9 years ago
Hurricane Harvey and the Labor Day holiday weekend are causing a big spike in gas prices across Kansas. Tamra Johnson with AAA says the tropical storm is having a significant impact on refineries, ports and transportation, resulting in increased costs at the pump. She says drivers across the country will likely see a ten-to 15-cent per-gallon ...

9 years ago
A couple of earthquakes shook parts of Kansas on Thursday. The U.S. Geological Survey says the first one was a magnitude 3.4, centered about two miles southeast of Cheney. The second one about ten hours later was a magnitude 2.6, centered about 14 miles northwest of Concordia. They were the second and third quakes felt in Kansas ...

9 years ago
A number of emergency response professionals from Kansas have departed for the Gulf Coast to assist local authorities with search and rescue operations. Among them are five Salina Firefighters and two Saline County Sheriff Deputies. The deployments were coordinated by the Office of the State Fire Marshal, which is the administrative agency for the Kansas Search ...

9 years ago
Salina Downtown, Inc. is preparing  to host its first ever wine walk. The SaWINEa Downtown Wine Walk will feature local Kansas wineries and a local brewer. You will be able to explore the many flavors of six Kansas wineries and one local brewery as you experience the friendly ambience that our downtown boutiques have to offer. ​Participants ...

9 years ago
Kansas Wesleyan University has finalized its 2017-18 visit day schedule, which includes a special day for Saline County high school students and Experience Wesleyan Days for future teachers and future science and math professionals. “Saline County students account for about 15 percent of our enrollment,” said Mark Bandré, Ed.D., vice president of enrollment management. “For example, ...

9 years ago
There are several ways for people in Salina to help the hurricane recovery effort in Texas over the next several days. Heartland Dermatology in cooperation with the Salina Area United Way and the United Way of Texas are collecting items, in an effort to fill a 20' UHaul van that will be driven to Texas on ...

9 years ago
Saline County has been awarded Federal Funds made available through the Department of Homeland Security /Federal Emergency Management Agency under the Emergency Food and Shelter National Board Program.  Saline County has been chosen to receive $20,531.00 to supplement emergency food and shelter programs in the county. The selection was made by a National Board that is ...

9 years ago
Three people from Mulvane were hurt in a crash near Salina early Thursday afternoon, in a rollover involving a pickup truck that was pulling a camper. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 67-year-old David Barenberg was pulling a camping trailer with a pickup truck, headed north on Interstate 135.  The trailer attached to the truck started ...

9 years ago
A Salina woman was cited after a two car injury crash on Wednesday in the 1200 block of W. Crawford. According to Police Captain Paul Forrester, 70-year-old Maria Bonilla pulled out of the Sunset Plaza in her 2003 Pontiac Grand Prix and was hit by an eastbound 1999 Oldsmobile mini van driven by 28-year-old Kara Hayes ...

9 years ago
Police are investigating vandalism at at Salina coffee shop. Officers were called to Ad Astra Books and Coffee House, 141 N. Santa Fe early Thursday morning after someone threw a metal chair through the front window. Damage is estimated at $1,000.     Police are looking for a stolen trailer that was taken from the parking lot at ...

9 years ago
A Salina man is accused of stealing money from his step grandfather. According to Captain Paul Forrester, 21-year-old Jon Muldaner, Jr. was booked into the Saline County Jail on felony theft charges after he allegedly used 22 internet transactions to siphon money from an account that belongs to Jerry DeWitt. Police say their investigation revealed that between ...