2 years ago
The month of May is National Bike Month, and communities all across Kansas are celebrating, including those here in North Central Kansas.  Established in 1956, National Bike Month is a chance to showcase the many benefits of bicycling and encourage more folks to give biking a try. According to OCCK Transportation, there are lots of ways ...

2 years ago
A passenger in a vehicle which crashed while fleeing law enforcement late Saturday night was killed. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, troopers were pursuing a 2017 Chevrolet Malibu headed north on the Kansas Turnpike on Interstate 35. The Chevy struck the rear of  a semi trailer, then struck the median barrier wall multiple times. The driver ...

2 years ago
AAA Kansas is anticipating a lot of travel this summer, possibly the most ever. According to the agency, we’re a month away from the Memorial Day holiday and the unofficial kickoff to what could be a very busy summer for travel. On top of AAA reporting a significant increase in international travel bookings this year(up 200% compared ...

2 years ago
The  application process is open for projects funded in 2024 in two categories of the Horizons Grants Program through the Salina Arts & Humanities Foundation. According to Salina Arts and Humanities, the Lana Jordan Developing Artist Grants and the Organizational Project Grants open for application on Monday, May 1, with a deadline of November 1, 2023. ...

2 years ago
In the last six months, the Lindsborg Old Mill & Swedish Heritage Museum has been on an impressive run of securing grant funding for critical repairs and restoration to its 1898 Smoky Valley Roller Mills and 1904 Worlds Fair Swedish Pavilion buildings – about $120,000 in funding. On April 28, however, the museum and the McPherson ...

2 years ago
Tips are being sought in connection with an incident in which a man and a woman were confronted allegedly in the act of stealing items from a property in rural Salina County. The case is the latest Salina Crime Stoppers Crime of the Week. According to the Saline County Sheriff's Office, on April 18th deputies responded ...

2 years ago
Flowers have a language all their own, but if you really want to thank someone, plant a tree. Kansas Wesleyan University planted three trees on campus in an Arbor Day celebration Friday, April 28. One was a Jane Magnolia in honor of the two students who are KWU Tree Advisory Committee members. The students, graduating seniors ...

2 years ago
Ahead of the completion of the new Saline County Jail which is set to open this fall, officials are looking ahead to improving communications for inmates and staff. The Saline County Jail has contracted with Smart Communications to provide MailGuard electronic mail services. The changes are being made to streamline the operations of the Sheriff’s Office, improve ...

2 years ago
Dodge City is the best summer-vacation destinations in the Sunflower State. That's according to an online travel-discovery platform "The Best Summer Vacation Destination in Every State," which praised Dodge City for its "non-lethal" showdowns at high noon, Old West saloons and bona fide, uber-cool 10-day annual community festival. Other regional top cities referenced in the survey: Estes ...

2 years ago
Kansas is among a handful of Midwest states affected by a voluntary recall for pre-packaged sandwiches available at many grocery stores. According to federal officials, Houston-based GHSW is recalling its eight-point-five-fire-ounce packages of turkey and Havarti sandwiches amid concerns that sesame seeds in bread may prompt life-threatening allergic reactions in some consumers. The products reportedly are being ...

2 years ago
GOP Kansas lawmakers are overriding Democratic Governor Laura Kelly's veto of one of the most far-reaching so-called bathroom bills in the nation. The new Kansas law will now define a man and woman by their sex organs at birth and use that to determine who can enter which bathrooms, domestic violence shelters, rape crisis centers, jails ...