5 years ago
The total amount of Kansans testing positive for COVID-19 Coronavirus is now over 200. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment released its latest numbers at 8 a.m. Friday. There's now 204 positive tests of COVID-19 in Kansas and four deaths. Of the 204 cases, 107 are male, 97 are female, while the age range is from ...

5 years ago
An early morning injury accident sends a Salina woman to the hospital. According to Police Captain Paul Forrester, around 2:40am Friday 34-year-old Tyra Snider was driving a 2010 Mustang southbound on Dover Circle. For an unknown reason, she failed to stop at a posted stop sign, jumped the curb and hit the fuel pump at the ...

5 years ago
A Salina man just released from the Saline County Jail, damages city property for a quick ticket back to a cell. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that on Thursday afternoon 56-year-old Ricky Hall was standing on the curb just north of the police station at 255 N. 10th Street. As an officer approached the ...

5 years ago
Salina Police are asking for the public's help in identifying a couple of people who were caught on camera using counterfeit money. The crime is this week's Salina Crime Stoppers crime of the week. On March 15th police responded to the 24/7 Travel Store at 2230 N. 9th Street regarding two subjects who had passed counterfeit ...

5 years ago
Confirmed COVID-19 Coronavirus cases are beginning to appear in Central Kansas. Cases have now been confirmed in McPherson and Ottawa Counties. According to the McPherson County Health Department the patient in their county is a woman over the age of 70 who recently traveled on a cruise ship. The patient is recovering in isolation at home. The ...

5 years ago
Saline County and Salina residents are not being ordered to shelter in place yet, but they are being urged to stay home. According to the Saline County Health Department, they want the citizens to be vigilant in staying home and away from public places to avoid having to impose formal restrictions on movement. The Saline County ...

5 years ago
Due to COVID-19 and in keeping with best practices for the continued health of the community, all playgrounds and picnic shelters operated by the City of Salina are being closed beginning Friday. They will remain closed until further notice. Playgrounds and picnic shelters affected by this closure are: Bill Burke Park Centennial Park Country Club Park East ...

5 years ago
Some campgrounds and beaches at some Kansas lakes are closing. According to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, to protect against the further spread of the Coronavirus all of their managed campgrounds have begun an orderly shutdown and will be closed indefinitely. The Corps of Engineers has campgrounds in Kansas at Kanopolis, Milford, Tuttle Creek, and Wilson among ...

5 years ago
Volunteers from the Kansas Civil Air Patrol have been busy, racing against the clock delivering lab specimens. According to the agency, the Kansas Division of Emergency Management has requested additional resources from Civil Air Patrol’s Kansas Wing to perform critical lab specimen transport, as part of the agency’s integrated and rapid response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The ...

5 years ago
There are now 170 confirmed positive tests of COVID-19 Coronavirus in Kansas. The Kansas Department of Health & Environment released its latest numbers Thursday at 11 a.m. As of the latest findings, there still are no confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Saline County or its contiguous counties. However, the eastern portion of the state continues to see ...

5 years ago
Superintendent Linn Exline announced to district families in an email that teaching and learning in USD 305 will resume on Monday, March 30.   Starting March 30, kindergarten through grade 8 students will be using packets for learning. These students will receive a Chromebook soon, but teachers felt strongly that school needed to begin as soon as ...