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This spring marked another year of one of the most well-known missing person cases in Salina. After over three decades the disappearance of a Salina woman is still a mystery. It's been 33 years since Kathryn Adam was last seen. On April 29th, 1993, 35-year-old Kathryn Adam went missing. Adam was last seen at 4:30 in the ...

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Multiple agencies worked together to find a 76-year-old woman who went missing Saturday night in Wabaunsee County.  According to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, the woman went missing at around 7:15 Saturday night from the 200 block of Grant St. in Alta Vista. She was walking her dog. The dog returned home wet and without the ...

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Have you noticed a chlorine smell in your Salina tap water? To maintain high water quality in the City’s water distribution system and Saline County RWD #3, the Utilities Department will temporarily modify the disinfection process used to treat our drinking water. This is a preventative maintenance process and consists of turning off the ammonia feed ...

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Monday, May 18, 2026, was a day that the Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma had outlined as one to keep an eye on. As the weekend approached, the SPC refined their forecast and narrowed in on the area of concern, from central Kansas up into southwestern Iowa—an area outlined as having the potential for significant tornadoes ...

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One person suffered suspected serious injuries in a crash involving an SUV and a UTV. According to the Ellsworth County Sheriff's Office, first responders were dispatched to a motor vehicle accident on K  140 Highway near 13th Road, west of Ellsworth on Saturday afternoon. The UTV driver was making a left-hand turn into a field entrance when ...

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A woman from Wichita was transported to the hospital in Salina following a crash on the Magnolia Street Overpass. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, a Nissan Murano and a Jeep Compass were stopped at a red light at I 135 and Magnolia. The light turned green, and the Jeep started to go. For an unknown reason ...

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One person was killed in a crash involving a UTV and a lawn mower in northern Kansas. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, a John Deere lawn mower was stationary on the east side of 864 Indian Road in Washington County facing North. A Polaris Ranger side by side was traveling north on Indian Road approaching ...

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The nonprofit behind the "Salina Sharing Fridges" is bringing another resource to the community. According to the Kansas Impact Coalition, they are planning to host a will host a "Community Closet Free Shopping Market". The event will be Saturday, June 27th, from 8am till noon. It will be in the new renovated parking lot at the ...

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A coalition of federal lawmakers from Kansas introduced in the U.S. House this week a bipartisan bill that could offer interest-free loans to rural hospitals “hanging on by a thread.” U.S. Reps. Sharice Davids and Tracey Mann of Kansas and representatives from Alabama, Colorado, Hawaii, Michigan, Oregon and West Virginia co-sponsored the Rural Hospital Revitalization Act. Mann ...

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Hundreds of children and adults gathered at the Salina Public Library Friday evening to celebrate the start of summer with the library’s annual Summer Kickoff Party. The event featured games, prizes, face painting, pizza, and snow cones as families kicked off the season with reading-focused activities and community fun. During the celebration, library officials also announced that ...

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Family and friends are rallying in support of  a child from Abilene who is battling a very serious heart condition and is now in need of a heart transplant. Melissa Dawn tells KSAL News her granddaughter, Daija Mae Jo Kent, is currently at Children’s Mercy in Kansas City in the fight of her young life. Daija was ...