12 months ago
Some Christmas leftovers can be recycled. Some remnants from holiday gift-giving can be recycled instead of trashed. The Salina Drive-thru Recycling Center can accept the following holiday items: Wrapping Paper Gift Boxes Cardboard Boxes Items that cannot be accepted include: Ribbons Bows Other items which can and cannot be recycled include: Acceptable Items (must be clean and dry before ...

12 months ago
Four park locations in Salina will accept and recycle Christmas trees into mulch through the end January 31, 2025. According to the City of Salina, the mulch will be used around newly planted trees and to surface nature trails. Christmas trees must be free of ornaments, stands, netting and plastic bags. Yard waste will not be accepted. Drop-off ...

12 months ago
Christmas trees bring Christmas glee, but they can bring even more than that once the holiday season is past, says Kansas State University horticulture expert Cynthia Domenghini. “An old Christmas tree can be used to benefit birds, fish and the landscape by placing it in a corner of your deck, and spreading some birdseed nearby, or ...

12 months ago
The Christmas and New Year's Day holidays are altering the City of Salina's sanitation service. The holiday schedule is as follows: There will be no sanitation collection on Wednesday, December 25th (Christmas Day) or Wednesday, January 1st (New Year’s Day). During both weeks: After Christmas Day (December 25th): Collection will be one day behind schedule, resuming Thursday, December ...

12 months ago
For the 42nd year in a row Bill Fekas, along with a dedicated group of volunteers, prepared a free community-wide Christmas dinner. A damp Christmas day set the scene as people lined up and patiently waited to file through the Saline County 4H building to receive  Christmas dinner, with an extra helping of Christmas cheer. Again ...

12 months ago
It’s a long holiday season, and the Mega Million jackpot is keeping pace with all the traditional celebrations. According to the lottery, after no ticket matched all six numbers drawn on Christmas Eve, the big prize swells to an estimated $1.15 billion ($516.1 million cash) for the next drawing on Friday. If won at that level, ...

12 months ago
A vote is set for the proposed merger between Spirit AeroSystems and Boeing. In a filing before the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Spirit issued a notice of a special meeting of stockholders for January 31st. If the merger is approved during the meeting, the deal would be finalized by mid-2025.

12 months ago
A person is dead following a house fire in McPherson County. The blaze broke out Sunday in the one-thousand-block of Ninth Avenue in rural McPherson. The homeowner was later found dead inside the house. The cause of the fire is under investigation.

12 months ago
Salina chef Bill Fekas will be hard at work Christmas Eve, putting the final touches on a Christmas dinner for several thousand of his closest family and friends. For the 42nd year in a row, Fekas is preparing a free community-wide Christmas dinner. Fekas is planning to prepare and serve a free dinner to as many ...

12 months ago
For the 69th year in a row the North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD, will track Santa as he flies around the world delivering toys to all of the good boys and girls. Every day of the year, NORAD defends North America using an all-domain and globally integrated approach to track everything that flies in and around Canada and the United ...

12 months ago
The Salina City Manager is resigning after serving the city for 19 years. City Manager Mike Schrage was full of emotions when he voluntarily resigned at the city commission's executive session on Monday. [audio wav="https://www.ksal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/schrage-II.wav"][/audio]   "My family and I absolutely love Salina. I thoroughly enjoyed the work of being the city manager now more than ever and I ...