4 years ago
A new person is guiding Land Pride, a division of Great Plains Manufacturing Inc. According to the company, Mark Decker has been named division President effective July 5th, replacing the retiring John Quinley. Mark has more than 25 years’ experience with Great Plains and Land Pride, including a decade as National Sales Manager, and most ...

4 years ago
A Salina woman, with a little help from her family, found the 2021 Smoky Hill River Festival Medallion early Sunday afternoon. A very happy Heike Daily displayed her new-found treasure at a media conference later in the afternoon. Daily found the medallion, a grey-colored box with a sliding lid, placed under the base of a lamp post ...

4 years ago
A 96-year-old Salina World War II veteran will take off on a "Dream Flight" later this week. Bob Cook, who served as a paratrooper, will get a chance to takeoff in a biplane and soar over and around town. Dream Flights is a non-profit organization established and dedicated to honoring seniors and military veterans. Through donors, ...

4 years ago
A Salina medical clinic is welcoming a new doctor. Mowery Clinic welcomes Dr. Andrew Westbrook, Family Medicine and Sports Medicine. Dr. Westbrook joins Drs. William Buck, Cierra Johnson, and Andrew Ross at Mowery Clinic Family Medicine. “I enjoy building relationships with my patients in order to provide guidance and support during all of life’s peaks and valleys. I ...

4 years ago
A fugitive from California was one of three people caught during a manhunt in Northwest Kansas. According to the Phillips County Sheriff’s Office, they were called Saturday morning to assist the Kansas Highway Patrol on Highway 383 near West 1300 Road. A Trooper had stopped an out of state vehicle for speeding and discovered a large quantity ...

4 years ago
The search for the medallion is into its fifth day. The Smoky Hill River Festival Medallion Quest continues. The eighth  clue was unveiled at 7:30 Sunday morning. It is "The missing eight." Here are all of the clues: Slide into it. Stoop to conquer. Full moon lines. A kind of vault. Old faces new. Clark’s destination. Minding ...

4 years ago
A man from Lincoln County was hurt in single-vehicle motorcycle crash in Reno County. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 45-year-old Steven McBride of Beverly was riding a Harley Davidson Motorcycle headed north on K61 Highway. The front brake locked, causing the bike to lay on its right side. McBride, who was not wearing a helmet, was ...

4 years ago
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation is investigating an officer-involved shooting that occurred in Chanute. The Chanute Police Department contacted the KBI at approximately 8 p.m. on Friday to request assistance investigating the shooting. According to the KBI, preliminary information indicates that the Chanute Police Department received a report of a suspicious person who was looking into vehicle ...

4 years ago
The Kansas Bureau of investigation says a knife-yielding man slashed his own throat during a confrontation with a police officer. According to the agency, at approximately 9 p.m. Friday the KBI was asked by the Augusta Police Department to investigate an officer-involved shooting. Preliminary information indicates the Augusta Police Department received a 911 call where no report ...

4 years ago
Physicians Andrew Schlachter and Dena Hubbard made life-or-death appeals Friday for Kansans to accept vaccination against COVID-19 to save themselves and loved ones at a time when spread of the delta variant threatened to buckle the Kansas City health care system. The doctors joined Gov. Laura Kelly at Saint Luke’s Rehabilitation Institute to share snapshots of ...

4 years ago
The search for the medallion is well into its fourth day. The Smoky Hill River Festival Medallion Quest continues. The seventh clue was unveiled at 4:30 Saturday afternoon. It is "Minding piece and cues." Here are all of the clues: Slide into it. Stoop to conquer. Full moon lines. A kind of vault. Old faces new. Clark’s ...