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Prepare for an unforgettable experience at the Smoky Hill River Festival’s “Epic Arts Party!” Here's everything you need to enhance your enjoyment and ensure a smooth experience. The Smoky Hill River Festival occurs in scenic Oakdale Park, one of Salina’s oldest and most beautiful spaces. To lessen the impact of more than 50,000 Festival-goers and provide ...

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A favorite childrens author is returning to Salina for an event. Author Kari Lavelle is coming to Red Fern Booksellers. You can complete your “Butt or Face?” series with her newest book “Butt or Face? Volume 4 Ador-A-Butts”.  Copies of all her books will be available at the event. Kari Lavelle is the award-winning author of “We Move ...

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Bethany College has been recognized by the Presser Foundation as a recipient of a $25,000 Capital Support Grant to enhance music facilities on campus. According to the school this investment supports Bethany's commitment to providing outstanding opportunities for student musicians while preserving and strengthening the spaces where creativity, learning, and performance thrive. Through projects like these, ...

1 month ago
On Friday, June 5, 2026, deputies with the Geary County Sheriff's Office responded to a report of a missing juvenile. The child was reported to be a non-verbal individual with autism. According to the agency, an extensive search operation was immediately initiated and involved numerous law enforcement agencies, first responders, and community volunteers. Search efforts continued ...

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The new June list of Salina’s Most Wanted is online. The first weekend of each month a new list of Salina’s Most Wanted is released. The June list went online Saturday morning. Those on the new list are wanted for crimes which include aggravated escape from custody, aggravated intimidation of a witness, violation of a protection order x 15, ...

1 month ago
A wrong-way crash on Interstate 70 involving a heavy truck killed two adults and left a child with serious injuries. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 45-year-old Jason Webb from Cheboygan, Michigan, was driving a Kenworth construction truck headed east on I 70. For an unknown reason he crossed the center median and into the westbound ...

1 month ago
A Salina fire station is back open after being temporarily closed for repairs. According to the Salina Fire Department, Fire Station 2 is back open and crews have moved back in as of Friday afternoon. The station was closed for a short time due to roof damage from the April 28th hail storm, causing major leaks ...

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The water level at an area lake is the highest its been in four years. According to the US Army Corps of Engineers, the water at Kanopolis Lake has been steadily rising, and has nearly reached the targeted summer elevation goal for the first time since July of 2022. Additionally, the parking lot on the west side ...

1 month ago
Sixteen recruits had their badges pinned on Friday afternoon in Salina and officially became Kansas Highway Patrol Troopers. The new troopers are part of KHP Recruit Classes #75, the latest graduates from the Kansas Highway Patrol Training Academy in Salina. The 16 members of Class #75 completed 24 weeks of intensive training. They will now report to ...

1 month ago
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI), the Ness County Sheriff’s Office, and the Kansas Highway Patrol (KHP) arrested a Ness City man following the execution of a search warrant Thursday morning. According to the KBI, at approximately 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, June 4, KBI agents and Ness County sheriff's deputies executed a search warrant at 609 ...

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We’re just days away from the 50th Annual Smoky Hill River Festival bursting back to life in Salina’s Oakdale Park. Arts & Humanities Executive Director Brad Anderson joined in on the KSAL Morning News Extra with a look at the four day celebration. Anderson says one of the newest things patrons will notice at the gate is ...