6 years ago
A Salina man was flown to a Wichita hospital after crashing into a house on his motorcycle. According to Police Sergeant David Villanueva, 29-year-old Krystopher Ruesch-Beem was transported to Salina Regional Health Center and then onto Wichita's Via Christi Hospital in critical condition. Police say Ruesch-Beem was riding his 2016 Harley Davidson motorcycle southbound at a high ...

6 years ago
A Kansas sheriff deputy was killed in the line of duty Sunday afternoon. According to the Sedgwick County Sheriff's Office,  Deputy Robert K. Kunze III was killed in the line of duty. Kunze was responding to the report of a suspicious character. He located a suspect, who was armed with a .40 caliber handgun. As Kunze attempted ...

6 years ago
The Secretary of the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks, and Tourism will speak in Salina this week. Robin Jennison will be the speaker at the upcoming Smoky Hills Audubon program on Thursday. Jennison was selected by Governor Sam Brownback to serve as the secretary of Wildlife and Parks which later became the department of Wildlife, Parks ...

6 years ago
The next USDA Emergency Food Assistance distribution is scheduled this week. It will be Wednesday from 12:00 noon – 1:30  p.m. in the 4-H Building in Kenwood Park. Items to be distributed include: Canned pears, dry pinto beans, canned beef stew, canned cream corn, canned mixed vegetables, bag of egg noodles, peanut butter (kosher) and red potatoes, Everything ...

6 years ago
The classic children's book "Little Women" was released 150 years ago and Kansas State University's English department is celebrating author Louisa May Alcott's most noted work with a lecture series, events, a special course and more throughout the 2018-2019 school year. The first volume of the novel about the March sisters —the quartet of four very ...

6 years ago
Kansas Game Warden made several drug related arrests while working a special assignment. According to the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks, and Tourism game wardens in the northeast part of the state routinely focus enforcement efforts at urban fishing areas for both resource regulation compliance and to provide safety and security to sportsmen and sportswomen who ...

6 years ago
After previous trips to locations including Italy, Ireland, and Greece, the Salina Area Chamber of Commerce is ready for more adventures. They are prepping their passports and getting ready to head to China. In partnership the Salina and Manhattan Area Chambers of Commerce are hosting China Explorer on September 30 - October 8, 2019. The trip will be ...

6 years ago
The Salina Art Center has commissioned 25 Kansas artists to help celebrate the Art Center’s 40th anniversary with a project inspired by Conrad Snider’s ceramic tile mural on the Art Center’s Santa Fe facade. Twenty-five individual works are being sold through online auction. Bidding will close Sept. 28, 2018 at midnight. The works of art can ...

6 years ago
Proclaiming a theme of “Unlocking Untapped Potential,” Dr. Tisa Mason was inaugurated today as the 10th president of Fort Hays State University in a ceremony in Gross Memorial Coliseum at Fort Hays State University. Dr. Mason noted the inauguration is for her a personal and a professional privilege, citing the six and a half years she ...

6 years ago
Salina's public transportation routes are now available on the worlds largest web mapping service. The OCCK Transportation public transit system is now on Google Maps. Transit Data for the CityGo fixed route service is now available through Google Maps to allow riders to plan trips and get directions using our transit service. OCCK Transportation is one of ...

6 years ago
Thanks to a large grant the University of Kansas is partnering with Salina Arts & Humanities on an art education project. According to KU, the Freeman Foundation has awarded the Spencer Museum of Art $437,261 to develop a K-12 outreach program focused on Asian art. Through this two-year grant, the Spencer Museum will partner with Salina ...