6 months ago
A rider was hurt when she was thrown from an ATV Sunday night. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 45-year-old Kathleen Hurteau from Fulton, Kansas, was riding a Honda  Rancher ATV. Hurteau lost control of the vehicle on rocky terrain.  She and a passenger were both ejected.  Neither was wearing a helmet. The ATV drove off the ...

6 months ago
It's been a month since a hailstorm pounded the Salina area. Recovery continues for some, including the Central Mall. According to the Mall's latest update, there is still no set timeline for when the facility will reopen to the public. The following businesses remain open regular hours: District Eat and Play Driven Barbell and Training Dunham's Sports ...

6 months ago
This spring marked another year of one of the most well-known missing person cases in Salina. After over three decades the disappearance of a Salina woman is still a mystery. It's been 33 years since Kathryn Adam was last seen. On April 29th, 1993, 35-year-old Kathryn Adam went missing. Adam was last seen at 4:30 in the ...

6 months ago
Multiple agencies worked together to find a 76-year-old woman who went missing Saturday night in Wabaunsee County.  According to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, the woman went missing at around 7:15 Saturday night from the 200 block of Grant St. in Alta Vista. She was walking her dog. The dog returned home wet and without the ...

6 months ago
Have you noticed a chlorine smell in your Salina tap water? To maintain high water quality in the City’s water distribution system and Saline County RWD #3, the Utilities Department will temporarily modify the disinfection process used to treat our drinking water. This is a preventative maintenance process and consists of turning off the ammonia feed ...

6 months ago
Monday, May 18, 2026, was a day that the Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma had outlined as one to keep an eye on. As the weekend approached, the SPC refined their forecast and narrowed in on the area of concern, from central Kansas up into southwestern Iowa—an area outlined as having the potential for significant tornadoes ...

6 months ago
One person suffered suspected serious injuries in a crash involving an SUV and a UTV. According to the Ellsworth County Sheriff's Office, first responders were dispatched to a motor vehicle accident on K  140 Highway near 13th Road, west of Ellsworth on Saturday afternoon. The UTV driver was making a left-hand turn into a field entrance when ...

6 months ago
A woman from Wichita was transported to the hospital in Salina following a crash on the Magnolia Street Overpass. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, a Nissan Murano and a Jeep Compass were stopped at a red light at I 135 and Magnolia. The light turned green, and the Jeep started to go. For an unknown reason ...

6 months ago
One person was killed in a crash involving a UTV and a lawn mower in northern Kansas. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, a John Deere lawn mower was stationary on the east side of 864 Indian Road in Washington County facing North. A Polaris Ranger side by side was traveling north on Indian Road approaching ...

6 months ago
The nonprofit behind the "Salina Sharing Fridges" is bringing another resource to the community. According to the Kansas Impact Coalition, they are planning to host a will host a "Community Closet Free Shopping Market". The event will be Saturday, June 27th, from 8am till noon. It will be in the new renovated parking lot at the ...

6 months ago
A coalition of federal lawmakers from Kansas introduced in the U.S. House this week a bipartisan bill that could offer interest-free loans to rural hospitals “hanging on by a thread.” U.S. Reps. Sharice Davids and Tracey Mann of Kansas and representatives from Alabama, Colorado, Hawaii, Michigan, Oregon and West Virginia co-sponsored the Rural Hospital Revitalization Act. Mann ...