3 months ago
The public is invited to a reception on Friday, February 16th, to unveil the “Artists Way Of The Cross” art exhibit. The event, and exhibit, will be at Christ Cathedral church at 138 S. Eighth Street in downtown Salina. According to the church, designed to complement the Lenten-season Stations of the Cross tradition that represents events ...

3 months ago
A wildlife expert from Washburn University will be the guest presenter at the Smoky Hills Audubon Society's monthly gathering later this week. According to the organization, Dr. Benjamin Reed goes where turtles go, and that can include a thorny forest, a sunbaked prairie, a patch of poison ivy or elbow-deep in a dark hole. Like a submarine ...

3 months ago
The spring round of tourist grant applications are open in Kansas. According to Kansas Tourism, the Tourism Attraction Development Grant Program application program is open. Attraction Development Grants are designed to assist in the development of sustainable travel experiences by developing new tourism attractions or enhancing existing attractions that will spur new visitation and increase visitor ...

3 months ago
Winter may be imposing its lull on some people’s exercise programs, but Sharolyn Jackson is not one of those. In fact, Jackson – a K-State Research and Extension family and consumer sciences specialist in northeast Kansas – has her thoughts squarely fixed on spring’s warmer days and a program that is nearing a quarter century of ...

3 months ago
Salina Area Technical College has created a new position designed to help local businesses. According to the school, the Salina Tech Director of Business and Community Partnerships role was created to create customized training as needed by local businesses. Alisha Jester has returned to take the new position. The responsibilities of this new role are wide-ranging, said ...

3 months ago
Police are seeking tips in connection with a recent business burglary. The crime is the latest Salina Crime Stoppers crime of the week. Salina Police say back on Sunday, February 4th, officers were sent to a report of a business burglary occurring at Schlotzsky’s, 2480 S. 9th. It is believed the burglary occurred between 3:00 and ...

3 months ago
A driver was injured when he crashed while fleeing law enforcement in Riley County Friday night. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 58-year-old Moses Allen of Manhattan was driving a 2020 Kia Forte, being pursued by Geary County Deputies. The chase was headed east on K 18 Highway near milepost 182 when he control and struck ...

3 months ago
The former Clay County Undersheriff has been arrested. According to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, on Friday at approximately 4:10 p.m., KBI agents arrested Harold Stellner, 55, of Clay Center, when he turned himself in at the Clay County Jail. He was arrested for mistreatment of a confined person, a class A misdemeanor. On Oct. 4, 2023, ...

3 months ago
Motorists in the Sunflower State are enjoying slightly lower prices at the pump. As reported by Triple-A, the average price for a gallon of regular fell yesterday in Kansas to a half cent over $2.74, this as the corresponding national figure rose to a little over $3.15. Oklahoma motorists currently lay claim to the lowest average prices ...

3 months ago
Some Kansas farmers are criticizing a federal decision to halt the use of certain weed killers marketed by major U.S. drug companies. According to a spokesperson for the Southern Kansas Cotton Growers Cooperative, farmers are disappointed by the ruling, arguing that they are aware of potential dangers associated with the weed killers. Federal officials say the court ...

3 months ago
The Salina Police Department has released a few more details regarding the death of a Kansas Wesleyan University professor on Thursday. According to Police Captain Jim Feldman, Dr. Eileen St. John died of a gunshot wound in her office in Pioneer Hall. Police say around 7:48am a KWU faculty member found her and contacted authorities. Officers located Dr. ...