5 years ago
An argument between acquaintances in Salina leads to the crash of stolen vehicle and the arrest of a Manhattan man. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL that a 43-year-old Salina woman contacted authorities on Saturday morning after a man that had been staying in her home drove away in her 2008 Dodge Caliber without permission. The woman ...

5 years ago
An Amber Alert which was extended into Kansas has been cancelled. The Nebraska Highway Patrol says the missing boys are safe and the suspect has been apprehended in Kansas. _ _ _ ORIGINAL: The abduction of two children in Nebraska has prompted a Kansas Amber Alert. According to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, Nebraska authorities say two children ...

5 years ago
Special disaster food distributions are planned in a dozen area communities this week. The state of Kansas has initiated a disaster food distribution for families experiencing food insecurity due to the COVID-19 pandemic.  This is directed toward those who have lost their jobs, or otherwise are impacted. The following items will be distributed: Canned Beef Stew Canned ...

5 years ago
For the third day in a row Saline County has gone with no new positive COVID-19 cases. According to the Saline County Health Department, they don't have any additional positive cases of COVID-19 for Friday, Saturday, or Sunday. Saline County is holding steady with 15 confirmed cases, and two COVID-19 related deaths. The Kansas Department of Health and ...

5 years ago
Kansas’ students will receive supplemental education content via television thanks to an alliance between the Kansas State Department of Education, the Continuous Learning Task Force and the Kansas Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), including KPTS in Wichita; KTWU in Topeka; KCPT in Kansas City; and Smoky Hills PBS in Bunker Hill. The new partnership is called Continuous ...

5 years ago
The U.S. District Court issued a temporary restraining order Saturday night which prohibits enforcement of Governor Kelly’s Executive Orders against churches which sued. The orders restrict religious gatherings to 10 or fewer people. The court’s temporary order noted that, given the gravity of the issues involved, the order only applies to the two plaintiffs to the lawsuit. ...

5 years ago
The Salina Education Foundation is under new leadership. According to the organization,  Michael Chambers is their new executive director. Chambers, who grew up in Lindsborg and graduated from Bethany College, has lived and worked in Salina for the past 25 year. Most recently he served as the Executive Director of the Salina Emergency Aid Food Bank. The ...

5 years ago
Saline County has gone a couple of days with no new positive COVID-19 cases. According to the Saline County Health Department, they don't have any additional positive cases of COVID-19 for Friday, or Saturday. Saline County has 15 confirmed cases, and two COVID-19 related deaths. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment reports statewide a total of 1,790 ...

5 years ago
A long-time voice on Salina radio signed off for the final time Friday evening. KSAL's Clarke Sanders, whose radio career has spanned nearly four decades, is stepping away from the microphone full-time. He announced to his audience he is semi-retiring. Sanders will no longer be the full-time host of "Friendly Fire" or "The Clarke Sanders Show". Sanders's ...

5 years ago
Area health care organizations are getting custom-made face shields and cloth face masks to help prevent the spread of COVID-19, courtesy of Kansas State University. College of Architecture, Planning & Design students are 3D-printing face shields, while the Department of Interior Design and Fashion Studies in the College of Health and Human Sciences has teamed up ...

5 years ago
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly and DCF Secretary Laura Howard today announced efforts to support parents and childcare providers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The “Hero Relief Program” expands DCF’s child care assistance subsidies for families and provides financial support directly to child care providers. The new program specifically targets health care workers, first responders and other ...