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 ...

5 years ago
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic currently impacting all states, including Kansas, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment and the Kansas Department of Agriculture strongly encourage all land owners and managers to voluntarily reduce the number of acres that they intend to burn this spring. “With the potential for this pandemic overwhelming the state’s medical ...

5 years ago
Salina Police are looking for a man who waved a gun at another driver - then followed him to his house. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that a 32-year-old Salina man was driving southbound on Broadway Wednesday just before 5pm when a red, Dodge 1500 Ram pickup with a push mower in back pulled ...

5 years ago
The state of Kansas will spend millions of dollars to help slow the spread of the coronavirus. Governor Laura Kelly signed the state's budget for fiscal year 2020-2021 yesterday. The state budget includes 65-million-dollars in spending to fight the pandemic. Kelly also urged lawmakers to show budget restraint when they return to Topeka for the wrap-up session next ...

5 years ago
The Salina Police Department is modifying its evidence release police. According to the agency, the Coronavirus pandemic is changing the way local, state and federal law enforcement agencies respond to standard procedures for releasing property to citizens. Typically, citizens walk into the lobby and request to speak with evidence personnel to make arrangements to collect property (found ...

5 years ago
The Salina area is among other areas of Kansas receiving funding to combat the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran  announced $1.9 million in Health and Human Services (HHS) grants to support Kansas clinics, community centers and the Kansas Department of Health and Environment  to help in the fighting the spread of the ...