9 years ago
Health Department Director Jason Tiller updated the county’s health advisory council  this week on strategies for minimizing the threat of standing water, which promotes the breeding of mosquitoes that can carry the Zika virus. Tiller spoke of the possibility of partnering with United Way to hold a service day in the spring to collect waste tires.  ...

9 years ago
Kenwood Cove Aquatic Park season passes are available at a discounted rate of 15 percent through February 28, 2017. Discounted basic season pass prices are as follows: youth-$55 (regularly $65), adult-$93 (regularly $110), group-$165 (regularly $195). Discounted premium pass prices are as follows: youth-$93 (regularly $110), adult-$136 (regularly $160), group-$212 (regularly $250). Group passes include two adults ...

9 years ago
A Kansas teen and another farmer have taken top honors at the inaugural National Wheat Yield Contest. The Hutchinson News reports The National Wheat Foundation announced the winners earlier this month. Seventeen-year-old Jagger Borth's winning variety for irrigated winter wheat, WestBred's Grainfield, had a yield of 133.64 bushels an acre. Jagger, of Meade, says an exceptional growing ...

9 years ago
Attorneys for a former Missouri city official sentenced to death in Kansas for killing his estranged wife, their two daughters and his wife's grandmother has asked Kansas' highest court to throw out his conviction. As a Kansas public defender specializing in death-penalty cases, Meryl Carver-Allmond told the Kansas Supreme Court on Friday there's no dispute that ...

9 years ago
Salina Police are investigating multiple incidents of vandalism after a person or persons used a BB gun to shatter the glass on 12 vehicles around town. Police say sometime between Wednesday and Thursday, someone shot out windows on vehicles parked on College, Iron, Quincy, Albert and Edward. Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that the cases are ...

9 years ago
Freezing temperatures and a light drizzle Friday morning played a role in 15 motor vehicle accidents in Salina and around Saline County. Salina Police Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that police officers worked 5 accidents between 5am and 8am - while deputies with the Saline County Sheriff's Office reported 10 crashes in the county. Some occupants ...

9 years ago
A Salina teen who police say was driving recklessly when he was responsible for causing a four-vehicle crash back in August that killed a woman has been arrested on charges that include manslaughter.  According to Saline County Jail records, 18-year-old Hunter Burns was booked on a warrant at 4:10 in the morning on Friday on ...

9 years ago
Kansans looking forward to a weekend of holiday shopping will have to contend with varying forms of precipitation accompanied by bitterly cold temperatures. Although snowfall is expected to be minimal across much of the state, ranging from one to three inches, temperatures will plummet with potential wind chill values from five to 25 degrees below zero. ...

9 years ago
Throughout the month of November, the Kansas Highway Patrol worked numerous special enforcements related to traffic safety issues, including speeding, seat belts, and DUI patrols. These enforcements were in addition to the work Patrol personnel conduct every day, and calls they respond to on a regular basis on Kansas roads. “Earlier this year, I asked KHP ...

9 years ago
Pearson VUE, a global online testing and certification company, has approved Salina Area Technical College as an Authorized Testing Center. “This means people in the Salina area who are working on their personal and professional development can take their certification tests here, instead of having to go to one of the other Pearson VUE test centers ...

9 years ago
In rapid order, the Salina Community Economic Development Organization (SCEDO) approved spending requests for computer equipment and general accounting services.  It is also seeking individuals to expediently design its logo and website. It is the fourth day on the job for Director Mitch Robinson.  He hopes to get phone and internet service established on Friday, so ...