3 years ago
A Saline County school district is implementing a temporary mask mandate leading up to its Thanksgiving break. COVID cases prompted the USD 307 Ell-Saline Middle and High School to dismiss classes late last week. According to a district schedule, students are back in class beginning Monday of this week, with masks required at the Ell-Saline Middle ...

3 years ago
Kenneth Bradford has been located safe. The statewide silver alert is now canceled. _ _  _ ORIGINAL: A statewide Silver Alert has been issued for a missing 90-year-old man. According to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, the whereabouts of 90-year-old Kenneth Bradford are unknown and the public’s assistance is requested to help locate him. Bradford  was last seen leaving ...

3 years ago
Musicians from the Salina Symphony have been busy preparing one of their more anticipated performances of the season. They will be joined by area dancers and choirs at their annual Christmas Festival. According to the Symphony, the annual Symphony Christmas Festival will be held Dec. 11 and 12 under the baton of Dr. David Littrell, interim ...

3 years ago
The Salina Art Center is planning a holiday learning event. According to the organization, they are offering a Printmaking Workshop - Holiday Edition with Kayla Borell at the Warehouse Education Studio,149 South 4th St. Students learn about relief carving on linoleum through hands-on experimentation. Blocks will be inked up and run through the printing press. Explore ...

3 years ago
The Dwight Eisenhower administration and its response to the space race will be the topic of discussion at a virtual event this week hosted by the Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum. According to the organization, the next monthly virtual Lunch & Learn program will be Tuesday, November 16th, at noon. NASA Johnson Space Center Historian Jennifer Ross-Nazzal addresses ...

3 years ago
Nothing, except maybe vaccine efficacy, has been more hotly debated than forcing people to wear a medical mask, especially children.  The fallacious logic used by most everyone in this public debate has been fascinating to observe. Throw in a couple math tricks and the entire discussion smells like the stale beer, cigarette smoke, and gallons ...

3 years ago
For 23 years, the Athens Institute of Education and Research has never approved a presentation by an undergraduate student for its annual International Conference on Education. That changes this May, when KWU senior Alexander Botz takes his paper, “The Discipline of Dialogue: Discovering Student Empowerment through Conversation,” to Athens, Greece to be presented by himself ...

3 years ago
Friday afternoon Rolling Hills Zoo broke ground on their new Pride of the Prairie experience, ushering in a new era at the zoo. According to the zoo, with the existing lion habitat in the background, Rolling Hills Zoo’s Executive Director, Ryan VanZant, welcomed the crowd to what will soon be the entrance of the new Pride ...

3 years ago
A Salina radio personality spent the bulk of the day Friday on the roof of a downtown restaurant, braving a strong wind and cold wind chill, in an effort to raise money for the Salina Area United Way. The United Way partnered with Salina radio station group Meridian Media and Taco John’s to raise $5,000 for ...

3 years ago
There have been 61  new COVID cases in Saline County since Wednesday and no new deaths. According to the Saline County Health Department there are currently 484 active cases of the virus in the community. Salina Regional Health Center reports they have 13 patients in the hospital battling the virus. Overall, 166 people have now died in Saline ...

3 years ago
Following a mother's push to reopen a case, a man is facing multiple felony charges in connection with a 2018 fatal crash in Dickinson County. According to the Dickinson County Sheriff's Office,  on February 16th, 2018, Isaac Johnson was killed in an automobile accident.  The driver and two other passengers in the vehicle were injured. Earlier this ...