6 years ago
A former Kansan who became lost after his vehicle broke down in the mountains of Oregon is still missing. 30-year-old Jeff Vance, who grew up in the Abilene and Salina areas, has been missing since early February. Vance was reported missing on Monday, February 4th. A friend reported he and Vance had been lost in the ...

6 years ago
Forecasters are keeping watch on a developing weekend storm system that could dump heavy snow on Kansas. According to the National Weather Service,  another Arctic Front will surge southeast across Kansas Friday night. After frontal passage, snow will rapidly develop across Kansas Saturday evening. Continuing until around midday Sunday, the snow may be heavy, with accumulations from ...

6 years ago
The Stiefel Theatre announced its next big show on Wednesday morning which will feature a funny-man making his fifth trip to Salina. The Stiefel will host Rodney Carrington on Friday, May 10. The show begins at 8 p.m. Rodney Carrington is a multi-talented comedian, actor, singer and writer who recorded eight major record label comedy albums, which ...

6 years ago
Nearly a hundred years ago, a group of Kansas business owners determined politicians in Topeka and Washington, DC were making it difficult for them to expand their companies, hire more employees and support their communities. They established the Kansas Chamber of Commerce to improve the state’s business climate so all Kansas businesses can succeed and ...

6 years ago
Kansas 28th Judicial District Judge Jared Johnson and Brian Vessar, Drug Court Coordinator proudly accepted the Kansas Adult Education Association Humanitarian Award before the Saline County Commission.  Kelly Mobray, director of USD 305’s adult education services, read the nomination that recognized the team for their individual and collective support of literacy awareness as well as ...

6 years ago
Salina USD 305 has named its Horizon Teachers. The Horizon Award recognizes exemplary first year teachers. 2019 Elementary Horizon Award – Brooke Hawkins, Heusner Elementary School Brooke is into her second year as a third grade teacher at Heusner where she serves on the School Improvement Team and has helped with teacher recruitment at the district level. ...

6 years ago
Leadership at the KU Medical School in Salina will soon change. William Cathcart-Rake, M.D is retiring and a new dean has been named. According to KU, the University of Kansas Medical Center has named Robert P. Moser, M.D., dean of the University of Kansas School of Medicine–Salina, effective May 1. He will replace William Cathcart-Rake, M.D., ...

6 years ago
A Salina elementary school teacher has been honored. According to USD 305, members of NEA-Salina selected Carolynn Phalen as the USD 305 Master Teacher. She is also one of seven Kansas teachers chosen by Emporia State University as the 2019 Kansas Master Teachers. Phalen has taught for 15 years at Salina USD 305, and currently teaches first ...

6 years ago
Salina City Commissioners learned the City’s actual revenues for the 2018 general fund were $2,126,653 less than what was budgeted. Actual expenditures were less than budgeted by $773,624. This left an overall 2018 budget shortfall of $1,353,029. The City’s 2018 budget authorized expenditures of $100,115,914 in all funds. Within the general fund, the 2018 budget authorized ...

6 years ago
One hundred years after the U.S. Constitution was amended, Kansas Wesleyan University Director of Bands Carl Rowles wants to celebrate. The assistant professor of music has embarked on an ambitious project to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Suffragette movement that gave women in America the right to vote, also known as the 19th Amendment to ...

6 years ago
A new ultrasensitive diagnostic device invented by researchers at the University of Kansas, The University of Kansas Cancer Center and KU Medical Center could allow doctors to detect cancer quickly from a droplet of blood or plasma, leading to timelier interventions and better outcomes for patients. The “lab-on-a-chip” for “liquid biopsy” analysis, reported today in Nature ...