1 year ago
"Make it, bake it, raise it and grow it," is the slogan Salina Downtown Inc. uses for the Farm and Art Farmers Market every Saturday. Vendors are in the heart of the farmers market season, and are happy to serve customers. Market manager, Jessica Kanudson says the local vendors are "not under a 3rd party" and ...

1 year ago
In celebration of its fifth anniversary, Fili Creative will be unveiling the short film “Unboxed” at an upcoming networking and lunch event. According to the organization, “Unboxed” began as an idea created by Tim Burns, Fili Creative’s production assistant. When summer interns, Seth and Isaac Garretson, came on board from May to July of 2024, their ...

1 year ago
Two pastors and a chaplain rallied a congregation to share memories of Jesse Wray, and honor his life by seeking to change their own. Roughly 100 gathered Aug. 10 in the St. John’s Missionary Baptist Church sanctuary and let loose an array of emotions as they struggled to make sense of the loss. The 25-year-old died during ...

1 year ago
Kansas has secured federal matching grants for 11 infrastructure projects, including projects in Abilene and Ellsworth.  Along with the 11 projects approved, eight others were rejected Officials in Dodge City secured a $14.2 million federal matching grant to improve water treatment and support releases into the Arkansas River streambed to assist with recharging wells linked to ...

1 year ago
Dangerous summer heat will impact much of Kansas through the weekend. A heat advisory is in effect both Saturday and Sunday for nearly the entire state, stretching from the Hays area east all the way into Missouri. According to the National Weather Service, Saturday and Sunday afternoon and into the early evening, the heat index in ...

1 year ago
The past eighteen months have been some of the busiest in Kansas Wesleyan’s 138-year history, filled with renovations and the construction of new spaces. Much of that nearly $10 million in construction is nearing completion, bringing with it the promise of new facilities, new gathering places and new opportunities for students. “It’s a great time to ...

1 year ago
Salina Police are investigating a burglary from a construction site after thieves broke into an enclosed trailer. Police Captain Mike Miller tells KSAL News that sometime during the overnight hours into Thursday morning, someone cut the lock on a chain link fence at the new building site west of Menards. Police say the suspects then cut the ...

1 year ago
The body of a man is recovered from a pond in Wichita. Emergency crews were called to the area of Taft and Stoney Point yesterday morning and found the victim in the water. The man appeared to be in his 20s or 30s and there was no apparent trauma to the body. The incident is under investigation.

1 year ago
Lightning is thought to be the cause of an oil battery tank fire near Winfield. The fire was reported yesterday morning near 172nd and 161st roads. Crews from multiple agencies responded to the fire, and no injuries were reported.

1 year ago
A Salina man was killed in a single vehicle crash late Thursday night. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 37-year-old Brandon Doherty was driving a 2000 GMC Sierra pickup truck headed west on K 143 Highway at a high rate of speed. He lost control, crashed into a guardrail, and overturned into a ditch. Doherty, who was ...

1 year ago
Despite what some people may have heard, an organization which provides home health and hospice care in three area counties is not closing, though there are some changes happening. According to Memorial Health System of Abilene, Home Health & Hospice of Dickinson County (HH&H) has covered many miles throughout Dickinson, Morris, and Marion counties for many ...