6 months ago
After over an inch of much needed rain fell in Salina to begin the day Sunday, dangerous extreme heat is taking over. According to the National Weather Service, dangerously hot conditions are possible through at least Thursday for all of Central Kansas, stretching from Russell to Topeka. Heat index values around 115 are possible each day. Through ...

6 months ago
The KKOA Leadsled Spectacular cannot get any smaller. Gene Tweedy of Arizona and his "dwarf" sized 1954 Chevy in Oakdale Park are living proof. Tweedy works alongside the originator of the dwarf car, Ernie "Mr. Dwarf Car" Adams in Maricopa, AZ. "Our dwarf cars are street legal" says Tweedy. He has driven his '54 Chevy for ...

6 months ago
A $10 million federal grant to the KU Cancer Center is like an injection of hope for patients and researchers. U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran wrapped a tour of the University of Kansas Health System campus by celebrating a federal appropriation of $10 million for the KU Cancer Center and $10 million earmark for acquisition of sophisticated ...

6 months ago
Not every hot rod has a motor humming under the hood. Just ask Perry Grico from North Platte, Nebraska who brought a truckload of vintage bicycles to his first KKOA Ledsled Spectaular in Salina. "I brought down some old Schwinn bicycles going back to the 1930's and 40's," he said. "They're beautiful bikes with beautiful lines - ...

6 months ago
Custom cars were showing off their style and speed to a packed crowd on a beautiful Friday night. From 4:00pm-dusk in the midst of KKOA weekend, crowds were astonished with how fast these cars went on the runway, near Markley Road. The races were a 1/8 of a mile long against whoever was bold enough to put ...

6 months ago
An event which will celebrate manufacturing employees in Salina who help build, power and feed the world will roll into town later this week.  Great Plains Manufacturing will host the “Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) Manufacturing Express” in Salina this coming Friday, August 2nd. The tour is the largest public engagement initiative in the 130-year history ...

6 months ago
A grant will fund a series of speakers who will discuss notable people throughout history who were instrumental in shaping the Lindsborg area into what it is today. Humanities Kansas recently awarded $2,000 to the Smoky Valley Historical Association in Lindsborg to support “Historical Speakers Series,” a set of online talks that explore key figures ...

6 months ago
Every picture tells a story and every car at the Leadsled Spectacular has an owner(s) with a love story to tell. Chris and Debbie Ballinger of Wichita own three Fastback 'babies' they love to share at car shows. This weekend they brought their 1969 Shelby GT 500. The couple met in 1980 and discovered collecting Fastbacks was ...

6 months ago
One of the most notable buildings on the campus of Kansas Wesleyan University will reopen this fall, refurbished and remodeled. According to KWU, a fully renovated Sams Chapel will reopen Saturday, Oct. 19, as part of Homecoming 2024. The new performance space will be christened with a special concert, titled ‘Come Home,’ which will get underway ...

6 months ago
Tips are sought in a case involving a pole mounted transformer. The crime is the latest Salina Crime Stoppers crime of the week. Salina Police say between Wednesday, July 3rd and Monday, July 8th, a theft occurred at Border States Electrical, 1320 Armory Road. It was determined during this time, someone cut through a fence and ...

6 months ago
They're here. Some of the most iconic cars in history have arrived in Salina for the 44th KKOA Leadsled Spectacular Car Show. Hundreds of the classic cars got the fun started with a cruise through downtown Thursday night. On a hot summer evening crowds lined Downtown Salina to watch the cars as they roared though town ...