3 months ago
A case involving drugs and guns in a home with a child in it ends with the arrest of a Dickinson County man. According to the Dickinson County Sheriff's Office, on August 22nd deputies were attempting to serve an arrest warrant in the 300 Block of Opal Road in Dickinson County. While attempting to locate the ...

3 months ago
A Salina man was arrested after allegedly choking a woman Sunday night. According to Salina Police, officers responded just after 9 PM to a physical domestic in the 900 block of Garden. Contact was made with 43-year-old female. The woman reported she and Homero Vega (54), a known associate who lives at the residence, had gotten into ...

3 months ago
A back-to-school bash for college students was Friday night. The event was held at Campbell Plaza in downtown Salina, started at 6 PM, and had a variety of activities for people to enjoy. From Big Jenga and Connect Four to corn hole and yard pong, it was hard not to have a good time.  The event ...

3 months ago
Salina City Commissioners will choose a replacement for the seat vacated by the resignation of commissioner and vice mayor  Jerry Ivey back in July. State law requires a replacement within 60 days of the date of resignation. As in the past, the City Commission will fill the vacancy by picking from a pool of interested persons. Over 30 ...

3 months ago
Dickinson County youth will soon have more tools to turn their ideas into real-world business experience. Driving Dickinson County has received a $10,000 Networked Community Solutions Grant from Network Kansas to support Young Roots Market, a new youth entrepreneurship initiative designed to provide young people with shared equipment, hands-on learning and business education. The initiative brings together ...

3 months ago
In the State of Kansas if you are age 65 or older, your income (not including social security) is less than $58,040, and your home is valued at less than $350,000 you qualify for a property tax freeze. According to the Salina County Appraiser Sean Robertson, 0riginally known as the Golden Years Property Tax Freeze, the ...

3 months ago
A teen was hit and killed after getting out of a disabled vehicle along the Kansas Turnpike. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 18-year-old Shyann Clark from Atlanta, Kansas, was running across the road from a disabled vehicle when she was struck by a Chevrolet van. Clark suffered fatal injuries. No one in the van was hurt. The ...

3 months ago
Charter Communications finalized its $34.5 billion deal to acquire Cox Communications on Thursday, and Kansans will soon see their Cox products marketed under Charter’s Spectrum brand. Along with its Cox transaction, Charter announced completion of its purchase of Liberty Broadband Corp. Now the largest cable company in the country, with services across 45 states, Charter will rebrand ...

3 months ago
Early morning pouring rain prompted a delayed start, but by mid-day the clouds gave way to sunshine and cool cars, motorcycles, and food trucks filled Oakdale Park. It was all part of the first ever Salina Big Brothers Big Sisters Legacy Car and Bike Show. Big Brothers Big Sisters President and CEO Amanda Otto was a ...

3 months ago
The Salina City Lights Pavilion is officially open. The downtown Farm and Art Market was the first event there Saturday morning. After a period of waiting earlier this summer for the pre-engineered pieces to arrive in Salina, crews from Hutton Construction this month finished the project, which includes a metal roof providing not only covered parking, ...

3 months ago
Local media played a role in giving Cindy and Bryan Thompson some relief. Late Saturday afternoon, after KSAL reported the plea from the couple to find the owner of the dog, two ladies contacted Bryan reporting they knew the owner. One learned about the issue after reading the KSAL report. “Both said the lady walking the dog ...