5 months ago
Ahead of Fire Prevention Week the Salina Fire Department recognized Romar Hidalgo, a third grader at Stewart Elementary School, for winning the 2025 Fire Safety Poster Contest. According to USD 305, the poster inspired by this year’s theme “Charge into Fire Safety: Lithium-Ion Batteries in Your Home”, reminds us how everyday devices can pose fire risks ...

5 months ago
Dr. Marshall Stanton has written only one book.  “It’s enough to tell the story,” said Stanton, former president of Kansas Wesleyan University. Stanton will sign copies of his book, “From a Precipice to Grand Opera: KWU During the Stanton Presidency 1984-2002,” at 2:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 24, in the Student Activities Center, during Homecoming 2025. The book is ...

5 months ago
The City of Salina Director of Community and Development Services has been elected President-Elect of the American Planning Association (APA).  Lauren Driscoll, AICP, will lead the nation’s leading organization for professional planners with nearly 40,000 members.is proud to announce that According to the City, Driscoll has served Salina since 2017, leading a department responsible for planning, ...

5 months ago
Clay County Medical Center's Comprehensive Wound Center has received dual recognition from RestorixHealth, earning both the Clinical Distinction Award and the Excellence in Patient Satisfaction Award. These prestigious awards are given biannually to wound centers that meet or exceed rigorous national quality and patient satisfaction benchmarks. According to the hospital, the Clinical Distinction Award recognizes centers ...

5 months ago
October’s First Friday lived up to its reputation, offering beautiful weather, lively music, and a thriving downtown art scene. The monthly event drew large crowds to Downtown Salina, where businesses stayed open late and art lovers gathered for receptions, live music, and community fun. Traditional artist receptions were held at the Greater Salina Community Foundation, A Work ...

5 months ago
Efforts by a travel store chain which is based in Salina  will help fill-up local community foodbanks across Kansas. According to officials from the 24/7 Travel Store company, Kansas communities once again came together in a big way during the 8th Annual Food Bank Fill-Up, raising a record-breaking $66,011.95 to support local food banks across the ...

5 months ago
The new October 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 October list went online Saturday morning. Those on the October list are wanted for crimes which include aggravated escape from custody, aggravated domestic violence battery, making criminal threats, intimidating a witness, endangering a ...

5 months ago
One of the last surviving drive-in movie theatres in Kansas, the Kanopolis Drive-In, has been forced to close early for the season and its future is in jeopardy. Drive-in owner Jessica Eagle-Moyer tearfully announced Friday night the venue was forced to close because of a broken projector, which she said despite their efforts over the past ...

5 months ago
A passenger in a small pickup truck was killed in a single-vehicle crash along Interstate 135 in McPherson County on Friday. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, a Ford Ranger pickup was headed south on I 135 when it went off the road to the left.  As the driver overcorrected back onto the road the truck ...

5 months ago
The City of Salina, in partnership with the Boys & Girls Clubs of Hutchinson and the local Boys & Girls Clubs of Salina Advisory Board, is exploring redevelopment of a portion of Bondy Field at Sunset Park into a new Boys & Girls Club facility. The City is planning a public information meeting about the project. According ...

5 months ago
A man was arrested after allegedly groping a teenage girl. According to Salina Police, a 17-year-old female reported she was walking in the 600 block of N Santa Fe at about 8:30 Wednesday night when she was approached by a male. The two began talking and walking together when they went into a dark area in ...