2 years ago
The Salina Family Healthcare Center clinic has been awarded several awards by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), recognizing the hard work our team has put into the community's healthcare. The first award, Health Center Quality Leader, is awarded to Community Health Centers that achieve top 30% best overall performance on a panel of health ...

2 years ago
A Salina man was killed in a two-vehicle crash involving a motorcycle on a highway near Lindsborg. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 53-year-old Bryan Hernandez of Salina was riding a 2007 Harley Davidson motorcycle headed west on K-4 Highway. He struck a 2008 Mercury Sable which made a left hand turn in front of him. Hernandez ...

2 years ago
Salina Public Library is gearing up for a busy and fun September, which is National Library Card Sign-Up Month. According to the library, Since 1987, Library Card Sign-up Month has been held each September to mark the beginning of the school year. During the month, the American Library Association and libraries unite in a national ...

2 years ago
Kansas Wesleyan University is planning to bring back the 7x7x7 lecture series which debuted on campus last year. The lecture series will be a part of this year’s Homecoming and Family Weekend. The event will be held Friday, Oct. 21, at 1 p.m. in Peters Science Hall 201 on campus. It will feature seven local leaders ...

2 years ago
A new list of Salina’s Most Wanted is online. The first weekend of each month a new list of Salina’s most wanted is released. The September list is online now. Those on the new list are wanted for crimes which include among others aggravated battery, aggravated assault, felony weapons charges, fleeing and eluding, identity theft, felony theft, ...

2 years ago
Community spread of COVID remains high in Saline County. According to the Saline County Health Department, COVID cases in Saline County are up, hospitalizations are down, and the number of deaths is steady. The agency says there were 652 reported cases of COVID-19 throughout the month of August, up from the 584 cases reported in the previous ...

2 years ago
Salina Police are seeking tips in a case involving a thief caught on camera passing counterfeit money. The crime is the latest Salina Crime Stoppers crime of the week. Police say on Tuesday of last week officers took a report of a subject passing a counterfeit bill at Casey’s, 1100 E. Iron, Salina. At approximately 5:22 ...

2 years ago
If you are heading lo a lake in Kansas this Labor Day Weekend be aware toxic blue green algae has prompted state health officials to issue public health advisories for 18 different bodies of water across the state. Still included on the list is a pond at a Salina park. According to the Kansas Department of ...

2 years ago
Public transportation in Salina will not be running on Monday. According to OCCK, the organization which runs the services, transportation will be closed on Monday in observation of Labor Day. No vehicles will run on Monday, including CityGo, 81 Connection, GoAbilene, GoConcordia, KanConnect, and Paratransit services. No vehicles will run on Monday, September 5th.  Transportation services will resume ...

2 years ago
Kansas’ largest foster care contractor responded to Kansas Reflector reporting on the organization’s finances and litigation by pointing to a turnaround under current leadership and a willingness to cooperate with investigators. Salina-based Saint Francis Ministries said statements published in an Aug. 12 story are “inaccurate” and “false,” but wouldn’t identify specific statements in question. The nonprofit also ...

2 years ago
A Pittsburg man is dead following Wednesday night's single-vehicle, rollover crash in southeast Kansas. Troopers say 21-year-old Caden Anderson had been headed south on South 200th Street in Pittsburg, Kansas, shortly before his Chevy Tahoe went off the road around 9 p.m. and hit a culvert, at which point it overturned at a high rate of ...