1 month ago
With the air temperature hovering around 40 degrees, the water temperature was barely above freezing at 34 degrees Saturday morning as a group of volunteers took the "Polar Plunge" into the ice covered lake at the Webster Conference Center. The Salina Polar Plunge event to help support Kansas Special Olympics was held at the Webster Conference ...

1 month ago
The new February 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 February list went online Saturday morning. Those on the new list are wanted for crimes which include aggravated battery, making criminal threats, stalking, intimidation of a witness, fleeing and eluding, endangering a child, ...

1 month ago
A Salina Police Officer is among twenty-five new law enforcement officers who graduated from the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center (KLETC) on Friday. According to the University of Kansas, Integrity Auditorium filled quickly as friends and family gathered to celebrate the graduation of the 352nd Basic Training Class at the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center (KLETC). After ...

1 month ago
Christ Cathedral in Salina unveiled its annual Lenten Art Exhibit opening Friday. According to the church, four consecutive Sunday-morning Coffee Hour chats, begin this Sunday. First launched in 2023–24, the cathedral’s annual Lenten Art Exhibit encourages art lovers to experience original work centered around a faith-inspired theme. The theme for the 2026 exhibit is “Holiness In Our ...

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When the sun goes down on April 3rd - the lights will come up again at one of the last remaining outdoor movie theaters in Kansas. Last fall the new owners of the Kanopolis Drive-In learned their broken digital projector could not be fixed. With an estimated replacement cost of over $100,000 - the hill seemed ...

1 month ago
A Facebook Marketplace transaction gone wrong prompts an arrest. According to Salina Police, on Thursday at about 2:30 PM, contact was made with a 20-year-old male of Salina, who wanted to report the theft of a 2017 black Ninja Kawasaki motorcycle valued at $1,400. The victim advised he was attempting to sell the motorcycle on Facebook Marketplace. ...

1 month ago
Tips are being sought in connection with a break-in and theft at a Salina convenience store, and the damage of gaming machines and an ATM. The case is the latest Salina Crime Stoppers Crime of the week. According to Salina Police, on Saturday, January 31st, at about 11:15 PM two suspects broke out a window at ...

1 month ago
Disappointing results of a recent inspection of the Salina Animal Shelter have prompted a response from the City of Salina. The organization release the following: The City of Salina and the Salina Animal Shelter take animal welfare, humane care, and regulatory compliance seriously. On January 12, 2026, the Kansas Department of Agriculture (KDA) conducted an inspection of ...

1 month ago
A Kansas House committee recommended a budget for the state’s six public universities that freezes tuition rates, reduces need-based student aid, requires development of plans to lower central administration expenditures by 10% and offers faculty one year instead of two to fix their academic shortcomings before they are potentially fired. The Republican-led House Higher Education Budget ...

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The Kansas City Chiefs are one step closer to moving to Kansas City, Kansas. The Wyandotte County Commission voted yesterday to approve a STAR Bonds district for the Chiefs' new stadium. The STAR Bonds District will allow Wyandotte County to collect sales and use taxes to fund the stadium and entertainment venue. The Chiefs are planning to ...

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Kansas lawmakers are considering a bill that would criminalize sextortion. The Committee of Judiciary met yesterday and heard from an El Dorado woman who lost her son last year in a sextortion scheme. The proposed bill would increase the penalties for sexual extortion, especially when the victim is under 18 years old and the offender is 18 ...