2 years ago
A student from Bennington is Kansas State University’s 85th Goldwater scholar. Helen Winters, junior in biology and fisheries, wildlife, conservation and environmental biology, Bennington, is this year's winner. Winters received the prestigious recognition from the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation. According to K-State, established by Congress in 1986 to honor Sen. Barry M. Goldwater from ...

2 years ago
Tips are being sought in connection with a tool theft. The crime is the latest Salina Crime Stoppers crime of the week. Salina Police say between Monday, April 8, 2024, at 4:00 PM and Tuesday, April 9, 2024, an unknown suspect(s) broke out a window on a Superior Contracting & Manufacturing work van which was parked ...

2 years ago
The Kansas Wesleyan community is still celebrating the events of April 20’s Scholarship Gala, when the university announced more than $2.7 million in gifts and pledges. According to KWU, it was the single-largest fundraising night in school history, highlighted by a million-dollar gift from Dr. Kent Cox ’65 and wife Adrienne. Cox was part of the “Gang ...

2 years ago
A couple of Salina high schools students have been selected as recipients of prestigious Rudd Scholarships. According to USD 305, Central High School seniors Priscilla Hoffpauir and Charles Slothower join 43 other Kansas high school seniors who were chosen as Rudd Scholars through a rigorous selection process whic considers not only their academic achievements but also ...

2 years ago
A gathering in Salina's Oakdale Park on Saturday will be part of a worldwide event.  On the last Saturday of April  people from all over the world celebrate the martial art of Tai Chi. Susan Buddy of Salina is a certified Tai Chi instructor, and is inviting the public to join her to learn a little ...

2 years ago
Volunteers willing to put in a half-day of work are being recruited to help make Salina a better place to live. People of all ages are needed to roll up their sleeves and tackle a variety of community service projects during the annual Spring Spruce-Up effort, which is scheduled for this Saturday Spring Spruce-Up is a ...

2 years ago
Police arrested a Salina man Wednesday night after a domestic dispute occurred inside his truck.  According to captain Jim Feldman, Wednesday night at 10:30 officers were sent to the area of Iron and Ohio to a report of an alleged domestic dispute taking place in a black truck driving on the sidewalk with a female victim ...

2 years ago
Governor Laura Kelly is vetoing a bipartisan tax cut package and proposing her own. Kelly called the legislature's tax cut package too expensive. The governor's 433-million-dollar plan is 90-million-dollars less than the bipartisan package, and it would eliminate the state's grocery tax by July 1st. The plan would also retain the current three tax bracket system at lower ...

2 years ago
A fifth suspect is under arrest in connection with the murder of two Kansas women. Thirty-one-year-old Paul Grice is facing two counts of first-degree murder, kidnapping and conspiracy to murder in the first-degree. Texas County, Oklahoma, prosecutors say Grice admitted to taking part in the murders of Veronica Butler and Jillian Kelley, who went missing on March ...

2 years ago
One of the biggest stars in country music over the last 20 years is coming to Salina. Sara Evans is out on tour, and will stop in Salina. The multi-platinum entertainer will perform at the Stiefel theatre this summer. As the fifth most-played female artist on country radio in nearly the last two decades, Sara Evans ...

2 years ago
Volunteers and consultants will gather this weekend in Abilene to begin the massive rebuild of Santa Fe 3415, the Abilene and Smoky Valley Railroad’s prized steam locomotive. According to the Railroad, he rebuild, mandated by the Federal Railroad Administration, is expected to take nearly two years to complete, meaning that the engine will be out of ...