11 months ago
Kansas Highway Patrol Troopers were busy keeping roads and highways across the state safe Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. According to the agency, among other things KHP personnel assisted 218 motorists. Troopers also worked one fatal non-DUI related crash involving one non-DUI related fatality over the holiday. The fatal crash occurred in Doniphan County. They issued 227 ...

11 months ago
On Jan. 1, 2025, Kansans will no longer pay state sales tax on groceries. They will still pay city- and county-imposed taxes, but the current state tax of 2% will be reduced to zero. A 2022 law set out a three-year plan to reduce the state’s sales tax on groceries, which was at 6.5% in 2022. In 2023, ...

11 months ago
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation is investigating a suspected child abuse case in Belleville.   According to the KBI, the agency was contacted by the Belleville Police Department contacted on the morning of Thursday, Dec. 26th, to investigate after an unresponsive three-month-old infant was transported from the Republic County hospital to an Omaha hospital. The child’s ...

11 months ago
A great way for adults to support the Salina public library is by lending a helping hand. According to the library, volunteers can choose between various areas, including: Childcare/Preschool Delivery Book Selector Shelving in the book stacks (Shelf Reading) Shelving in the media (Shelf Media) Interlibrary Loan Materials Selector. Teen Volunteer Drop-In On the 2nd Tuesday of every ...

11 months ago
Some Christmas leftovers can be recycled. Some remnants from holiday gift-giving can be recycled instead of trashed. The Salina Drive-thru Recycling Center can accept the following holiday items: Wrapping Paper Gift Boxes Cardboard Boxes Items that cannot be accepted include: Ribbons Bows Other items which can and cannot be recycled include: Acceptable Items (must be clean and dry before ...

12 months ago
Four park locations in Salina will accept and recycle Christmas trees into mulch through the end January 31, 2025. According to the City of Salina, the mulch will be used around newly planted trees and to surface nature trails. Christmas trees must be free of ornaments, stands, netting and plastic bags. Yard waste will not be accepted. Drop-off ...

12 months ago
Christmas trees bring Christmas glee, but they can bring even more than that once the holiday season is past, says Kansas State University horticulture expert Cynthia Domenghini. “An old Christmas tree can be used to benefit birds, fish and the landscape by placing it in a corner of your deck, and spreading some birdseed nearby, or ...

12 months ago
The Christmas and New Year's Day holidays are altering the City of Salina's sanitation service. The holiday schedule is as follows: There will be no sanitation collection on Wednesday, December 25th (Christmas Day) or Wednesday, January 1st (New Year’s Day). During both weeks: After Christmas Day (December 25th): Collection will be one day behind schedule, resuming Thursday, December ...

12 months ago
For the 42nd year in a row Bill Fekas, along with a dedicated group of volunteers, prepared a free community-wide Christmas dinner. A damp Christmas day set the scene as people lined up and patiently waited to file through the Saline County 4H building to receive  Christmas dinner, with an extra helping of Christmas cheer. Again ...

12 months ago
It’s a long holiday season, and the Mega Million jackpot is keeping pace with all the traditional celebrations. According to the lottery, after no ticket matched all six numbers drawn on Christmas Eve, the big prize swells to an estimated $1.15 billion ($516.1 million cash) for the next drawing on Friday. If won at that level, ...

12 months ago
The following is the most printed, and famous, newspaper editorial in history. Virginia O'Hanlon, age 8, wrote a letter to the editor of the New York Sun. The response by newsman Francis P. Church was printed as an unsigned editorial Sept. 21, 1897. Dear Editor: I am 8 years old. Some of my little friends say there is ...