Smolan News

A summer storm that hit Salina and Saline County on Thursday night resulted in heavy rain, golf ball-sized hail, high winds and lightning that caused nearly 2,000 homes in south Salina to lose power.

Michael J. Myers, 26, was traveling northbound on Burma, four miles south of Smolan, about noon Sunday when his car left the road for undetermined reasons, said a Kansas Highway Patrol report.

It's been 54 years since Wichita could claim a governor. Now the city can point to Mark Parkinson, who was born in Wichita and grew up here, though he has lived most recently in Olathe.

Smoky Valley High School in Lindsborg, Kansas, is pleased to announce that it has been named an Apple Distinguished School for its incorporation of 21st Century technology education through its high-tech learning environment and its one-to-one Apple laptop notebook initiative.

Hooray! Our city and county commissions are close to an agreement on a lease for Kenwood Park after months of bickering.

Saline County Commissioners Tuesday approved the purchase of a quick-attack fire truck to haul water and foam for Rural Fire District 6, Smolan, at a cost of $103,500, from Weis Fire & Safety of Salina.

Salina city commissioners Monday handed the Saline County Commission an ultimatum on a new Kenwood Park lease that could -- depending on how the county responds -- force organizers to discontinue or relocate ...

Kansas was reason enough to have hope in the 19th century, particularly if one was poor, facing starvation and hoping to create a new life somewhere else.

Officers arrested the pair after a citizen saw someone firing a BB pistol at a vehicle and notified police, Deputy Chief Carson Mansfield said.

Jushua Mudd and Carl Jacobs are accused of causing over $10,000 in damage by shooting dozens of vehicle windows with a bb pistol.