty and staff as K-State campuses are closed until Tuesday.   This extended weekend, K-State and local health departments are encouraging the Wildcat family to stay in Manhattan, Salina or Johnson County rather than travel to visit friends and loved ones.   Positive COVID-19 cases are steadily increasing ...

4 years ago
UPDATE: A car, which was stolen from a rural Salina residence earlier this week, is found in New Mexico. Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News a stolen 2004 Buick Lesabre that belongs to a Solomon woman, was found in Albuquerque, N.M. on Wednesday night. At 8:45 p.m. Wednesday, Albuquerque Police located the vehicle behind a ...

4 years ago
An Ellsworth man has been sentenced to more than 40 years in prison for convictions on four child sex-crime related charges. According to Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt, 59-year-old Karl Van Nice was sentenced on two counts of rape, one count of aggravated indecent liberties with a child and one count of aggravated sexual battery. Van Nice ...

4 years ago
State health officials say more than one thousand university students and staff at the two largest schools on Kansas have tested positive for COVID-19 so far this summer. A campus spokesman in Manhattan says that Kansas State has reported 479 cases of the virus so far this semester after testing more than 3,300. In Lawrence, officials said ...

4 years ago
The FBI is asking for the public’s assistance to identify potential victims of Kansas high school basketball coach Jeffrey Pierce. According to the agency, the high school basketball coach at Seaman High School in Topeka has been charged with sexually exploiting minors. Using social networking platforms, Pierce would contact his victims while pretending to be a female ...

4 years ago
The preliminary findings by Kansas State University during a necropsy on Luka, one of three cubs born at Rolling Hills Zoo, found that Luka suffered from subaortic stenosis, a serious condition that obstructed the flow of blood from his heart’s left ventricle. According to the zoo, this serious condition was likely congenital and may have been ...