8 years ago
A team of four high school seniors in Salina Area Technical College’s welding program brought home the first-place plaque from North Central Kansas Technical College’s annual Gas Metal Arc Welding competition in Beloit. The competition attracted teams from 29 schools across the state, including teams from Topeka, Louisburg and Arkansas City. This is the third consecutive year ...

8 years ago
A case involving a skimmer on a gas pump is this week's Salina Crime Stoppers Crime of the Week. On Monday, February 26th Salina Police were sent to Rod’s Gas Station, 1717 W. Crawford in Salina. It was determined during a routine inspection, one of the gas pumps had an internal credit card skimmer installed in the ...

8 years ago
Daylight saving time begins this weekend. Most of the nation will spring forward, turning clocks ahead by one hour. But that means losing an hour of precious sleep. Experts at Vanderbilt University say you can get through the time change without becoming a zombie. First, try going to bed 15 minutes earlier tonight and Saturday night. And though it ...

8 years ago
A group of Kansas college students are seeking to protect higher education funding from potential cuts by the Kansas Legislature in connection the ongoing K-12 education funding lawsuit. The Kansas Board of Regents’ Students’ Advisory Committee, which is made up of student body presidents from the 6 regents universities, has filed an application to submit a ...

8 years ago
A head-on collision on a McPherson County highway killed two people late Thursday night. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 57-year-old Timothy Kersten of Hillsboro was driving a 1994 Ford truck headed east on U.S. 56 Highway. For an unknown reason he crossed the center lane into the path of a 2001 Honda SUV which was ...

8 years ago
Officials at Kanopolis Lake are looking for vandals who defaced Native American petroglyphs which date back to the 1800s. According to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, they recently discovered vandalism to an ancient petroglyph, and are seeking information from the public. Petroglyphs are images and designs made by engraving, carving or scratching away the dark layer ...

8 years ago
Multiple federal, state, and local government agencies, along with other non-government organizations and private business and industry gathered in Salina to participate in a a large-scale emergency preparedness exercise on Thursday. The "Silver Jackets" table top exercise was held at the Webster Conference Center. The purpose of the program was to bring technical expertise to the ...

8 years ago
Kansas Senator Pat Roberts says that President Trump’s 25 percent tariff on steel and a 10 percent tariff on aluminum are not good news. “This proposal is not a tariff on steel and aluminum imports; it is a tax on consumers,” said Roberts. “As we have seen in past cases of increased tariffs, higher manufacturing costs ...

8 years ago
A Salina man was taken into custody early Thursday in connection to a drug case that dates back to April of 2017. Police arrested 46-year-old Troy Skilling in his room at the Village Inn, located at 453 S. Broadway on a warrant for possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute. Police requested the warrant after Skilling allegedly ...

8 years ago
Jazz saxophonist, flutist, author and clinician Joseph Vincelli will be in Salina Monday, March 12 through Wednesday, March 14 for the Arts Infusion Program through Salina Arts & Humanities. He and his professional-artist teaching staff will provide arts integration sessions on music and mathematics for USD 305 students, third through fifth grades. While in town, ...

8 years ago
The decision to rent or buy a home can be a challenging one for anyone looking to move. A study from SmartAsset, a financial technology company, makes it easier by determining which markets are the best for buyers. Dickinson County ranked among the best places to own in Kansas in SmartAsset's study, which compares average rent ...