8 years ago
Salina USD 305 Board of Education members approved the discontinuation of a student participation fee associated with athletics and other activities at Tuesday evening's meeting. The participation fee will be dropped beginning the 2017-18 school year. “Credit for the change goes to the Board of Education,” said Dr. James Hardy. “With a 60 percent free and ...

8 years ago
A major project to replace a section of a Salina street is beginning this week. According to the City of Salina, construction will begin on Belmont Boulevard. On Thursday, Vogts-Parga Construction of Newton will begin reconstructing northbound Belmont Boulevard from Hartland to Magnolia, a distance of five blocks. The project includes removal and replacement of the ...

8 years ago
County Administrator Rita Deister provided Commissioners with a draft copy of the 2018 budget, including budgets for the rural fire districts.  After consulting with the auditor, the maximum tax levy under a State Legislature imposed tax lid is $22,707,109 while the proposed budget actually represents $21,541,604.  The mil levy would be reduced from 37.508 mils ...

8 years ago
Salina Public Library’s Summer at the Library Program will feature a presentation from the Salina Paranormal Investigative Research Team (S.P.I.R.i.T) this Thursday evening. Researching the history of a house in town is a perennial question at the library’s Information Services desk. Librarians help library users track down information on those that may have lived and died ...

8 years ago
The City of Salina will be working to refine design elements presented in the Smoky Hill River Renewal Master Plan that was adopted in 2010. In May 2016, voters approved a sales tax increase from 8.40% to 8.75% that will be in place over 20 years. A portion of these sales tax funds will be used ...

8 years ago
Salina Law Enforcement is accepting applications for the 22nd Citizen’s Academy course. Applications are being accepted through July 26th. According to Sheriff Lt. Sean Kochanowski, they would like a class of 20 – 25 people. Applicants must be at least 18-years old. The course which will run from August 9th, 2017 to October 18, 2017, covers numerous ...

8 years ago
A Salina Police investigation remains open after a vehicle that was reported stolen was found crashed just 50-yards away from where it was originally parked. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that 47-year-old Monte Bohl of Ellsworth contacted Salina Police last Friday morning to report his 2008 Pontiac G6 convertible had been stolen from the ...

8 years ago
The attorney general’s office received more than 5,100 new applications for concealed carry licenses in the recently ended 2017 fiscal year. According to Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt, between July 1, 2016, and June 30, 2017, the Concealed Carry Licensing Unit received 5,119 new applications. This was the lowest number of applications received in a fiscal ...

8 years ago
Authorities say a person who suffered critical injuries after falling 25 feet was likely trying to jump a gap between two bridges in Kansas. The male was transported to a Topeka hospital Sunday evening with injuries that are considered life-threatening. He's believed to be between 17 and 20 years old. Topeka Police Lt. Aaron Jones says the ...

8 years ago
The latest government snapshot shows the Kansas winter wheat harvest is almost complete. The National Agricultural Statistics Service reported Monday that 93 percent of the wheat has been cut. That is near the 89 percent reported a year ago as well as the average for this time. The agency says warm, dry weather helped aided harvest ...

8 years ago
Federal immigration officials are being sued by the families of two people who authorities say were killed by a Mexican national in the U.S. illegally. The lawsuit filed in Kansas City, Kansas, alleges Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials negligently allowed Pablo Serrano-Vitorino to stay in the country illegally before he allegedly killed four people in Kansas ...