7 years ago
The Saline County Commission has scheduled a town hall meeting where the public can learn about issues at the jail and will be given an opportunity to comment. The event is Tuesday at 6:00 PM in Room 107 of the City/County Building. According to the county, the town hall is to provide information on data analysis ...

7 years ago
Salina USD 305 is accepting applications for new equity council at-large members. At least six new members will be welcomed. The Council, made up of community members, staff and students, is accepting applications for approximately six at-large positions*. Interested community members are encouraged to apply before the deadline of May 6, 2019. Members of the Equity Council ...

7 years ago
A vulture is blamed for causing a fatal motorcycle crash. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, a motorcycle was headed southeast on a rural road in Barber County. A vulture came out of the north ditch and struck the driver in the head. The motorcycle then went off the road into the north ditch, struck a barbwire ...

7 years ago
A zookeeper is recovering after being attacked by a tiger at a Kansas zoo. The incident happened at the  Topeka Zoo.  Officials say the keeper suffered lacerations and puncture wounds to her head, neck and arm on Saturday morning. Zoo officials say the keeper and Sanjiv the Sumatran tiger were both in the outdoor enclosure at the ...

7 years ago
On Monday Smoky Hill Construction will be closing North Santa Fe Avenue from Iron Avenue to Ash Street. Northbound traffic on Santa Fe from Walnut Ave to Ash St will be detoured east on Walnut, north on 5th Street to Ash Street and then west to return to Santa Fe Ave. Southbound traffic on N. ...

7 years ago
During the 2015 orientation of the Saline County Commissioners to the Sheriff’s Office/Jail, commissioners received statistics that counted the jail’s inmates by whether they resided in Salina, Saline County, nearby counties, Kansas and elsewhere.  I remember greater than 20+% of inmates were from “elsewhere”. The May 2018 Data Analysis of Saline County, used by a consultant ...

7 years ago
The 2019 Salina Poetry Series will feature its fourth poet, Meghann Plunkett. According to the library, Plunkett is a poet, coder and dog enthusiast. She was named a Best New Poet of 2018 and was the winner of the 2017 Missouri Review’s Editors’ Prize and the 2017 Third Coast Poetry Prize. She has also been anthologized ...

7 years ago
A statewide healthy food conference will be held in Salina this week. The Saline County Healthy Foods Conference is Thursday. Organizers say a renowned health expert will be one of the highlights of the event. Dr. Will Bulsiewicz will be in attendance. Dr. Bulsiewica is a motivational speaker, blogger, and microbiome specialist.  Dr. Bulsiewicz is a ...

7 years ago
Space is still available for six unique summer theater workshops for northwest Kansas teens. Sponsored by the Dane G. Hansen Foundation, Lovewell Institute for the Creative Arts is returning to Kansas. After a successful debut with four workshops in 2018, this summer, the Hansen Foundation is expanding the program to offer six, week-long musical theatre workshops ...

7 years ago
The Higher Learning Commission has approved Salina Area Technical College’s plan to offer an Associate of Applied Science in Nursing program beginning this fall. The program was approved by the Kansas State Board of Nursing and the Kansas Board of Regents this past September. This is the second new nursing program started at Salina Tech in the ...

7 years ago
A small explosion at Exide Technologies early Friday morning injured a female employee. Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that a 48-year-old woman was cleaning in an area of the production plant that was on break. Deputies say just before 6am a torch in a controller box may have ignited a small explosion and injured ...