4 years ago
With officials at the highest level  focused on getting at 70 percent of U.S. adults vaccinated by the Fourth of July, the number of unique partnerships and innovative approaches being pursued is rather impressive. Enticements range from free cruises to Super Bowl tickets, Xboxes to airline travel, groceries, MLB tickets … if there is a ...

4 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff Office is investigating a string of vehicle burglaries in the area of Kenwood Cove and the Expo Center. Deputies report that sometime Saturday between 3pm and 4:30pm, someone smashed a window on a 2007 Pontiac Grand Am and took a purse, wallet, ID, Apple Airpods. Loss and damage is listed at ...

4 years ago
Authorities are searching for two suspects who smashed a car window, stole a wallet and used a stolen credit card to purchase items at a store. Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan says the two males were caught on camera using a stolen credit card at the the Dollar Store in Ellsworth after allegedly breaking the rear ...

4 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff's Office is investigating the theft of a Bobcat skid-steer from Agritrails Coop in Gypsum. Deputies say sometime between 9pm on June 11 and 9:07am on June 12, someone rolled a trailer onto the lot and stole the Bobcat that is valued at $10,000. The skid-steer is white, with a brown tarp over the ...

4 years ago
A two car crash at Broadway and Crawford Saturday morning sent two drivers to the hospital to be checked out for minor injuries. Police say 60-year-old Linda Miller of Salina was northbound on Broadway in a 2001 Pontiac Montana van and turned in front of a westbound car on Crawford. Steven Keller, 61 of Salina ...

4 years ago
A Salina man is in jail after allegedly stealing a couple of cars and dragging a newspaper carrier down the road who confronted him. Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that 38-year-old Hassan Williford was arrested in Morris County over the weekend after an attempted home burglary and a string of vehicle thefts. Sheriff Soldan ...

4 years ago
When firm dates for the 45th-anniversary Smoky Hill River Festival were announced in February, many River Festival fans were elated, but none so much as Salina mixed-media artist Julie Cates, who was selected to design the Festival T-shirt for the second year in a row.       “I was overjoyed,” Cates said about the Festival’s return ...

4 years ago
Kansans with a driver’s license or identification card that expired between March 12th, 2020, and March 30th, 2021, have until June 30 to renew those credentials. This is due to the COVID-19 extension for these credentials expiring with the passage of Senate Bill 127. In April, the Kansas Department of Revenue’s Division of Vehicles sent out ...

4 years ago
Free summer lunches will be available in Salina this week.  Grab-and-Go Lunches begin on Tuesday. According to USD 305, kids can fuel up for fun in the sun by grabbing lunch at one of their eight locations. When it is time to cool off, enjoy a good book and an enlightening virtual activity. Some of the details include: ...

4 years ago
It began with a 5K run and 2 mile walk - and ended with a free swim for everyone at the pool, as Lindsborg celebrated Midsummer's Festival on Saturday. "Little Sweden" opened up Main Street for vendors, games and Swedish Dancers as the community became center stage for visitors from as far away as Ft Collins, ...

4 years ago
A new guide and class will help those who are unfamiliar with how to utilize area public transportation. According to OCCK Transportation, a new “Guide & Go” Travel Training program will teach people how to use public transportation services in the region. The first class in the Guide & Go program is “CityGo Familiarization”.  Other classes will be ...