5 years ago
In the State of Kansas, 263 people have been hospitalized due to COVID-19, with 42 virus related deaths. That's according to the Kansas Department of Health & Environment as they released the official numbers at 11 a.m. Thursday. The KDHE says that 1,106 people have contracted the virus across 57 Kansas counties, including eight cases locally in ...

5 years ago
All learning in the USD 305 school district moves online beginning this Tuesday. High school students have already  started an online curriculum, while students in grades K-8 have been learning though the use of packets. In a message sent to parents Superintendent Linn Exline said all K-12 instruction will be online using Google Classroom beginning Tuesday. All ...

5 years ago
Two search warrants executed at a couple of Salina homes net 6 arrests and 5 handguns confiscated in connection to a drug related robbery. Officers descended on a house at 844 Sheridan and apartment at 2130 E. Crawford on Wednesday. Lt. Jeremiah Hayes with the Saline County Sheriff's Office tells KSAL News that after a 45-day ...

5 years ago
The Barton County Sheriff's Office is searching for a suspect who they say should be considered armed and dangerous. According to the agency, they are seeking the public’s help in locating a wanted person. Law enforcement is looking for 33-year-old Andrew Taylor. Taylor is a white male, 5’10” tall, and weighs 225 pounds. He is wanted on ...

5 years ago
Police are looking for a thief after numerous power tools were stolen from a Salina worksite. According to Captain Paul Forrester, on Wednesday a construction crew from Alvarez Handyman returned to a home they are renovating in the 300 block of S. Oakdale and discovered the back door had been damaged. Police say a table saw, an ...

5 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a residential burglary after a high-end bike was stolen from a garage. Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that sometime between 6pm Tuesday and 7:30am Wednesday morning, someone entered a garage in the 800 block of Highland and stole a Trek EX 8 mountain bicycle valued at $1,700. The owner told police he ...

5 years ago
Kansas Governor Laura Kelly's executive order limiting the number of people at religious gatherings is overturned. The Kansas Legislative Coordinating Council overturned the order yesterday, just one day after it was issued in an effort to slow the spread of COVID-19. Kelly's order limited church and other religious gatherings to groups of ten people or less. A statewide ...

5 years ago
A Salina man has spent the last week helping at the COVID-19 hotspot in America, New York City. Richard Holmgren, known to many for his traveling "Flying Debris" juggling and comedy show, is driving a bus in the Big Apple, working 12-hour shifts transporting doctors and nurses from hospitals to hotels. Holmgren tells KSAL News that driving ...

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An eighth COVID-19 case has been confirmed in Saline County. According to the  Saline County Health Department, they has been notified of one additional positive COVID-19 case in a Saline County resident.This case is a male in his 60s with known contacts to a positive case. Governor Laura Kelly reported a total of 1046 cases in Kansas ...

5 years ago
Statewide COVID-19 cases have topped 1,000 in the State of Kansas. The Kansas Department of Health & Environment says that as of 2 p.m. Wednesday, there are now 1,046 Kansans who tested positive for the virus with now 38 deaths. As of 2 p.m. Wednesday, Saline County remains at seven positive cases of COVID-19 with one death. ...

5 years ago
An assisted living retirement facility in Salina has come up with a unique idea to bring some hope and joy to its residents who are quarantined inside and are unable to see their families and friends right now. The Brookdale Salina Fairdale location at 2251 E. Crawford has established what they are calling "Inspiration Island" outside ...