7 years ago
Nearly everyone is familiar with the striped skunk, a common Kansas furbearer known for its striking black body and white stripe down its back and, of course, the odor. However, there is a much rarer species of skunk living in Kansas that most people are not familiar with: the Eastern spotted skunk. And biologists with ...

7 years ago
The Kansas State Wildcat football team is going West. The Wildcats accepted an invitation to the Cactus Bowl in Phoenix, Arizona on December 26. The opponent: UCLA Bruins. UCLA fired its head coach Jim Mora earlier in the year and quickly found a replacement in former Oregon coach Chip Kelly. The Bruins also have a projected top-five ...

7 years ago
A Wichita aviation company is planning a large expansion. Spirit AeroSystems announced yesterday it will invest one-billion-dollars in its Wichita operations and construct a new building on its campus. The company also plans to create one-thousand new jobs by 2019. Most of the new jobs will include mechanics, technicians, machine operators and production.     Story: MetroSource News

7 years ago
Just a few years ago, Kansas Wesleyan sophomore forward Jordan McNelly was a Salina Central Mustang. After a pit stop at Cloud County Community College, he wound up back home as a Coyote this year. McNelly went home for plays like the one he made on Wednesday. Salina's own sealed off the opposite block, corralling a missed ...

7 years ago
Public opinion results are back for a portion of the Smoky Hill River renewal project. According to the City of Salina, survey results from the design charrette held September 26–28, for the area of the Smoky Hill River Renewal Project from north of Iron Avenue (North Channel and Founders Park) and south of the YMCA (South ...

7 years ago
A Kansas City area businessman who challenged Republican Senator Pat Roberts in 2014 is considering a run for governor. Greg Orman, who ran a strong race as an Independent against the incumbent senator Roberts, filed paperwork on Wednesday to create an exploratory committee for a possible 2018 bid for Governor again as an Independent candidate. Via ...

7 years ago
Rocking M Media Salina Radio Stations will be out in the community collecting toys this week for the foster kids of Saint Francis Community Services. The radio stations are helping in the "Christmas for Kids" campaign, an annual effort to put Christmas gifts under the trees of the thousands of foster children. Three radio stations, Newsradio ...

7 years ago
All of the angels on this year's Salina Salvation Army's Angel Tree, 461 of them, have been adopted. Now, volunteers are awaiting their return. Each angel represents an area child 12-years-old or younger who without a little help, might not otherwise have much of a Christmas. The angel has on it information including shoe and clothing ...

7 years ago
A mother and her boyfriend are charged in the death of a Wichita child whose body was found encased in concrete. Miranda Miller and Stephen Bodine were each charged yesterday with first-degree murder in the death of Miller's son, three-year-old Evan Brewer. The child's remains were found September 2nd inside a Wichita home where his mother once ...

7 years ago
During the Thanksgiving Safe Arrival traffic enforcement campaign just completed, the Saline County Sheriff’s Office conducted overtime saturation patrols to primarily enforce Kansas’ impaired driving and occupant restraint laws. Over the period, November 20th through November 26th. All told, officers made 67 enforcement stops during the campaign with the following results:  1 DUI arrest 6 speeding citations ...

7 years ago
Multiple RV's were either damaged or burglarized at a business south of Salina. Undersheriff Brent Melander says that five RV's were either damaged or burglarized at Lorenson Industries at 461 E. Ave. A. The damage occurred between Dec. 2 and Dec. 4 at a lot on the property that isn't gated. Among the damaged RV's include a ...