5 years ago
The COVID-19 pandemic is not only impacting the daily operations of nonprofit organizations, but also their long-term viability. In response to the challenges facing local nonprofits, the Greater Salina Community Foundation has created the COVID-19 Nonprofit Support Grant Program. These grants will help Saline County nonprofits continue their missions by: Supporting unanticipated needs to continue critical ...

5 years ago
No one was injured following a disturbance at a Kansas prison. Officials say between 125 and 150 inmates were involved in a disturbance at the Ellsworth Correctional Facility on Sunday. The incident lasted about two hours. Property damage included security cameras, bulletin boards and trash being thrown from cells in Building Two at the prison. A minimal amount ...

5 years ago
The tenth positive COVID-19 case has been confirmed in Saline County, and the second death. There is also a facility in Salina with an outbreak. According to the Saline County Health Department, the latest case is a female in her 60s associated with a known close contact who is isolated at home. The agency was also notified ...

5 years ago
COVID-19 cases across the state of Kansas grew much slower over the last 24 hours. The Kansas Department of Health & Environment released its most up-to-date numbers as of 10:30 a.m. Monday and says that there are currently 1,376 cases of COVID-19 in the Sunflower State, with 62 related deaths. Meanwhile, out of the positive cases, there ...

5 years ago
Work crews are scheduled this week to begin repairs on one of Salina Regional Airport's runways. According to Airport Authority executive director Tim Rogers, heavy maintenance and repairs will begin Thursday, April 16 on Runway 17/35 and wrap up around May 5th. Work to be accomplished will include an asphalt mill and overly involving the south 800 ...

5 years ago
Salina Police are looking for a thief who broke into a storage unit and drove away in a stolen Ford Mustang. Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that sometime between April 1 and April 11, someone forced a door open on a unit at Salina Mini Storage and stole a silver, 2007 Ford Mustang, with Kansas ...

5 years ago
One of the most influential bands in Christian music history will deliver their biggest hits from their three-decade career at one of the biggest outdoor events in Kansas.  Newsboys will perform at this year’s Kansas State Fair. According to the fair, the Grammy-nominated, platinum-selling group will perform Wednesday, Sept. 16 at the Nex-Tech Wireless Grandstand. Opening ...

5 years ago
Former Kansas Governor Bill Graves has been named a Trustee Emeritus at his alma mater Kansas Wesleyan University. Graves has a long association with KWU, which goes considerably beyond that of most graduates. His great-grandfather, Henry M. Mayo, was the very first graduate of KWU in 1887. His sister, Martha, graduated in 1974 and his father, ...

5 years ago
The Technology Development Institute at the Kansas State University Carl R. Ice College of Engineering has assembled a COVID-19 resource guide and is disseminating this information through the Great Plains Technology and Manufacturing Cluster initiative. The Great Plains TMC is an initiative launched in conjunction with the U.S. Small Business Administration's Regional Innovation Clusters program and ...

5 years ago
The Kansas Supreme Court has unanimously invalidated a legislative committee, and upheld Governor Laura Kelly's order to limit the size of religious and church gatherings. After hearing arguments electronically Saturday morning the high court ruled later Saturday evening. The order, which prohibits mass gatherings of more than 10 people, including church services and funerals, remains in effect. “My ...

5 years ago
A ninth COVID-19 case has been confirmed in Saline County. According to the Saline County Health Department the case is a male in his 50s who is associated with a close contact. Saturday morning KDHE reported a total of 1268 confirmed cases in Kansas and 55 deaths. Saline County has a total of 9 positive cases. Governor Kelly's Statewide ...