The Partners 4 Success program, an initiative of Salina Adult Education Center, is gearing up for Class #11. Information meetings are being held at Catholic Charities, 1500 S. Ninth Street, Thursday, January 10th at 1:00 p.m. or Friday, January 11th at 9:00 a.m. One of the information meetings is required in order to participate in the class. The class fee is $250. If a student cannot affo...
The Salina Area United Way’s Annual Community Volunteer Event will be held on February 12, 2019 from 2:00 – 4:00 at the Hilton Garden Inn & Convention Center located at 3320 S. 9th Street. Gather together with 200 of your closest friends and write a new chapter in the "United Story" by participating in the Annual Community Volunteer Event. This year they will be sorting, assembling, a...
The Sunset Plaza Shopping Center at 1201 West Crawford Street in Salina is preparing to undergo substantial interior and exterior renovations. Dillons corporate office tells KSAL News the project includes an interior remodel of the Dillons grocery store and the long-vacated movie theater on the west side of the property. The exterior facade, which is still original to the property, is being red...
Kansas Governor-elect Laura Kelly is making appointments ahead of her inauguration. Kelly has named Roger Werholtz as interim Secretary of Corrections. Werholtz previously served as corrections secretary from 2002 to 2010. Kelly is also retaining Adjutant General Lee Tafanelli on an interim basis to ensure a smooth transition in leadership of the Kansas National Guard....
The Saline County Sheriff's Office is investigating a string of vehicle burglaries in New Cambria. Sheriff Roger Soldan says that deputies are reviewing video files after at least three vehicles were entered around 4am Wednesday morning. All three vehicles had been left unlocked and were opened and pilfered through. The case is similar to a string of vehicle burglaries that occurred over ...
Teaching artist Priscilla Howe is in residency on Monday and Tuesday, January 14 -15 in Salina schools through the Arts Infusion Program of Salina Arts & Humanities. The residency includes a community performance of “Tristan & Iseult” at Ad Astra Books & Coffee House, 141 N. Santa Fe, Sunday, January 13, at 3:00 pm. This event is free and open to the public. Storyteller and p...
The City of Salina is seeking a few good men, women, and youth willing to serve in various volunteer positions. According to the city, they are currently accepting expression of interest forms for vacancies that currently or will soon exist on the following citizen boards, commissions and committees: Accessibility Advisory Board Youth Member* Animal Control Advisory & Appea...
A former Salina man has won a $25,000 lottery prize. According to the Kansas Lottery, Richard Earley lived in Salina for 40 years before retiring and moving to Georgia. He came home to visit family, and it turned out to be a winning trip. Earley, formerly of Salina and currently of Statesboro, Georgia, held onto a winning $25,000 scratch ticket playing the $5 Hot Cash instant game for severa...
Governor-elect Laura Kelly and Lt. Governor-elect Lynn Rogers, as part of their 2019 inaugural activities, are hosting free community celebrations and a day of service this Saturday across the state in order to involve every Kansan in the 2019 inaugural festivities. Saline County Democrats are taking part in this inauguration activity and have chosen Salina Shares as the beneficiary of a local ...
Greyhound, the largest provider of intercity bus transportation in North America, has expanded its reach in Kansas with a new route connecting Kansas City and Salina. According to the company, in partnership with the Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas, the new stop enables customers to travel conveniently to locations such as Wichita, Denver, Topeka and more, while p...
