8 months ago
She started dancing in Salina when she was just a toddler. When she got a little older she began competitive dance. In high school she was the captain of the Salina South Peppers Dance Team. After high school she became a Golden Girl on the Johnson County Community College Dance Team, where she just finished ...

8 months ago
Sauntering dust clouds rising above timber lines are proof that expansion is happening on a 50 acre-plus patch of land in southwest Salina. Partially hidden from view, AeroPlains Housing edition is sprouting townhouse-style domiciles, and investors are beaming as a passel of their housing dreams are maturing this spring. “It’s a level of energy efficiency, material and ...

8 months ago
When Bethany College celebrated commencement on Saturday, one graduate's walk across the stage was 55 years in the making, representing an unfinished dream now fulfilled. In 1970, Marilyn Allen Peterson was just one class away from earning her degree in elementary education from Bethany College. But when her husband, Dr. Thomas Peterson (Bethany Class of 1968), ...

8 months ago
The Kansas State Fair is looking for state-fair loving social media users across the state to help share about events and news leading up to the 2025 event. If you think you’d enjoy being a state fair social media ambassador, you're invited to apply now through May 16th. Submit your social media handles and a brief ...

8 months ago
Can you guess who is coming to Salina? Burt Cummings, the lead singer and songwriter of legendary rock band the Guess Who is coming to the Stiefel Theatre. According the venue, few artists have achieved the level of public success and critical acclaim that Burton Cummings enjoys in a career spanning more than sixty years. His voice ...

8 months ago
The new May list of Salina’s Most Wanted went online Saturday. Since then there have been four of them arrested. According to the Saline County Sheriff’s Office the arrests include: Maliya Lee Navarro-Fields Christine Elizabeth Rice Brandon Ruder Miles Benmount Weathers The first weekend of each month a new list of Salina’s Most Wanted is released. Those on ...

8 months ago
One person is in the hospital following an accidental shooting. According to Salina Police,  at about 6:30 AM Monday, officers were dispatched to Salina Regional Health Center in reference a report of an accidental shooting. Contact was made with a 25-year-old male of Salina who had a gunshot wound to his foot. Through the investigation it was ...

8 months ago
Salina letter carriers on Saturday will join in a nationwide effort to help “Stamp Out Hunger”. On Saturday carriers will collect non-perishable food donations left by mailboxes and in post offices and deliver them to local community food banks, pantries and shelters. Nearly 1,500 letter carrier branches in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto ...

8 months ago
Real ID enforcement is set to begin this week on Wednesday. All Americans must have a Real ID in order to board a domestic flight starting on May 7th. In addition, a REAL ID will be required to enter federal facilities where identification is currently required for entrance. Courts, Post Offices, Social Security offices do not ...

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A former Salina school  has officially been added to the National Register of Historic Places, recognizing its vital role in the city’s past and its renewed place in its future. In 1920, the Salina school board voted to establish the Paul Laurence Dunbar School. By 1922, it was established by the Salina Board of Education as ...

8 months ago
A sculpture of a fallen soldier being carried into eternity by an angel is currently being temporarily housed at the the Smoky Hill Museum . "Going Home" by artist Sondra Jonson was the 2024 People’s Choice award winner in the Salina Sculpture Tour program, and has been purchased by the City of Salina. According to Jonson, the ...