Gabriela Hernandez

3 days ago | kwch.com | Gabriela Hernandez |Gabriela Hernández

SALINA, Kan. (KWCH) - The Salina Fire Department is urging people to stay off the log debris that’s accumulated in the Smoky Hill River at Bill Burke Park. Recent storms and flash flooding created the log jam that looks like the work of a busy group of beavers. “We frequent the river quite a bit and we’ve never seen anything to this magnitude of log jamming,” said Dave Dyke who was among those who came out to the river to see the unique aftermath of recent storms.

1 week ago | kwch.com | Gabriela Hernandez |Gabriela Hernández

MCPHERSON, Kan. (KWCH) - A McPherson family faces an extensive cleanup and repair project after a tree crashed through the roof and a bedroom ceiling. Trevor Wilson, who owns the home in which his adult son and his son’s girlfriend live, recalled an unexpected phone call after his son woke up from a dead sleep with rain pouring on his head. “I heard him crying in the background and his words were, ‘I have a limb in my ceiling,’” Wilson said.

1 week ago | kwch.com | Gabriela Hernandez |Gabriela Hernández |Jack Duarte

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - The City of Hutchinson is making a rare move to take down traffic lights instead of adding them. Officials said removing lights at two intersections, 4th Avenue and Washington, and Avenue A and Washington, is expected to save them more than $50,000 in long-term costs. According to Hutchinson Public Works Director Cecil Weible, the signals are no longer needed due to decreased traffic flow.

2 weeks ago | kwch.com | Gabriela Hernandez |Gabriela Hernández

WILSON, Kan. (KWCH) - In November of 2009, a fire nearly left the more-than-100-year-old Wilson Czech Opera House in ruins. After years of efforts to restore the historic building, the first signs of life came back to the opera house’s walls earlier this week. The opera house marquee, a piece of nostalgia for many in Wilson, again has a place after more than 15 years.

2 weeks ago | kwch.com | Gabriela Hernandez |Gabriela Hernández

SALINA, Kan. (KWCH) - Efforts are underway to help people living at a Salina motel that’s being shut down by the Kansas Fire Marshal’s Office. People at the motel, meant to be an extended-stay business, said they’re frustrated, having to leave with a 24-hour notice. The situation at the Marifah Inn has people like Ryan Ollenburger wondering where to go next. “It’s why I’m here.