6 years ago
A thief made with a large haul from a vehicle. Salina Police say  an estimated $7,700 was stolen from Kamell Gibbon's 2002 Volkswagon Passat. The morning of Dec. 21st Gibbon was getting ready for work as usual when he noticed some of his things had been tossed around inside. Most of Gibbon's property is stored in his vehicle. ...

6 years ago
A Salina man sustained a broken nose in a Christmas Eve incident. According to Salina Police, Jayreece Jones of Salina, was walking in the 500 block of W. South St. on Dec. 24, around 3:50 AM. Two white males walking on the other side of the street noticed Jones. The men started yelling racial slurs, Jones yelled ...

6 years ago
Police are looking for a suspect following an incident involving a knife. According to Salina Police Tymarquas Johnson and Troy Havens, both from Garden City, went to see a movie at the Salina Central Mall, late Dec.23rd. Around midnight as the men exited the movie, family members arrived and there was a heated verbal argument. A ...

6 years ago
A burglary targeted a home in central Salina. According to police, Christmas Eve between 10:45 AM and 4:20 PM a burglary occurred on E. Republic Ave. Sarah Weis returned home to see her luggage was dumped on the floor. Upon searching the rest of the house, Weis discovered her backdoor had been kicked in. The burglar stole ...

6 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff's Office  is warning everyone to keep their cars locked at all times and to remove all valuable items. According to the agency, beginning the night of Dec. 23rd and continuing through Dec. 25th, unknown person(s) have stolen cash and change out of unlocked vehicles. The most notable loss thus far was a ...

6 years ago
Four park locations in Salina will accept and recycle Christmas trees into mulch between December 17 and January 31, 2019. The mulch will be used around newly planted trees and to surface nature trails. Christmas trees must be free of ornaments, stands, netting and plastic bags. Yard waste will not be accepted. Drop-off locations include: Lakewood Park, ...

6 years ago
Salina Presbyterian Manor received a certificate of recognition from Presbyterian Manors of Mid-America for reaching goals in fiscal year 2018, covering the months of July 1, 2017, through June 30, 2018. The recognition came through PMMA’s Emerald Awards Program, designed to encourage its 17 locations and 2 hospices to achieve high levels of resident and employee ...

6 years ago
Beginning Jan. 1, 2019, visitors at Prairie Spirit Trail State Park and Flint Hills Trail State Park will no longer be required to purchase trail access permits. The Kansas Wildlife, Parks and Tourism (KWPT) Commission repealed the regulation that requires trail access permits at the Commission’s Nov. 15, 2018 public meeting in Russell in an ...

6 years ago
For the 36th year in a row Salina Chef Bill Fekas prepared the biggest Christmas dinner in Salina. Bright sunshine and mild temperatures set the scene as a large crowd gathered for the annual Bill Fekas Family Christmas Dinner. Fekas had a dream in 1982 to prepare and serve a free dinner for anyone who was alone ...

6 years ago
If you don't like cold and snow you'll like the Christmas forecast this year. A white Christmas in Central Kansas is rare, This year, there is virtually no chance of a white Christmas. For official records a white Christmas is defined: 1 inch or more of snow on the ground. It can either fall on Christmas day, ...

6 years ago
A stolen $90,000 SUV is the latest Salina Crime Stoppers crime of the week. The Salina Police Department is currently investigating the theft of a vehicle that occurred on Monday, December 17th, atMarshall Motors, 3500 S. 9th Street. The parties broke into the building and obtained the keys to a Red 2018 Jeep Trackhawk, then stole the ...