6 days ago
Salina Family Healthcare Center will receive a $10 Million boost from the state as they embark on a capital campaign aimed at building a new family medical clinic on South Ohio Street. According to Salina State Senator J.R. Claeys, the funds are included in the new state budget to support the new $60 Million facility. The Smoky ...

6 days ago
The statewide Kansas Entrepreneurship Challenge recently awarded more than $75,000 in total prizes to 31 aspiring entrepreneurs, including four from Salina. Salina students who were recognized for their projects include: Dough-licious, created by Armando Duran, Carson Ablard from Salina Central High School Norris Tutoring, created by Dylan Norris from Salina South High School Lizzie’s Lounge Doggie Daycare ...

6 days ago
A truck driver from Michigan was transported to the hospital in Salina following a single-vehicle crash along Interstate 70 late Saturday afternoon. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 52-year-old Darryl Marchand from Hazel Park, Michigan, was driving a 2020 Freightliner Semi headed east on I 70. The truck and trailer veered off the road to the ...

7 days ago
They are the champions. The  Kansas Wesleyan University DECA team is again sitting on top of the world. According to the school, more than half of the team are world champions in their categories and all of the KWU competitors earned top-10 results at the Collegiate DECA International Career Development Conference in Austin, Texas, April 20-23. Undergraduate ...

7 days ago
The new May 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 May list went online Saturday morning. Those on the new list are wanted for crimes which include aggravated arson, robbery, domestic violence battery, failure to stop at an accident, embezzlement, felony drug crimes, ...

1 week ago
Bethany College has received funding to establish a new field of study. According to the school, the McPherson County Community Foundation (MCCF) has awarded a generous grant to establish a groundbreaking Cadaver Dissection Program. This initiative, made possible by the Foundation's unwavering support and distribution of the David J. Nutt Fund, will revolutionize the educational landscape ...

1 week ago
A couple of Salina students are the recipients of a unique, local scholarship. This year’s Cash Hollistah Scholarship recipients are Emily Streeter and Mariah Prophet. Streeter, a senior at Salina South High School, has a 3.9 GPA, and has been involved with Theatre Salina, Shannon's Stars, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Salina South Marching Band, and Kansas ...

1 week ago
K-State Salina's student-led chapter of Pilots For Kids, an international nonprofit organization, brought joy and gifts to hospitalized youth in Wichita. According to the school, the students recently traveled to Wesley Medical Center to visit more than 40 hospitalized children, ranging from infants to teenagers. They brought gift bags that included toys and special K-State Salina ...

1 week ago
Salina Police are seeking tips in an incident in which a pedestrian was hit by a car which then fled the scene. It's the latest Salina Crime Stoppers crime of the week. Police say on Saturday, April 27th, at about 9:30 PM a 75-year-old man was walking west on Ash Street in the cross walk at ...

1 week ago
Flags across Kansas will fly at half-staff on Sunday to honor a fallen firefighter. Governor Laura Kelly has directed flags throughout Kansas be flown at half-staff from sunup to sundown on Sunday, in recognition of National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Day and to honor Division Chief Martin Smith of the Dearing Fire Department in Montgomery County. “Our first ...

1 week ago
A Colorado man was transported to a hospital in Kansas after a mechanical failure caused him to crash a motor home on Interstate 70 late Thursday night. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, a motor home was headed east on  I 70 when it lost brakes and power steering. The RV took Exit 107, crossed K ...