5 years ago
Kansas Wesleyan University is cancelling its regularly scheduled fall homecoming and family weekend events and instead pushing them to virtual events and future timelines. According to the school, due to continued uncertainty surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, Kansas Wesleyan University has cancelled the in-person, publicly accessible portion of its 2020 Homecoming and Family Weekend. No in-person events, ...

5 years ago
USD 305 has recognized its teachers of the year. According to the district, JaNae Basinger, fifth grade teacher at Heusner Elementary School, and Megan Pommer, sixth grade English and reading teacher at South Middle School, have been selected as USD 305 Teachers of the Year. The Salina Board of Education honored them at their regular meeting ...

5 years ago
There are 4 new positive COVID-19 cases in Saline County. According to the Saline County Health Department there have been 427 total cases,  with 76 cases currently active. There are 342 people who have recovered, and a total of 9 deaths. Salina Regional Health Center reports that they have 2 hospitalized COVID-19 patients. According to the Kansas Department ...

5 years ago
A Kansas guide is losing his hunting privileges for three years because he violated the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. According to U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister  33-year-old Bryan D. Boxberger of Stafford  pleaded guilty in federal court in Wichita to violating the act. In his plea, Boxberger admitted he acted as a waterfowl guide to a party of 13 hunters ...

5 years ago
Catholic Charities of Northern Kansas is under new leadership. According to the agency, Megan Robl is the new executive director. Robl is a Salina native and a parishioner of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton. She graduated from Kansas State University with a Bachelor of Science in Mass Communications and minors in Business and Dance. Robl was previously ...

5 years ago
Officials are attributing a rise and in COVID -19 cases in Ellis county to social gatherings. The Ellis County Health Department says they are currently monitoring a rise in the number of COVID-19 cases. Several people who have recently tested positive for COVID-19 attended house parties and visited bars in Hays on Friday, 8/14/2020, and Saturday, ...

5 years ago
Salina Police are asking for the public's help in identifying a couple of jewelry thieves. The crime is this week's Salina Crime Stoppers crime of the week. Police say two persons were in Riddle’s Jewelry inside the Central Mall in Salina. It was reported that while one person distracted an employee, the other person took two ...

5 years ago
The Kansas State Fair might be canceled, but deep-fried cuisine will live this weekend State Fair food lovers will still be able to get their fix of Pronto Pups, funnel cakes, fried Oreos and much more during the Fair’s Food and Tunes Weekend -- today and Saturday. The event is sponsored by the Kansas Fairgrounds Foundation. There ...

5 years ago
The upcoming Texas Tenors benefit show in Salina at the Tony's Pizza Events Center will be moved to the arena in order to allow for socially distanced seating. Tony’s Pizza Events Center General Manager Susan Trafton said “we know the public is missing live entertainment. By moving the Texas Tenors into a larger area, we are ...

5 years ago
If you will be spending time over the weekend at a Kansas lake, officials caution to be aware of the three warnings and twelve watches due to toxic blue-green algae. The following health advisories have been issued: Warning Milford Lake Zones A,B and C, Geary County Gathering Pond, Geary County Camp Hawk Lake, Harvey County (upgraded ...

5 years ago
Some counties are reporting calls of someone pretending to be from the Election Office trying to register you to vote over the phone. Voters must do this online at www.voteks.org or in person at their local Election Office. Do not give your personal information out over the phone. Also, during election times candidates or political action committees ...