7 years ago
The Ell-Saline Cardinals celebrated homecoming in style on Friday night with a hard-fought 14-6 victory over Hutchinson Trinity in a matchup of undefeated Heart of America league teams. While Ell-Saline (5-0) came away with the victory, it was Hutchinson Trinity (4-1) who cracked the scoreboard first.  After both defenses held serve throughout the first 21 minutes ...

7 years ago
The Smoky Valley Vikings were looking to end a long losing skid. They did it with ease. Smoky Valley controlled the game from start to finish, handling the Hesston Swathers 48-20. The win ended an 11-game losing streak to the Swathers. Hesston made the Vikings sweat a little bit, scoring on the first drive. But, Smoky Valley answered ...

7 years ago
Back on October 30, 2015, the Salina Central Mustangs handled Newton on the road. Central was hoping for a similar result to end the losing skid, but the Railers dominated the second half, holding off the Mustangs 42-20 on homecoming night. The first half looked to be a shootout. SC took the opening drive and scored three ...

7 years ago
The Concordia Panthers won their third straight game on the season Friday night 35-18 at Abilene.  The Cowboys turned over the football 5 times in the game which led to 21 Concordia points. Abilene Quarterback Trevor Casteel was picked off on the first play from scrimmage by Tyler Stupka, who returned the football to the ...

7 years ago
It was the same song, different verse for the Sacred Heart football team in week five: the Knights fell short after getting behind and having to make a massive comeback. This time, to the Ellsworth Bearcats, 38-27. Sacred Heart will be kicking themselves after this first eight minutes of the game, because Ellsworth had the ball three ...

7 years ago
The Salina South Cougars were shut out for the second consecutive week, and fell 38-0 to Goddard Friday night at Salina Stadium. Goddard entered the game ranked 1st in Class 5A by most state wide publications, and moved to 5-0 on the season. After a 3-and-out by the Salina South offense, the Cougars defense rose to ...

7 years ago
Southeast of Saline Senior Quarterback Hunter White accounted for six total touchdowns, five on the ground, as the Minneapolis Lions fell on the road tonight, 53-13. Minneapolis was without starting quarterback Senior Trenton Brubaker for this contest. Sophomore Derek Freel got the start for the Lions. Freel was 5-13 throwing the football for 31 yards, while ...

7 years ago
A Salina man police say is a habitual violator for driving without a license was arrested again following an unrelated crash. On Thursday evening law enforcement officers were directing traffic around the scene of a single truck crash just east of the I 135 / I 70 junction. The Saline County Sheriff's Office says 31-year-old Jerry Hassler ...

7 years ago
The Salina Public Library has recently discovered bed bugs in several chairs and in a couple of books. Information and rumors about this has been posted on various social media sites, including the library’s Facebook page. The public library has tried to be pro-active about the local bed bug issue for a few years. It has trained ...

7 years ago
A call for help from a Salina mother - sends her son to jail. According to Police Captain Paul Forrester, 48-year-old Penny Miller and her 22-year-old son got into a verbal argument Thursday evening around 9:30pm in their apartment in the 500 block of S. 9th. Police say Aaron McDowell then became violent with Miller's husband, 43-year-old ...

7 years ago
An incident in the Ellsworth County community of Lorraine is under investigation. According to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, along with the Ellsworth County Sheriff’s Office they are investigating an aggravated battery that occurred Thursday night in Lorraine. The Ellsworth County Sheriff’s Office requested assistance from the KBI on Thursday night at approximately 10:00 p.m. Agents and ...