5 years ago
High priced hunting clothing is stolen after the back window of a truck what was left parked at a Salina nightclub is broken in to. Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that a Ram 3500 pickup truck had its back window shattered while parked on the south side of Outlaws, 1676 W. State St. ...

5 years ago
A Salina man is reunited with his truck after police find the stolen vehicle the following day left abandoned at a Salina business' parking lot. Salina Police Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that a 2004 Ford F-250 Super Duty truck was stolen from a driveway in the 1500 block of Beverly Dr. between 9:20 p.m. ...

5 years ago
An intense gleam of growth and prosperity is clearly defined at Great Plains Manufacturing, as the huge employer eyes a firmer foothold in Salina and north-central Kansas. The equipment maker turns 45 years old on April 1, and aims to fill escalating needs in the farming, dairy, construction and landscaping industries, feeding markets domestically and ...

5 years ago
A nostalgic Bennington business that was a throwback to a bygone era, featuring a real old-fashioned soda fountain, has closed its doors for good. "The Linger Longer" owners Sharolyn and Jay Wagner announced via social media it closed for good on Saturday. Sharolyn announced: "I am sorry, but the rumor is true. The Linger Longer building has ...

5 years ago
I was born Feb. 5, 1943, in Salina, Kansas. From 1948-54, I attended the segregated Dunbar School even though I lived across the street from Hawthorne School. I attended summer recreational activities with all the kids on North Eighth, Black and white. We played together all day, had slumber parties and shared meals. It was a confusing ...

5 years ago
Salina USD 305 is ending its hybrid instructional model for middle and high school students later this week. Beginning this Thursday, April 1st, the district will welcome back all middle and high school students to traditional, in-person learning full time. According to the district, April 1st  is the beginning of 4th quarter, a predetermined break in ...

5 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 ...

5 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  ...

5 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 ...

5 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 ...

5 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 ...