3 months ago
A new survey shows most Kansans believe former Marion Police Chief Gideon Cody should be prosecuted for raiding a newspaper office, editor’s home and a city councilwoman’s home last year. When asked to comment, the respondents had some choice words to describe the police action. They called the raids illegal, messy, invasive, rushed, crooked, overzealous, insane, wrong, ...

3 months ago
The fate of a dilapidated Salina hotel is still unclear after the owner met a deadline to show proof he has secured $3 million to renovate it. Though the deadline was met, the funding apparently isn't totally secured. Salina City Commissioners Monday evening  took up the issue of the fate of the Ambassador hotel, located at ...

3 months ago
The Salina Crossroads Marathon now has over 5,000 registered runners. Organizers say with a little over two weeks until race day there are 5,025 runners registered from all 50 states, Australia, Canada, Denmark, Mexico, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. Those numbers will make Salina Crossroads the largest marathon event in Kansas this year. There are over ...

3 months ago
Some Dickinson County residents are hoping the company that is proposing a wind farm will pack up - and not build the Hope Ridge Wind Project. The Dickinson County Planning Commission met last week to take public comment as they consider the construction of a 334-megawatt wind farm that would stretch across seven townships. Dickinson County resident ...

3 months ago
A candidate forum is planned in Salina this weekend. According to the Salina League of Women Voters, you can meet candidates during a candidate forum planned for Sunday from 1:30 till 3:30 in downtown Salina at the Watson Room inside the Stiefel Theatre. Candidates appearing on the Saline County Ballot in contested races have been invited to ...

3 months ago
Federal money is finding its way to American Vietnam veterans who were harmed by Agent Orange exposure in the nearly 50 years since the war ended. Now the Vietnam Veterans of America is out to ramp up pressure to compensate affected descendants of those soldiers who fought in Southeast Asia. The Salina-based VVA Chapter 809 is planning ...

3 months ago
Walgreens will be closing 1,200 stores across the country by 2027. The drugstore chain announced the cost-cutting move Tuesday while reporting fourth-quarter results that beat Wall Street expectations. CEO Tim Wentworth said the closures will give Walgreens a "healthier store base" and enable the company to respond to shifts in consumer behavior. Most of the cost cuts ...

3 months ago
An event in Salina which raises funds and awareness for patients at the Tammy Walker Cancer Center established a couple of new records. According to Salina Regional Health Center, the final totals are in from the 9th annual Fe for a Cure Race/Walk, held September 21 in support of patients undergoing treatment at the Tammy Walker ...

3 months ago
A new class of three will be inducted as part of the 20th class of the Salina Business Hall of Fame. According to the Salina Area Chamber of Commerce, three prominent Salina businesspersons are scheduled to be inducted into the 2024 class. They are: Moses Stiefel, co-founder of Stiefel Brothers and Company (Pioneer Category, 1858-1945) Paul Mai, ...

3 months ago
Lower temperatures are moving into the Sunflower State, prompting a Freeze Warning from the National Weather Service for Wednesday from 1am to 9am. Frost and freezing conditions have gardeners picking some tomatoes and covering others. Kansas State Extension Agent Jason Graves joined in on the KSAL Morning News Extra and says go ahead and pick it ...

3 months ago
Two people are dead and three others are injured following a head-on crash in Clay County. The Kansas Highway Patrol says that a Ford Ranger crossed the center line on U.S. Highway 24 on Saturday and collided with a minivan. Seventy-two-year-old Robert McCallum and 79-year-old Alma Wright, who were passengers in the minivan, were killed in the ...