The 2019 Shrine - Tarzan Zerbini Circus rolled into the Tony's Pizza Event Center for three days of fun and excitement over the weekend. Hundreds of area children had a chance to get up close and personal with a couple of the show's biggest stars, two elephants who gave rides before performing to the thrill of the crowd. The intermission included a chance to have your picture taken with ...
One of the oldest events at the White House has become a favorite event in Abilene. The annual Eisenhower Easter Egg Roll will be held Saturday, April 20 from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at the Eisenhower Presidential Library, 200 SE 4th Street. Free admission will be offered all day! The egg hunt begins promptly at 1 p.m. when the siren sounds -- so plan to be early! The egg hunt is divided into several...
A watch party is planned for the debut episode of the second season of a television show which features a couple of Salinans as its hosts. On Monday Long McArthur Ford will host the Bargain Mansions HGTV Series Premiere Party. Bargain Mansions is a TV show about Kansas City’s crumbling manors getting massive makeovers from home renovator Tamara Day with the assistance of her father, Ward Schr...
Time is running out to file your 2018 Income Tax Return. The deadline to file taxes is Monday, April 15th. In addition to several for-profit companies, last-minute filers can also use the free online file service from the IRS. Some taxpayers may be eligible to use the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Center. However doing nothing is not an option. According to Kansas State University Research...
Students from Kansas Wesleyan University were up bright and early Saturday morning. Over a half dozen students from the science and math clubs launched a high altitude weather balloon from the football field at the Graves Family Sports Complex. The balloon was carrying a payload of scientific equipment. Inside the payload was a Co2 sensor taking a vertical profile of Co2 throughout the atmos...
A company from Salina was among those from around Kansas honored this week. Creativity, customer service and commitment to community seem to be the hallmarks of the entrepreneurs and rural community advocates recognized by K-State’s Huck Boyd National Institute for Rural Development as Leaders of the Year for 2019. “We salute these Kansans for their innovative ideas and service to rural com...
A former Salina journalist has joined a foundation which awards grants and scholarships every year to qualified recipients in Northwest Kansas who demonstrate a strong desire for community improvement. Erin Mathews has been named to the newly created position of public relations coordinator for the Dane G. Hansen Foundation. According to the organization, Mathews will work in a variety of wa...
Salina Police are in search for two black males who were caught on video surveillance using stolen credit cards. Police Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that authorities were called to Planet Fitness, 2012 S. Ohio, in reference to two separate vehicle burglaries that happened between 6 a.m. and 6:10 a.m on Thursday. Two female victims both received alerts on their phones that their credi...
A theft from a parking lot is this week's Salina Crime Stopper crime of the week. According to the Salina Police Department, they are currently investigating the theft of a pick-up tailgate from a white Ford F-150 pick-up in the parking lot of Walmart at 2900 S 9th Street. The theft happened on Monday of this week between 6:00 – 6:30 PM. The person responsible removed the tailgate and put ...
Kids are in school to learn; they shouldn’t also have to worry about how to handle a threat of violence they overhear or bullying behavior they observe. Thanks to a partnership between Smoky Hill Education Service Center and STOPit Solutions, many Kansas K-12 students will have a new, powerful tool to help make their schools a safer place. Neil Hooper, chief operating officer of STOPit Sol...
