5 years ago
Kurt Carraway has been named department head of the unmanned aircraft systems flight and operations program at Kansas State University Polytechnic Campus. Currently the UAS executive director at the Applied Aviation Research Center at K-State Polytechnic, Carraway is expanding his leadership role to include overseeing the undergraduate degree option. With expertise in flight training, flight operations, ...

5 years ago
District Magistrate Judge Mary Thrower will retire August 14 after serving 14 years in the 28th Judicial District. Thrower manages the juvenile offender and child in need of care dockets in the 28th Judicial District, which is composed of Ottawa and Saline counties. "These are some of the most trying cases, no doubt," she said. "We are ...

5 years ago
The Saline County Health Department is warning of a possible COVID-19 exposure at a recent soccer game. According to the agency, on June 22nd a soccer game took place in Sunset Park. At least one symptomatic person participated in that game and potentially exposed others to COVID-19. This game took place between 7:30 - 9:30 PM. This was not an ...

5 years ago
Salina Area United Way has granted out the remainder of its COVID-19 Relief Fund to community partners providing direct services to those affected by coronavirus. According to the agency, the following grants were awarded: Volunteers of America (Salina, KS) - $5,000 to purchase 73 essential food baskets with cleaning supplies for senior living in low-income housing ...

5 years ago
COVID-19 continues to spike in Saline County. The Saline County Health Department reports 21 new cases. According to the agency, there are 21 new positive COVID-19 cases in Saline County that have been identified since Wednesday. The total for the county is now 98, with 60 cases that are actively being monitored by the Health Department. All of ...

5 years ago
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment, along with local public health, is encouraging people who are attending sporting tournaments to please exercise appropriate prevention measures for COVID-19 as clusters are beginning to develop and potential exposures have occurred.    “Sports settings by their very nature may pose a higher risk for spread of COVID-19,” said Dr. ...

5 years ago
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment wants to alert Kansans to a potential air quality impact from Saharan dust. Steps to protect your health on days when particulate matter is present in your community include: Healthy people should limit or avoid strenuous outdoor exercise. People with respiratory or heart related illness should remain indoors. Help ...

5 years ago
New COVID-19 cases as well as hospitalizations and deaths rise over the past week in Kansas. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment's latest information from 9:30 a.m. Friday say that 13,538 Kansans have contracted COVID-19. Also, 1,128 people have been hospitalized with 264 deaths statewide. The rise in new cases around the state is over 1,500 ...

5 years ago
Detectives with the Salina Police Department arrest a subject during an investigation at a Salina storage facility. Salina Police Detective Sgt. David Villanueva tells KSAL News that SPD detectives were down at Storage Mart, 1540 W. Schilling, at 10 a.m. Thursday investigating recent break-ins at the facility. Several individuals were going through several different vehicles when authorities ...

5 years ago
Saline County law enforcement respond to a fire south of Salina and are investigating a burglary west of town in unrelated incidents. At 1:46 p.m. Thursday, the Saline County Sheriff's Office was called to a field on fire in the 9600 block of S. Burma Rd. A 77-year-old Lindsborg farmer driving a combine had just started ...

5 years ago
Two residents from Ind. are arrested after leading Saline County Sheriff's deputies on a high speed pursuit early Friday morning. Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that a deputy noticed a 2020 Dodge Charger with no tag in the 500 block of N. 9th St. at 2:49 a.m. Friday. The deputy attempted to pull over ...