7 years ago
OCCK, Inc. Transportation, including Salina CityGo, will be offering free rides and extended hours to patrons of the Smoky Hill River Festival. Any passengers with a River Festival button, that ride CityGo or Paratransit vehicles, will be allowed to ride for free on Thursday though Saturday of this week. CityGo passengers must show the drivers their buttons ...

7 years ago
Local nonprofit Soul Bloom has hired Brady Stephenson as an intern through Kansas State’s Research and Extension, funded by the Dane G. Hansen Foundation Summer Internship Initiative. According to Soul Bloom, Stephenson will assist with the development of a new nonprofit program called, Soul Bloom Lending. This lending program will help individuals and families that are ...

7 years ago
Wednesday is another quiet day in Oakdale Park--mostly. With the exception machinery and hammering around the park, Wednesday is the last day of quiet before thousands of people from around the county, state and even some areas of around the country descend upon Salina for another edition of the Smoky Hill River Festival on Thursday night. 2019 ...

7 years ago
A Wichita aviation company is adding hundreds of new positions. Textron Aviation says it has more than 500 open positions in Wichita ranging from accountants to machinists. Textron officials say the company hired one-thousand new employees in 2018 and they will hire about the same amount this year. The company will hold interviews at Wichita's Ambassador Hotel today ...

7 years ago
A 2012 Canton-Galva graduate and Galva, Kansas, native is participating in a rigorous training process that transforms officers into U.S. naval aviators. Ensign Alyson Bressie-Donelson is a student pilot serving with Training Air Wing 4 at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, Texas. Training Air Wing 4 oversees primary flight training in T-6B Texan II aircraft and ...

7 years ago
The Salina USD 305 Equity Council has identified its first goal. According to the district,based on their work this school year, the Equity Council will be focusing on school culture during the 2019-2020 school year. At the June 11 Board of Education meeting Superintendent Dr. James Hardy presented the Council’s recommended goal. It is: Foster a purposeful, supportive ...

7 years ago
No one was hurt when a semi side-swiped a school bus with 2 adults and 13 students onboard it south of Salina. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, a 2008 Blue Bird School Bus transporting students from USD 418-McPherson and a 1998 Peterbilt Semi were both headed south. As the school bus was passing the semi, ...

7 years ago
Bel Aire police are investigating an animal hoarding situation. Animal Control officers responded to a home yesterday and removed dozens of dogs, cats, turtles, chickens, rats and raccoons. Police say some of the animals were healthy, while other pets had died. Most of the animals were cats, and they were taken to a shelter for evaluation.

7 years ago
As a small group of zoo employees and curious zoo visitors looked on, two -thirds of the new lion pride at Rolling Hills Zoo were for the first time released out into the yard of their enclosure and can now be viewed by the public. The pride of three lions arrived at the zoo last week. ...

7 years ago
Investigators are looking for a camper trailer that was stolen off the street in central Salina. According to Police Captain Paul Forrester, a red, 2015 Jayco Camper was hooked up and stolen from the 100 block of S. 4th Street. The owner told officers the camper, which is valued at $12,000, was stolen sometime between May 22 ...

7 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a residential burglary after a gun was stolen from a couple's bedroom. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that sometime between noon and 3:15pm on Monday, someone entered a home in the 200 block of N. Columbia and walked out with a Springfield 1911 .45 ACP pistol. Police say a 48-year-old woman ...