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The 37th annual Mayor’s Christmas Party is scheduled for Sunday, December 11 from 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. in Heritage Hall at the Salina Bicentennial Center, 800 The Midway. Activities include: a welcome from Mayor Kaye Crawford, baton twirling, holiday dancing exhibitions, animal balloon making, and a visit from Santa Claus. The Flying Debris Show, a ...

9 years ago
A 7-year-old boy battling a life threatening disease lived out one of his dreams Thursday night in Salina, and marked another item off his "adventure list". Carter Hampton got to meet, and hang out with, his favorite band "Newsboys". "Newsboys", the fan favorite and best selling Christian pop rock band, rolled into the Salina Bicentennial Center ...

9 years ago
The administration of Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback spent $17 million on resolving technology needs in-house before outsourcing the effort to a company in another state. Chief information technology officer Phil Wittmer told The Topeka Capital-Journal that the in-house project was too expensive and would have cost $50 million to complete. The state is retiring its IBM mainframe ...

9 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff's Office is investigating the theft of a homemade log splitter from a rural property in the 200 block of S. East Street. Lt. Sean Kochanowski tells KSAL News that the owner had been asked to move his log splitter, trailer and wood stove from the property. When Jeffrey Oehlert came to move the ...

9 years ago
Salina Police are investigating an assault after a Marion man had his jaw broken in the parking lot at a bar. Police say 44-year-old Daniel Bailey was treated at Salina Regional Health Center after someone punched him in the mouth as he exited Big Nose Kate's, 117 N. Santa Fe after 2am on November 26. Police say ...

9 years ago
No one was injured after a fire damaged a home in Hedville on Thursday night. According to Lt. Sean Kochanowski, Deputies with the Saline County Sheriff's Office responded to a residential fire at 141 W. Railroad in Hedville just before 11pm Thursday. Crews from Rural Fire District #3 fought the blaze that damaged the floor and the ...

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On June 25, 2016, Lori J. Heimer was brutally murdered in her home at 10525 S Hopkins Road, Assaria, Kansas. The Saline County Sheriff's Office, Kansas Bureau of Investigation, and Saline County Attorney's Office are still actively investigating the case, and request the assistance of the public. Mrs. Heimer maintained a dog breeding business at her ...

9 years ago
The Kansas Wesleyan community rallied together Thursday night for a student undergoing serious health issues. Aaron Hurd, a sophomore at the university from Rockwall, TX, is a baseball player for KWU. While attending class on Tuesday, Hurd fell unconscious. A student in the class started performing CPR in the classroom until paramedics arrived. Hurd has been ...

9 years ago
A missing Salina Teen has been found. Family and friends had been looking for 16-year-old Mariah Peterson since Tuesday night, and feared for her safety. She was found safe on Thursday afternoon. --- ORIGINAL: Family and friends are trying to find a Salina teen who went missing this week, and who might be in danger. According to Kansas Missing and ...

9 years ago
As a large, overflow crowd of family, friends, and fellow officers looked on, a group of Kansas Highway Patrol recruits had their badges pinned on Thursday afternoon in Salina and officially became state troopers. The 34 new state troopers were part of KHP Recruit Class #56, the latest graduates from the Kansas Highway Patrol Training Academy. ...

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He came across the prairie cloaked in many different customs and traditions at Christmas. Saturday, Pioneer Santa will help young and old alike - look back at Christmas' past at the museum. "He doesn't have on the shiny suit," said Nona Miller, Education Coordinator with the Smoky Hill Museum. "And looking back at all the different nationalities that ...