5 years ago
No one was injured after a fire destroyed a stone house on Sunday evening southeast of Salina. Saline County Undersheriff Brent Melander tells KSAL News that crews from Rural Fire District #1 and #2 were sent to the 5200 block of East Water Well Road around 11:30pm to fight the blaze. Deputies say the two-story sandstone farmhouse ...

5 years ago
An ambitious group of Kansas 4-H members and adult volunteers recently took the bull by its proverbial horns in helping their communities cope with the ongoing grind of the COVID-19 pandemic. They are helping to lead local discussions on the challenges that people are facing during a time when they are staying at home more, seeing ...

5 years ago
The autumn of 1980 found 29-year-old Randy Roelofsen and his friend Loren Engel solving problems for the ever-changing agriculture industry. In the early 80s, farmers were facing lean times, as many factors were driving the prices of commodities as well as land value down. As any farmer knows, despite these challenges, harvest must go on. One of ...

5 years ago
Rolling Hills Zoo is mourning the loss of one of its animal family. Darius, the zoo's 18-year-old Amur leopard, has passed away. According to the zoo, over the past year Darius has been treated for renal failure, and while his kidney function was declining, it was within the last week that his blood work indicated he ...

5 years ago
Public transportation in Salina will be closed for the holidays. According to OCCK, transportation, including Salina CityGo, 81 Connection, Regional Paratransit and City of Abilene public transportation, will be closed on Friday, December 25, 2020 for Christmas, and Friday, January 1, 2021, for New Year’s Day. On Thursday, December 24th and Thursday, December 31st, both CityGo and ...

5 years ago
As the CEO of Saint Francis Ministries, Robert Smith used company credit cards for lavish hotel stays, first class upgrades on airlines, clothing, cash withdrawals, iTunes purchases and meals at five-star restaurants while hiding increasingly dire financial problems from his board of directors. Saint Francis Ministries hired Robert Smith, known as Father Bobby, as president and ...

5 years ago
The year 2020 has had its ups and downs. Do not make it worse by driving impaired. That's the message from the Kansas Department of Transportation. KDOT says it reminds everyone the holidays are a time when impaired driving crashes and fatalities are typically at their highest. The agency is raising awareness of the dangers with ...

5 years ago
Cathy Boos has been promoted to the position of marketing and sales director for Salina Presbyterian Manor. According to the organization, Boos first joined the senior living community as its life enrichment director in March 2016. She left for a position with the Catholic Diocese of Salina, but it wasn’t long before she returned to Presbyterian ...

5 years ago
There are 112 new COVID-19 cases in Saline County, and Salina Regional Health Center is struggling daily to find space for patients. According to the Saline County Health Department, there have now been 3,633 total cases with 1,379 cases currently active. There are 2,208 people who have recovered , and 46 people have died. Salina Regional Health ...

5 years ago
One lucky Kansas Lottery player has won the trip of a lifetime through the “Trip for Two to the Big Game (You Know the One!)” promotion. According to the lottery, the drawing was for a trip for two to the national football league championship game in Tampa, Florida, in February 2021. The winner is Katie Marts ...

5 years ago
A fraudulent website designed to look like its affiliated with the Kansas Department of Labor has been discovered. According to the state,a fraudulent Get Kansas Benefits website has been discovered. The Kansas Department of Labor is working with law enforcement, including the Secret Service, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the U.S. DOL Office of Inspector General ...