5 years ago
Police are looking for a man who allegedly made a threat inside a Salina store. It is this week's Salina Crime Stoppers crime of the week. According to Salina Police, On April 10th they received a report of a criminal threat at the Dollar General ar 654 S. Broadway. The threat was spoken at 4:52 PM, ...

5 years ago
Schools across the country have been choosing an evening to turn on their stadium lights to honor graduating seniors. They have been turning on lights at 8:20 for 20 minutes as a way to honor the graduating seniors. 8:20 PM in military time is 20:20. The lights are turned on at 20:20 for 20 minutes to ...

5 years ago
On the same day Kansas health officials were reporting the biggest single-day increase in positive coronavirus cases in the state hundreds of Kansas residents rallied in Topeka to protest the state's stay-at-home order. The group, which included among others business owners and idled workers, carried signs and chanted on and around the lawns of the State ...

5 years ago
On the second day in a row where the state of Kansas saw its biggest single-day increase of confirmed COVID-19 cases there were no new confirmed cases in Saline County. According to the Saline County Health Department,  Saline County is holding steady with 17 confirmed cases of the virus. There also have been two COVID-19 related ...

5 years ago
Kansas Secretary of Labor Delía García today joined Gov. Laura Kelly in announcing that Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC), which provides an additional $600 weekly payment for unemployment insurance claimants, went live starting today. FPUC is part of the federal CARES Act, which is focused on expanding unemployment benefits in the wake of the COVID-19 ...

5 years ago
The Department for Children and Families along with its community partners is distributing food to Kansans as part of the disaster household distribution program. The program is triggered when a national emergency is declared. The program provides a variety of canned meats, vegetables, fruits, rice, dried beans, peanut butter and in some cases frozen meats and ...

5 years ago
As the 2019/2020 school year winds down , USD 305 Superintendent Linn Exline is gathering ideas from staff and preparing an arsenal of solutions for teachers next year. "We want to be ready no matter what the landscape looks like at that point when August comes," she said. [audio mp3="https://www.ksal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Linn-2.mp3"][/audio]   USD 305 and school districts around the state ...

5 years ago
Kansas saw for the second day in-a-row its largest rise in new infections of COVID-19 from Wednesday to Thursday. The Kansas Department of Health & Environment says that 271 Kansans tested positive for the virus over the past 24 hours--the largest daily statewide gain since the pandemic started. As of 9:45 a.m. Thursday, the KDHE says that ...

5 years ago
Kansas Governor Laura Kelly is saying any reopening of non-essential businesses will be a gradual process. Kelly says she is working with local leaders on identifying conditions that will make it possible to reopen. The governor says factors in reopening will include a 14-day decline in new COVID-19 case numbers, testing, hospitalization numbers and the amount of ...

5 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a damage to property and theft case after an enclosed tool trailer was broken into. Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that sometime between Monday and Wednesday, someone broke the locks on a Midwest double axle trailer that was parked in a backyard in the 100 block of S. 11th Street. Once ...

5 years ago
The Salina City Commission approved an alternate staffing plan prepared by city staff to temporarily reduce the schedules of its workforce possibly through the end of the year in an effort to compensate for projected budget shortfalls due to the COVID-19 outbreak and statewide stay-at-home orders. According to the city, the action includes a furlough for ...