Todd Pittenger

Starting this week, eligible State Farm Mutual auto customers in Kansas will begin receiving notifications about their upcoming dividend payments as part of the company’s one-time $5 billion cash-back dividend—the largest in State Farm Mutual’s more than 100-year history.

The Salina Area Chamber of Commerce is celebrating the early success of the ‘Home in the Heartland’ program, a talent attraction initiative made possible through a grant from the Kansas State Treasurer’s Office.

For those who don’t hunt, fall may officially start on September 22nd, the Autumn Equinox. For hunters, though, fall begins Monday when dove season opens.

An event that’s been a mainstay in a Kansas community for over 30 years is going away.

Entries to be a part of the Salina Downtown Parade of Lights open on Tuesday.

The Salina Fire Department invites the public to join firefighters, city officials, and community members for a 25th anniversary tribute ceremony honoring those affected by the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The ceremony will begin promptly at 8:55 a.m. at the new Fire Station #4, located at 2600 E. Crawford Street in Salina.

The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division has reached a settlement agreement with the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) to resolve allegations that KDHE violated the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA) when it stopped funding Army National Guard Staff Sergeant Stacy Gonzales’s civilian job due to her upcoming military deployment.

A former Kansas credit union employee was sentenced to a year and seven months in prison and ordered to pay $207,920 in restitution after embezzling approximately $171,000 by creating fake loans to members.

An arrest has been made in connection with a stabbing death in the Kearny County community of Deerfield.

There were no injuries in a crash involving a car and a school bus south of Salina.