Salina News Archives

The Salina-Saline County Health Department is one of the first in the state to offer an H1N1 vaccination clinic for children.

Brandon S. Letourneau, 1113 N. Fourth, was found to be in possession of about a third of an ounce of suspected marijuana and drug paraphernalia at the school at 1135 Lakewood Circle, said Salina Deputy Police Chief Carson Mansfield.

State at Salina's chapter of Phi Delta Theta will once again participate in "Trick-or-Treat so Others Can Eat." Members of the chapter will knock on doors of homes in the area between Magnolia and Centennial roads and between Schilling and Crawford streets beginning at 6 p.m. Saturday.

Maurice E. Smith, 310 E. North, No. 31, was killed when the car went off the west side of the road near mile post 92 at 4:52 a.m., striking a wire fence and a utility pole by Centennial Road, said Salina Deputy Police Chief Carson Mansfield.

Patrick H. Gleeson, 14, 4020 E. Stimmel, was turned over to Juvenile Intake and Assessment Services after the incident, which occurred at 11:30 a.m. at the school at 1135 Lakewood Circle, said Salina Deputy Police Chief Carson Mansfield.

Pierce, 29, tried frantically to blow away the white powder from a baggie police found in his pants pocket while he was being arrested after a shooting May 21.

Anthony Bosco, 65, owner of Salina Electric, fell about 20 feet when the utility pole he was working on snapped shortly after 10 a.m., according to the Saline County Sheriffa s Office.

31, was arrested in connection with the Thursday theft of a credit card from Christ Cathedral, 138 S. Eighth.

In what the head of the University of Kansas Medical Center called a "new and important partnership in our fight against cancer," the Tammy Walker Cancer Center on Monday became the newest member of the Midwest Cancer Center's clinical trials network.

For months we've been hearing rumors that Salina would lose its Hawker Beechcraft airplane manufacturing plant.

Saline County Sheriff Glen Kochanowski said a deputy encountered the pickup about 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, being driven north on Ohio Street, about a mile north of Pacific Street.

Fort Larned was established on the vast prairie in Western Kansas midway along the Santa Fe trail in 1859 to protect mail coaches, freighters and other Trail traffic from Plains Indians.

Although Mushroom Rock State Park is the smallest state park in Kansas, it's the most interesting.

Ever since he started offering free Wednesday lunches to people in need at Bear's Bingo, 150 S. Broadway, he's become aware of just how many homeless and hungry people there are in Salina.

The city of Salina has received $163,000 in homelessness prevention grants through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, according to a news release.

Police in Salina have arrested a man suspected in a homicide back in June. 29-year-old Thomas Eugene Jenkins was arrested Monday evening and booked on several charges, including First Degree Murder.

A 6-year old girl was found to be unresponsive with head and facial injuries and was taken to Salina Regional Health Center and later transported to a Wichita Hospital A two vehicle crash sends 6-people to the hospital on Sunday night.

The Salina Animal Shelter is celebrating National Adopt-a-Dog Month in October by promoting the adopting of harder to place dogs.

Barry Plunkett, evidence technician for the Salina Police Department ges through a kit for detecting gunshot residue on Friday, Oct.

Thursday, October 8, 2009 Salina Police are looking for a couple of giant tomatoes.

A Salina man shot his former wife and another man at a hotel, critically wounding his former wife and killing the man, and then later killed himself.

All dog lovers are invited to the "Bark For Life" event on Saturday. The Salina Kennel Club's Relay For Life Team are letting the dogs out with a new event called "Bark For Life". The goal of Bark For Life is to put cancer in the doghouse by raising funds for the fight against cancer.

Salina, Kan. _Salina Police say the suspect in Thursday morning's double shooting at a local motel shot and killed himself after officers pulled him over Thursday evening.

The first batches of swine flu vaccine have begun arriving in Kansas. Health departments in Saline and Franklin counties reported Thursday that they had received their first allocations of the vaccine.

SALINA a ' Police Thursday morning were seeking a suspect believed to be armed and dangerous in connection with a double shooting at the Ramada Hotel and Convention Center, 1616 W. Crawford.

SALINA, Kan. a ' The Student Senate at Kansas State University at Salina has rejected a request to fund a transgender speaker.

Mrs. Scuitte's Ell-Saline high school English class is noticeably bare. "There are a lot of kids gone," Scuitte said.

Only a dozen people show up to a school dance, another ends with several students getting kicked out.

Saline County Attorney Ellen Mitchell said the felony cruelty to animals statute has an exception for animals that are not on their ownera s property and are found injuring or posing a threat to a person or their property.

A New Mexico excursion to explore a niche market convinced Salina cattleman Jack Cossette that the Japanese Wagyu breed was worth a try to increase profits.

The Salina Area United Way helps local agencies provide recreation for children, refuge for the abused and food for the hungry.

11th. Today, Draget, 17, will appear on Salina radio station KSAL, 1150 a.m., starting at 8 a.m. Shea s a senior at the Ouachita Hills Academy in Amity, Ark.

In Salina, normally a powerhouse in retail sales tax collections, reports show that retail sales fell in three of the past six months compared to a year earlier.

Piece by piece, building by building, the Kansas National Guard is expanding its presence in the central part of the state.

Former three-term Salina Mayor Alan Jilka says he is running for the 1st District U.S. House seat being vacated by Rep.

The Salina resident purchased three $1 Triple Tripler instant scratch tickets, winning on all three.