1 year ago
A couple of friends who shared a common love of exotic pets, and a common frustration in unsatisfactory local options, have started an independently owned pet store, specializing in reptiles, snakes, spiders, and exotic fish.  M&J Aquatics is now open. The new store, which officially opened for business Friday at 314 S Broadway, is the culmination ...

1 year ago
Local, state, and federal officials are all prepared to handle any issues which may arise on election day Tuesday. According to the US Department of Justice, Assistant United States Attorney Jared Maag will lead efforts in Kansas, and in that capacity is responsible for overseeing the handling of election day complaints of voting rights concerns, threats ...

1 year ago
Free rides to polling places in Salina and around the area will be available on Tuesday. According to OCCK Transportation, free rides to the general public will be available on all services, including CityGo, regional paratransit, GoAbilene, GoConcordia, 81 Connection and KanConnect, on Election Day, Tuesday. OCCK normally offers free rides on Election Day each year to help ...

1 year ago
Kansas is celebrating the 4th Annual Mobility Week this week, beginning Sunday. KANcycle is offering the promo code “MobWeek24” for free rides on KANcycle bicycles during Mobility Week.  This promo code is good for all locations in the KANcycle service area. “We’re excited about partnering with transit agencies across the state for Mobility Week 2024,” said Michelle ...

1 year ago
Thousands of runners from all 50 states and 7 countries laced up their shoes, put on their rain gear, and took over the streets of Salina on Saturday, making the third Salina Crossroad Marathon a soggy success. With over 5,200 runners registered, the event in just its third year has ballooned into the largest marathon in ...

1 year ago
The Abilene and Smoky Valley Railroad has announced the schedule for its traditional holiday season train, the Cowtown Santa Express. The train will begin its 2024 run on Friday, November 29, and maintain a Thursday through Sunday schedule each weekend through December. According to the organization, the Express will once again be decked in interior and ...

1 year ago
The new November  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 November  list went online Saturday morning. Those on the new list are wanted for crimes which include aggravated battery, intimidation of a witness, fleeing and eluding, domestic violence, assault, felony drug crimes, computer ...

1 year ago
Growing up in Salina as a student of dance instructor Peggy Simms, Alison Hiatt participated in several of the Salina Symphony’s annual Christmas Festival concerts, where she performed in ensemble numbers such as “March of the Wooden Soldiers.” After graduating from Salina Central High School in 2001, Hiatt minored in dance at the University of Kansas. ...

1 year ago
Salina Police are asking for the public's help in solving a couple of crimes. On Saturday, October 26, 2024, at about 3:15 AM, a subject living in the 1000 block of N. 9th, Salina, KS, reported hearing a noise in his living room. When he went to investigate the noise he observed a male approximately 6’1” with ...

1 year ago
The largest marathon in Kansas will take over the streets of Salina Saturday morning. Over 5,000 runners from all 50 states and at least 6 foreign countries will lace up their shoes, and run in and around Salina. Organizers say they would like to thank the community for all of your support of this year's Salina ...

1 year ago
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment  has rescinded a boil water advisory for the Sundowner West Mobile Home Park public water supply system located in Saline County. The advisory was issued Tuesday because of a waterline break resulting in a loss of pressure in the distribution system. Failure to maintain adequate pressure may result ...