7 years ago
To commemorate National Fair Housing Month and the 50th Anniversary of the Fair Housing Act, the City of Salina Community Relations Division will hold their Annual Fair Housing Seminar Friday, April 27 from 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. at Tony’s Pizza Events Center, 800 The Midway. The purpose of the seminar is to educate tenants, landlords, property ...

7 years ago
A group of journalism students at Salina South High School have qualified for state after winning awards at one of the Kansas Scholastic Press Association regional contests. According to Kansas Scholastic Press Association, the best from among 2,500 entries gathered from around the state were rewarded. In the regional contest, students from 81 different schools competed ...

7 years ago
Salina Police have released the name of the man who died in an explosion and fire at 320 E. Bond on Sunday. Authorities say the body of 42-year-old Justin R. Rogers was recovered from inside the home after first responders arrived on scene at 3:49 AM and fought a large, active fire. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells ...

7 years ago
OCCK, Inc. Transportation, including Salina CityGo, will be offering a special gift for riders on Saturday, March 17th, in recognition of St. Patrick’s Day. On Saturday, any rider wearing green, on Salina CityGo or OCCK Paratransit, will be able to ride free. CityGo spans the city from North to South and East to West with five routes, ...

7 years ago
A Salina area man with a history of helping others has received a little help himself, in the form of a life-changing liver transplant. Saline County farmer, volunteer firefighter, and storm chaser Henry Diehl is back home recovering with a new liver after a whirlwind couple of weeks . Diehl, who farms in rural Saline County ...

7 years ago
Community members are invited Monday evening  to celebrate the completion of Salina Central High School’s 2014 bond work. According to USD 305, a celebration event will begin at 5:00 at the north entrance with a ribbon cutting. Guests will hear students in Free Spirit perform the school’s alma mater and band students perform their fight song. Culinary ...

7 years ago
The Salina Art Center presents the inaugural Salina Biennial Exhibition: Contemporary Art from the Mountain Plains States Feb. 21 through May 20, 2018 in the main galleries and Warehouse in downtown Salina. The official opening reception will take place Friday, March 9 from 6-8pm at Salina Art Center. The first in a new series of biennial ...

7 years ago
Bethany College announces the launch of the Swedish Crafts Program. Providing students with an opportunity to learn how to make hand-crafted objects that celebrate the Lindsborg community’s rich history in the arts and Swedish culture, the Swedish Crafts Program will begin with the production of Bethany bowls and Bethany brooms.  As a part of this ...

7 years ago
Multiple choirs will come together for the 2018 Salina Choral Festival on Monday. The show will feature a mass choir consisting of five area high schools and the Kansas Wesleyan University Chorale, accompanied by a chamber orchestra of local musicians from the Salina Symphony. Choral Festival participants will attend a day of rehearsals including a vocal ...

7 years ago
A woman from Kanopolis was hurt in a two vehicle head on crash in Ellsworth late Friday night. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 20-year-old Alexandria Greenwood from Kanopolis was driving a 2005 Lincoln LS passenger car, headed east on K 156 Highway. She turned to go west on 8th Street, and was struck head on ...

7 years ago
Over a dozen journalism students at Salina Central High School have qualified for state after winning awards at one of the Kansas Scholastic Press Association regional contests. According to Kansas Scholastic Press Association, the best from among 2,500 entries gathered from around the state were rewarded. In the regional contest, students from 81 different schools competed ...