7 hours ago
In 2025, five Run Salina Series races broke their registration records and the sixth race had its second highest registration total ever. Highlights included the Salina Crossroads Marathon having a record 5,416 registered participants and the Fe for a Cure with 1,214. Organizers say In 2026, the Run Salina Series will be expanding to seven races ...

7 hours ago
A bomb threat at a Salina business prompted the arrest of a Missouri man. Thursday afternoon at 4:00, Salina Police Department dispatch received a call from a subject identified as 33-year-old Brandon Skaggs from DeSoto, Missouri, reporting a bomb was placed at Blue Beacon Truck Wash, at 2303 N 9th Street. The business was contacted and alerted ...

7 hours ago
A thief made off with a vehicle in Salina late Thursday afternoon. According to Salina Police, at about 5:00 PM, a 31-year-old female reported her tan 2008 Chevy 1500, 4 door pick up, bearing KS tag 2867AG, was stolen from the 400 block of Purdue. The truck has a South High School sticker on the back window. It ...

11 hours ago
An Easter -weekend event that has been happening in Salina for over two decades will be held on Saturday. The City of Salina invites everyone to come join Salina Parks and Recreation and the Salina Optimist Club for their 23rd annual Community-Wide Easter Egg Hunt. Everyone is invited to hop on over for an egg-citing time. The ...

11 hours ago
A two-vehicle crash on a Southwest Kansas highway killed five people, including three children. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol a Ford Ranger and a Dodge Dakota collided Thursday afternoon on Highway 156.  The crash happened after the Dodge left the road with its passenger tires. The driver  over-corrected and rotated into the Ford with its ...

22 hours ago
Lindsborg's Old Mill & Swedish Heritage Museum will host “Flour Power,” an interactive presentation and demonstration. According to the museum, the event featuring Gene Chávez will take place on April 25th at 1:30 p.m. at 120 E. Mill St. in Lindsborg. Members of the community are invited to attend the free event. The event is part of “Kansas ...

23 hours ago
Saline County Commissioners have formed a new advisory committee which will review proposals from outside agencies and provide recommendations on how the County will spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to benefit nonprofit agencies in the community. According to the County, the committee will evaluate proposals from nonprofit agencies based on the following: Agency mission and ...

1 day ago
The month of March was one of the warmest, and driest in Salina since records have been kept, dating back to 1900. According to the National Weather Service, the average temperature in Salina was 54.8 degrees, up 7.4 degrees from normal. It is tied for the 6th warmest March ever. The agency says Salina received .08 inches ...

1 day ago
A Salina woman avoided becoming a scam victim when she had second thoughts after withdrawing $18,000 from her bank. According to Salina Police, the 77-year-old was communicating with someone claiming to be from Microsoft. after being convinced her computer was infected, she gave the person remote access to her computer. She was told she needed to send ...

1 day ago
A Salina woman was scammed out of $1,300 while trying to rent a home she found using social media. According to Salina Police, a 20-year-old female who was looking for a rental found one of interest on Facebook. She called a contact number, which was not a local area code, listed on a post which had ...

1 day ago
A Salina man was arrested after allegedly using a bicycle chain as a weapon. According to Salina Police, at noon on Wednesday officers responded to a home in the 100 block of North Kansas to the report of a physical disturbance. Contact was made with a 31-year-old male from Wichita, who had shown up at the location ...