Salina City hosted a retirement recognition for Officer Keith Hayes Friday September 27 after 27 years in law enforcement, 6.5 of which were with the Salina Police Department.  Hayes began his career as a sheriff’s deputy in South Carolina and prior to his employment with Salina City was a deputy for Sevier County. “We are going to miss him a lot,” said Chief Al Taylor. “Keith has such kindness and compassion for people and is ...

Four new Salina Firemen were sworn into office Wednesday, September 25 at the regularly scheduled council meeting, Devin Noyes, Ricardo Linares, Bryan Taylor, and Joey Santos, and Chief Matt Murphree said he’s excited for the ‘fresh blood’ in the department. “We’ve done a lot of recruiting this past year, so we’re up to 22 members, and these new guys are gung-ho,” said Murphree. “They’ve received a lot of in-house training so they can be productive, ...

The ‘Trail Blazer’ passed through the North Sevier area this past week on the final stage of his multi-year reenactment journey.  Joe Blythe, Genola, Utah, became interested in his family history after reading through relatives’ personal journals, and to him, their stories all started in Nauvoo, Illinois, so as his way of honoring them, he wanted to “cover the miles”.               He started by building his custom covered wagon, which took him a couple of ...