2 years ago
A pontoon boat and trailer were stolen from a rural Saline County property. The Saline County Sheriff's Office reports sometime between August 8 and the 14th, someone cut a lock on the trailer holding a 2000 Fisher Freedom pontoon boat and drove away with both. The boat and trailer were being stored in the 3000 block of ...

2 years ago
Faculty, support staff and administration of Kansas State University Salina Aerospace and Technology Campus recently took part in a volunteering campaign at different Salina organizations with the goal of improving the community. According to the school, the annual Fall Kickoff is the campus's unofficial start of the new school year before students return. At the Aug. 15 event, ...

2 years ago
The Saline County Health Department for this first time is making local opioid information available via a new opioid dashboard. According to the agency, while the COVID-19 pandemic dominated the headlines, an epidemic that has long remained in the shadows continued to rage on. In 2020, fatal drug overdoses across the U.S. climbed to a record 92,000 ...

2 years ago
A new program that seeks to attract new residents to move to North Central Kansas is now available in Cloud, Ellsworth, Jewell, Lincoln, Mitchell, Ottawa, Republic and Saline County. Organizers say the pilot project known as the North Central Kansas Regional Relocation Program seeks to make home ownership more affordable for those relocating to the region ...

2 years ago
More dates for the "Guide & Go” Travel Training program that teaches people how to use public transportation services in the region have been scheduled. According to OCCK Transportation, 81 Connection Familiarization classes in September are now available for sign up.  81 Connection Familiarization teaches the basics of riding the fixed route bus service that serves ...

2 years ago
A new staff member is on the job at Salina Arts and Humanities. According to the organization, Crystal Hammerschmidt has been selected as the agency’s new Arts Services Coordinator. Raised in Smolan, KS, Hammerschmidt most recently lived and worked in Hays, KS, where she recently completed her Master of Fine Arts in printmaking and sculpture at ...

2 years ago
The longest trail in Kansas and the eighth-longest rail-trail in the United States will be expanded with the help of a $24.8 million federal grant. Kansas Governor Laura Kelly's Office say the grant to the Flint Hills Trail is coming via the U.S. Department of Transportation’s “Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity” (RAISE) program. “No ...

2 years ago
An Ellsworth County Sheriff Deputy who was injured by a buffalo is out of the hospital and is at home recovering. The agency tells KSAL News, deputy Jerry Slaight, who was seriously injured by a bison on August 7th, was discharged from Salina Regional Health Center and is home recovering from the attack. Deputy Slaight said that ...

2 years ago
As the summer season concludes over the next few weeks, Kansas law enforcement will be doing all they can to keep the roads safe from impaired drivers. Beginning Saturday and through the Labor Day weekend, more than 150 law enforcement agencies from across the state will join forces in a concentrated effort detecting and removing impaired ...

2 years ago
Anti-abortion activists incredulous about defeat of a Kansas constitutional amendment Monday dropped plans for a statewide recount of votes by earmarking $119,600 for a ballot-by-ballot review in populous Sedgwick, Johnson, Shawnee and Douglas counties and five others. The campaign to raise $229,300 for a hand count in all 105 counties didn’t succeed by the 5 p.m. ...

2 years ago
Bethany College and Salina Are Technical College have entered into an agreement which they say is an "exciting opportunity for students". According to Bethany, in January 2021 the two schools, facilitated by Jennifer Callis, Greg Nichols, and Mark Bandre, signed an agreement for students to cross-register classes.  This allows students to schedule classes between both programs, ...