5 years ago
The state of Kansas saw the most new cases of COVID-19 in a 24 hour time-frame. The Kansas Department of Health & Environment released the numbers at 9 a.m. Thursday and says that there were 345 new cases of the virus across the state from Wednesday to Thursday. That brings the state's total of new cases ...

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How will businesses and health care facilities adapt and change as the general population returns to a more normal flow of society after COVID-19? Saline County Health Director Jason Tiller tells KSAL News that using what nursing homes have learned from safeguarding residents during the COVID-19 pandemic could play a role. [audio mp3="https://www.ksal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/tiller-1.mp3"][/audio]   Tiller noted some of the ...

5 years ago
A Salina man is under arrest after he allegedly pointed a knife at a victim. Salina Police Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that officers responded to a call of a man with a knife in the 1200 block of W. Crawford St. on Wednesday at 12:50 p.m. A female victim says she witnessed a male subject ...

5 years ago
A staff member at the Kansas Juvenile Correctional Complex has tested positive for COVID-19. According to the Kansas Departmetn of Corrections this is the fourth KDOC facility with a confirmed case, with the first cases reported at the Lansing Correction Facility, Wichita Work Release Facility and Topeka Correctional Facility. The staff member at KJCC is a ...

5 years ago
A Lansing Correctional Facility resident who died on Wednesday had tested positive for COVID-19. According to the Kansas Department of Corrections, the resident was a male over the age of 60 with underlying medical conditions who tested positive for the virus on April 25th. He was transferred to KU Medical Center on April 24th. The official ...

5 years ago
Saline County has recorded its 21st confirmed COVID-19 case. According to the Saline County Health Department the latest case involves a male in his 30s with no known close contacts who is isolated at home. Along with 21 confirmed cases, two people have died from COVID-19 related causes in Saline County.  Saline County has tested 425 people ...

5 years ago
Kansas State University President, Richard Myers, announces major financial cutbacks university-wide on Wednesday afternoon. Among the cutbacks include things like a continued hiring freeze, voluntary salary reductions in many high up staff and in the athletic department, and emergency furloughs. "The COVID-19 pandemic has economic implications for our state tax revenues," Myers said. "That means uncertain state ...

5 years ago
A wise man once noted people have one mouth and two ears - so we should naturally listen twice as much as we speak. Glenn Stovall with Wellspring Psychotherapy in Salina makes a habit of listening to children and parents to find a path to healing relationships in the home. Stovall, who is a clinical social worker ...

5 years ago
Hospitalizations and death rates from COVID-19 continue to flatten in the Sunflower State. The Kansas Department of Health & Environment released the latest information at 9 a.m. on Wednesday and says that 125 Kansans have died due to complications with the virus, while 515 people have had to be hospitalized from the disease. Meanwhile, new infections continue ...

5 years ago
There will be no delay in collecting property taxes. According to Saline County Treasures Jim DuBois,  the Kansas Legislature has not extended the due date on the 2019 second half tax payments due May 10th. The 2019 tax statements were mailed in November. DuBois asks citizens to please send the remittance stub from the bottom of the ...

5 years ago
As part of an effort to make COVID-19 tests available in areas not being served, multiple mobile COVID-19 testing sites are coming to Kansas counties that don’t have access to testing. According to Walmart, mobile units will travel to the counties of Butler, Reno, Rooks, Scott, and Saline on a rotating basis each week to test ...