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 ...

5 years ago
There is an increasing number of officer impersonation reports across Kansas. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation, Kansas Highway Patrol , and local law enforcement agencies around the state have experienced an increase in reports of law enforcement impersonators stopping Kansas travelers. In the past several weeks, the KBI has identified approximately 10 reports of suspected law enforcement ...

5 years ago
In support of its students and with their feedback, Kansas Wesleyan announced Friday that it will move its annual spring commencement ceremony to Saturday, August 15. The university had previously announced that the May 9 ceremony would not take place as scheduled, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. After consulting with several groups, including the 2020 senior class, ...

5 years ago
The Greater Salina Community Foundation recently awarded over $18,000 to 12 charitable projects and organizations in Saline County. Recipients will be recognized on Wednesday through a virtual #CovidCantStopGood grant tour on the community foundation’s Facebook page. The following organizations received funding: The CASTLE Project, $3,275.97 to purchase STEM learning materials and pay the STEM teacher for the ...

5 years ago
Saline County has gone two days without a new confirmed COVID-19 case.  According to the Saline County Health Department there has not been a new case since the 8th case in Salina was confirmed on Wednesday. Here is Friday's Saline County update: We do not have any additional confirmed cases of COVID-19 to report for Saline County ...

5 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's help in solving a recent theft. The crime is this week's Salina Crime Stoppers crime of the week. According to the sheriff's office, on Thursday of this week they responded to the A&A Towing storage lot at 1334 N Ohio St #A in rural Saline County ...