4 years ago
Area public transportation will have shortened hours on Friday, April 2nd, in observation of Good Friday. According to OCCK, Inc. Transportation, on April 2nd, CityGo buses will run from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. with no peak routes running. Regional paratransit vehicles will run only essential trips. 81 Connection will run its normal schedule. The City of Abilene public ...

4 years ago
A firefighter was injured and two pets were killed in a structure fire in McPherson. According to the McPherson Fire Department, just after 10:30 in the morning on Friday crews responded to a fire call in the 100 block of South Taft Street. The agency says a mobile home, occupied by three people and multiple animals pets  ...

4 years ago
In-person high school theater workshops offered by the Lovewell Institute for the Creative Arts are returning this summer. The five unique summer theater workshops for NW Kansas teens are sponsored by the Dane G. Hansen Foundation. After successful summers in 2018, 2019, the program offered online opportunities in 2020 due to COVID-19. This summer, the Hansen ...

4 years ago
A statewide Silver Alert for a missing Lawrence woman has been canceled. The Lawrence Police Department reports that 94-year-old Marilyn Dowell was located and is now safe. - - - ORIGINAL: The Lawrence Police Department requested that the Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) issue a statewide Silver Alert for a missing Lawrence woman. According to the KBI, the whereabouts ...

4 years ago
Senate Majority Leader Gene Suellentrop was charged Friday with drunk driving and felony fleeing from police while traveling 90 mph in the wrong direction on Interstate 70 in Topeka. The complaint filed in district court by the Shawnee County District Attorney’s Office indicates the early morning escapade on March 16 ended after Suellentrop evaded a police ...

4 years ago
Populations of the American bald eagle — the bold national symbol of the United States — have quadrupled since 2009, according to a new report by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and its partners. According to the agency, bald eagles once teetered on the brink of extinction, reaching an all-time low of 417 known nesting ...

4 years ago
Two people were killed in a two-vehicle crash in Southwest Kansas involving a dump truck and pickup truck pulling a horse trailer. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, a 2014 Dodge Ram pickup truck and a 2003 Peterbilt dump truck were both headed east on U.S. 56 Highway in Haskell County.  The pickup and trailer went ...

4 years ago
Certain everyday household items can pose a threat to pets' health, says Susan Nelson, clinical professor at the Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine. Here are some items and situations pets owners can watch for. Human over-the-counter and prescription medications are a common cause of poisoning in pets. Nelson said it is important to remember that pets, ...

4 years ago
There are 10 new COVID cases in Saline County, no new deaths, and for the first time in over a year no hospitalizations. According to the Saline County Health Department, there have now been 6,052 total cases with 99 currently active. It's the first time since August that fewer than 100 people were being monitored. The total ...

4 years ago
Governor Laura Kelly today announced that starting next Monday, March 29, 2021, the State of Kansas will make the COVID-19 vaccine available to all Kansans (16+), entering the final Phase 5 of the Vaccine Prioritization plan. “With the anticipated increase in supply from the federal government, we must get every dose of vaccine into arms quickly,” Governor Laura Kelly ...

4 years ago
A security wire is cut and a trailer is stolen from a north Salina business. Salina Police Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that a Carry-On trailer is stolen off of the lot of Orscheln Farm & Home, 360 N. Ohio St. The theft is believed to have occurred between Tuesday and Thursday of this week. The ...