7 years ago
A missing Salina middle school student has been found safe. Family and friends had been searching for 13-year-old Luke Burleson, who went missing from Salina on Thursday. He was last seen at Lakewood Middle School at around 2:30 in the afternoon. He was found safe Sunday afternoon. No other details were immediately available.   Copyright © Rocking M Media, ...

7 years ago
G.I. Joe might parachute in. Barbie may show up without Ken. Batman and Spiderman could provide security. Regardless of the guest list, it will be a blast from the past when "America's Toy Scout" Joel Magee hosts his Salina Vintage Toy Buying Show Sept. 29 at the Courtyard by Marriott Salina, 3020 Riffel Drive. Magee will offer ...

7 years ago
An open house is planned to gather information and input into future Salina downtown renovations. According to the City of Salina,  with the help of  HDR, Inc. they are moving forward with final design of the downtown streetscape improvements to turn the community vision into reality when construction begins in early 2018. Concepts were presented to the ...

7 years ago
Hundreds of people in Salina were up bright and early Saturday morning, lacing up their shoes. They ran, or walked, the length of Santa Fe Avenue.  It was the "Fe For a Cure" event to help locally in the fight against cancer. Fe for A Cure is a unique event. It is a rare straight course. ...

7 years ago
The Smoky Hill Museum threw a party on Saturday. It was a free day of celebration, beginning with a parade down Santa Fe and ending with a party for the whole family in front of the museum. It was the Smoky Hill Museum Street Fair. Though it was a little windy and a little warm, a ...

7 years ago
The Greater Salina Community Foundation is now accepting applications for its next grant cycle. Funding will be awarded from the Dane G. Hansen Community Grant Fund, the Fund for Early Childhood Care, Education and Development, the Kansas Health Foundation Fund for GSCF, and the L.P. “Pat” Mullen Fund. Grants are limited to $5,000 or less, and ...

7 years ago
Family and friends are trying to find a teen who went missing this week. 13-year-old Luke Burleson went missing from Salina on Thursday. He was last seen at Lakewood Middle School at around 2:30 in the afternoon. Luke was last seen wearing a black hoodie with an Under Armour t-shirt underneath, jeans, and tennis shoes. Luke has a ...

7 years ago
In a hand-delivered letter, the Saline County Commission is seeking a 50 year lease on the present EXPO Center property from the City of Salina. Containing all five County Commissioner signatures, the County proposes to levy one mill each year, for the next three years, in order to complete the following improvements in those three ...

7 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a couple of unrelated vehicle thefts. According to Captain Paul Forrester, on Wednesday Samantha Brown loaned her 2012 Honda Accord to a friend who agreed to bring it back in about an hour. She became concerned when she did not hear back from the man until early Thursday when he told her ...

7 years ago
A Salina man comes home to find his door damaged and a couple of men jumping over his fence. According to Salina Police Captain Paul Forrester, Efrain Torres got back in his truck and tried to chase down a couple of white males who ran out of his yard Thursday evening in the 700 block of ...

7 years ago
The last survivor of Pearl Harbor from Kansas has died. Earl M. "Mike" Schaeffer Jr. died Saturday in Hays and was laid to rest Wednesday in Assaria. Schaeffer was a longtime resident of Assaria. The 95-year-old was a retired U.S. Air Force veteran with 21 medals of service and commendation from World War Two. Schaeffer was ...