An Ordinance which restricted the City of Salina’s power to respond to an emergency declared by either the county or state has been struck down by a judge. The petition, then ballot driven Ordinance had restricted the City of Salina from enacting health measures including mandating face coverings and limiting capacities at businesses. A petition, which had in excess of 1,600 valid signature...
Fishing is free all weekend long in Kansas. June 4th and 5th are Free Fishing Days in Kansas, when anyone can fish on any public waters without a fishing license. According to the Kansas Department of Parks and Wildlife, the free weekend provides the perfect opportunity to introduce someone to the joys of angling; kind of a “try it before you buy it” opportunity. In Kansas, anyone age 16-74 ...
A man wanted in Barton County on charges of rape and aggravated criminal sodomy was killed in an officer-involved shooting in rural Saline County late Friday night. According to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, preliminary information indicates that at approximately 10:20 p.m. on Friday, two deputies with the Saline County Sheriff’s Office traveled to the residence of 2708 S. Holmes Road in r...
The jobless rate in Dickinson County saw a fall from 3.1 in March to 2.2 percent in April. Saline County fell from 2.7 percent in March to 2 percent in April. ...
UPDATE: The Riley Co. Police Dept. has found a man they believe stabbed a woman in the neck early Thursday morning. The Riley Co. Police Dept. is asking for the public’s help locating a man after a woman was stabbed in the neck early Thursday morning. RCPD issued an ‘attempt to locate’ for 44-year-old Jarman Morgan of Manhattan Thursday afternoon. The agency says the victim w...
A federal court has ruled that a Kansas teacher is able to communicate honestly with parents of her transgender students using their preferred name, when different than their given name, in line with her Christian beliefs. Fort Riley, Kansas middle school teacher Pamela Ricard last year was reprimanded and suspended from school for "declining to use a name for a student that was inconsistent wit...
UPDATE: A man wanted in connection to a fatal shooting over the weekend has been arrested. The Salina Police Department released Wednesday morning that Dalton Levi Palmer, the person of interest in the shooting investigation, is in custody regarding unrelated warrants. Palmer turned himself in for the unrelated warrants....
UPDATE: Salina Police have identified the victim in a fatal shooting, and a person of interest they are seeking. Police say the victim from Saturday’s fatal shooting has been identified as 25-year-old Dylan Eugene Garman of Salina. Through their investigation, detectives developed a person of interest; 28-year-old Dalton Levi Palmer. Due to Palmer’s past criminal behavior, he should be cons...
Free limb dumping through Saturday due to storm damage The Dickinson County Transfer Station will allow free disposal of tree limbs through Saturday, May 7 to assist with cleanup following the severe weather this past weekend, according to information from Derek Norrick, Department of Environmental Services director. Dickinson County residents may dispose of tree limbs from 9 a.m. to 4...
pictured is #13 Taygen Funston and #1 Will Otott, image courtesy of Brad Anderson The Abilene C...
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