3 months ago
The new October list of Salina’s Most Wanted is online. The first weekend of each month a new list of Salina’s Most Wanted is released. The October list went online Saturday morning. Those on the October list are wanted for crimes which include aggravated escape from custody, aggravated domestic violence battery, making criminal threats, intimidating a witness, endangering a ...

3 months ago
One of the last surviving drive-in movie theatres in Kansas, the Kanopolis Drive-In, has been forced to close early for the season and its future is in jeopardy. Drive-in owner Jessica Eagle-Moyer tearfully announced Friday night the venue was forced to close because of a broken projector, which she said despite their efforts over the past ...

3 months ago
A passenger in a small pickup truck was killed in a single-vehicle crash along Interstate 135 in McPherson County on Friday. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, a Ford Ranger pickup was headed south on I 135 when it went off the road to the left.  As the driver overcorrected back onto the road the truck ...

3 months ago
The City of Salina, in partnership with the Boys & Girls Clubs of Hutchinson and the local Boys & Girls Clubs of Salina Advisory Board, is exploring redevelopment of a portion of Bondy Field at Sunset Park into a new Boys & Girls Club facility. The City is planning a public information meeting about the project. According ...

3 months ago
A man was arrested after allegedly groping a teenage girl. According to Salina Police, a 17-year-old female reported she was walking in the 600 block of N Santa Fe at about 8:30 Wednesday night when she was approached by a male. The two began talking and walking together when they went into a dark area in ...

3 months ago
A Salina woman trying to adopt a cat fell victim to an online scam. Salina Police say on Thursday a 57-year-old woman reported that on Monday she observed an ad on Facebook for a Maine Coon cat, which was available for adoption from a profile named “Nathan’s Free Kittens for Adoption and Rehoming.” The victim spoke with ...

3 months ago
A Salina man is scammed out of over $25,000. According to Salina Police, on Monday of this week a 76-year-old man received a “pop-up” on his computer indicating his computer had contracted a virus, and to call Mircosoft at the listed phone number. A person the victim spoke with advised his computer had been compromised, and ...

3 months ago
Several cases in which citizens were scammed out of thousands of dollars online have prompted police to offer some online safety advice. The Salina Police Department wants to advise community members when on computers or using social media be very careful. Police offer the following advice: DO NOT click on pop ups. If you are having ...

3 months ago
The driver of a semi hauling cattle was injured, and multiple cow killed, in a single-vehicle crash Thursday afternoon. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, a Freightliner semi carrying cattle crashed and overturned on U.S Highway 50, on the exit ramp to I-135 at Newton. The driver, 35-year-old Jared Caviness from Remsen, Iowa, was transported by EMS ...

3 months ago
The former director of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library in Abilene, Kansas, said on Thursday that he was told to “resign or be fired” from his post after refusing to give the Trump administration a historic sword. Todd Arrington’s resignation came shortly after Arrington refused to relinquish one of President Eisenhower’s swords from the museum’s ...

3 months ago
Volunteers willing to put in a half-day of work are being recruited to help fix-up Salina. The Friends of the River Foundation is spear-heading the annual Fall Fix-Up, set for this Saturday, October 4th, from 8 a.m. to noon. This community event brings Salina residents together to improve and beautify key areas of our city through ...