8 years ago
President Will Jones and family invited all Bethany employees and their family members to attend the first Jones Family Tailgate, Saturday, September 16, on the practice field just west of the stadium prior to the football game with McPherson College. There were bouncy houses, face painting by Greek organizations, and games for children. The Blades, a ...

8 years ago
Visitors to the Salina USD 305 website will discover they now can choose between individual schools’ calendars or a collection of all district events in one place. Each building is identified by its logo and the comprehensive district calendar is identified by an apple logo. “We’re excited to present this improvement to our website,” said Dr. ...

8 years ago
The Smoky Hill Museum  is ready to throw a party on Saturday, its annual street fair. The Street Fair is a FREE day of celebration with music, participatory crafts and activities, demonstrators, food vendors and, of course, tours of the museum itself. The Street Fair celebration begins at 10 am with a Salina tradition; a parade ...

8 years ago
Officials are ready for hundreds of people to lace up their shoes and run or walk down Santa Fe Saturday morning to help in the fight against cancer. One of the major roads in Salina will be closed to traffic Saturday morning for the "Fe for a Cure" event. Fe for A Cure is a 5K ...

8 years ago
A Brookville man was transported to the hospital after his truck flipped over a guardrail and crashed early Thursday morning on K-140 Highway. The Saline County Sheriff's Office reports that 20-year-old Harry Black was taken to Salina Regional Health Center after he drifted off the road and over corrected while westbound in his 1991 Ford F-150 ...

8 years ago
A recent inventory at a Salina car lot reveals that a vehicle was stolen from the business last month. Police are investigating after someone drove off in a gray 4-door, 2009 Infinity G37 sometime between August 2 and August 11 from Conklin Cars at 2700 S. 9th. The vehicle has black rims and is valued at $8,200.

8 years ago
A Lakewood Middle School student is facing serious charges after he allegedly threatened to shoot staff and students yesterday at the school building located at 1135 Lakewood Circle. According to Police Sergeant Jim Feldman, an 11-year-old boy was taken into custody Wednesday morning after he told a staff member and students he going to go home ...

8 years ago
A woman from Colby survived a plunge into Mulberry Creek after her truck crossed the median Wednesday evening. Saline County Sheriff's Deputies responded to mile post #253 on Interstate-70 around 6:15pm after 25-year-old Ashalee Tankersley was driving westbound and lost control of her 2014 GMC Sierra pickup. The truck hurled down the bank and crashed into the ...

8 years ago
A special Kansas State University program that gives veterinary students hands-on surgical experience will keep rolling thanks to $236,508 grant from PetSmart Charities, the leading funder of animal welfare in North America. The most visible part of the College of Veterinary Medicine's shelter medicine program is the 32-foot mobile surgery unit used for performing on-site, pre-adoption ...

8 years ago
Kansas Wesleyan University is on a three-year trajectory of growth. According to the official census data taken on the 20th day of enrollment, 791 students are attending this fall, the third consecutive year of growth and the largest student body since 2011. The university welcomed 297 new students, 118 from Kansas, and the remainder from farther ...

8 years ago
Butler Community College in El Dorado is recovering after suffering what officials believe was a cyber attack. College officials say they were working to fix internet connectivity issues Tuesday when the alleged attack took place. The college says the cyber attack was designed to bring down a computer system by overloading it with information. Students are being ...