5 years ago
The April list of Salina’s Most Wanted is online. The first weekend of each month a new list of Salina’s Most Wanted is released. Over a dozen people on the March list of Salina's Most Wanted were caught. Since the Most Wanted program began back in July of 2000, thanks to tips from the public, 3,237 criminals have ...

5 years ago
Hobby Lobby is temporarily closing all of its stores across the country. The company announced Friday afternoon that all of their locations would close at 8:00. The company said they would furlough nearly all store employees effective Friday. Hobby Lobby will maintain medical, dental, life, and long-term disability benefits for furloughed employees through at least May 1. The ...

5 years ago
More than fifty senior students from the University of Kansas School of Medicine have asked to graduate early to participate in the Kansas Pandemic Volunteer Health Care Workforce, a program that will deploy them throughout Kansas as part of the state's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This program will allow them to serve in areas of ...

5 years ago
Management at Carrico Implement, located in Beloit, Ellsworth and Hays have announced a plan to temporarily restrict access to all facilities effective Friday, April 3, 2020. From a Carrico media release: With the progression of the COVID-19 virus into our region, we have made the decision to temporarily restrict access to all facilities effective Friday, April ...

5 years ago
There are now over 600 cases of COVID-19 Coronavirus in Kansas. The Kansas Department of Health & Environment released its latest numbers from the pandemic at 11 a.m. Friday. The KDHE says that there are 620 positive tests of COVID-19 in the state, while the death toll continues to rise, now at 17 in Kansas. Of the ...

5 years ago
Salina Police are looking for a thief who removed a portable toilet off a trailer - then hitched it up and drove away. According to Police Captain Paul Forrester, sometime between 11am Tuesday and 3:45pm Wednesday, someone hooked up a trailer owned by Salina Septic Service that was parked at a worksite near the airport ...

5 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a business burglary after an early morning break-in at a high-end bicycle shop. Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that video surveillance from Friday morning shows two suspects stealing three bicycles from Bike Tek located at 660 S. Ohio. Police say around 1:40am, suspects tried to enter the store through a set of ...

5 years ago
Police in Kansas City have arrested a man believed to be the suspect in the beating of Salina store owner after a Wednesday afternoon robbery. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that the 29-year-old suspect attacked Wayne DeBey in the garage at the Flower Nook located at 208 E. Iron on Wednesday afternoon around 3pm. Captain ...

5 years ago
Due to evidence of community transmission within Saline County, Salina Regional Health Center has announced it will go to a “no visitor policy” effective Monday, April 6th. For most patients, that will mean no visitors are allowed. Exceptions to this include: 1 caregiver for patients younger than 18. (Caregiver will accompany that patient and remain in ...

5 years ago
A man who stopped to help at a crash scene along Interstate 135 near the McPherson County community of Moundridge was killed when his vehicle was hit. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 56-year old Jeffrey Killgore of Eldorado stopped on the right hand shoulder of the road to assist a non-injured driver that had struck ...

5 years ago
With the COVID-19 Coronavirus spreading across Kansas, including four cases in Saline County, local officials have launched an online form for individuals to submit complaints to the Health Department regarding alleged violations to the Statewide Stay-at-Home order. https://www.saline.org/Coronavirus/Coronavirus-Complaint-Form The health department says it has always been their intention to ensure that businesses and individuals are voluntarily complying ...