5 years ago
Another victim of the mass shooting at an El Paso Walmart last August has died. Guillermo "Memo" Garcia had been in the ICU since being shot multiple times in the Walmart parking lot on August 3rd. Guillermo "Memo" Garcia and Jessica Coca Garcia, formerly of Salina, were at the Walmart in El Paso, Texas, fundraising for their ...

5 years ago
Saline County is holding steady with 19 confirmed COVID-19 cases. According to the Saline County Health Department, they do not have any new cases to report on Sunday. Saline County has 19 confirmed cases of the virus, and two people have died from COVID-19 related causes. Other are counties report the following: McPherson County 20 cases Ottawa County ...

5 years ago
Researchers from Kansas State University are doing their part to help discover a treatment for COVID-19 through a second licensing agreement with Cocrystal Pharma. The new agreement with Cocrystal grants the use of two patented series of protease inhibitors developed by Kyeong-Ok "KC" Chang and Yunjeong Kim, virologists in the K-State College of Veterinary Medicine. Collaborators include ...

5 years ago
What thoughts does the term community engender? The term is used a great deal at KWU, but for two individuals with KWU ties, it has come to mean even more during this time of the COVID-19 pandemic. Helen Keller once said, "Alone, we can do so little; together, we can do so much,” and KWU ...

5 years ago
Salina USD 305 is looking for at least four new members to their equity council. According to the district, the council is made up of community members, staff, and students.  The USD 305 Equity Council was formed in the spring of 2018. At monthly meetings they review data, information and feedback in order to identify challenging ...

5 years ago
Kansas  Governor Laura Kelly says her administration has reached an agreement with the two churches who filed a lawsuit over limiting religious gatherings. “My highest priority has been, and will continue to be, keeping Kansans safe during this pandemic,” Kelly said. “While I am confident that we have the law on our side, the agreement with these ...

5 years ago
Saline County has confirmed another COVID-19 case According to the Saline County Health Department the case is a female in her 20s with a known close contact who is isolated at home. This is the 19th COVID-19 case in Saline County. There also have been two COVID-19 related deaths. At 11 am the state reported the following in ...

5 years ago
When tough times hit, many Kansans don’t need to look very far for a little help. That’s the basis of a publication now available from K-State Research and Extension, titled When Your Income Drops: Community and Family Resources. “Family and community can be sources of supply, support and aid,” said Debra Wood, a family resource management agent with ...

5 years ago
A Salina exterminator is changing the focus of his business from protecting against things like bed bugs to instead protecting against COVID-19. Brian Metzger, owner of GP Home Defense, says his operations have all but shut down. He realized he was in a position to do something about the current situation, specifically, the lack of personal ...

5 years ago
Friday night lights lit up the sky in Salina. The community  joined other cities across the country by turning on their stadium lights to honor graduating seniors in the class of 2020. The lights at Salina Stadium came on at 8:20 Friday night, and stayed on for 20 minutes, to honor graduating 2020 Seniors from both ...

5 years ago
An 18th COVID-19 case has been confirmed in Saline County and a list of locations where the patient visited while possibly contagious has been released. According to the Saline County Health Department, the new case involves a female in her 30s who is associated with an already identified cluster of cases in Wichita. She is currently ...