There will be no Christmas Festival and Parade of Lights this year.
Salina Downtown, Inc., announced today that its Christmas committee decided to cancel the events that had been scheduled for Nov. 21.
“This was one of the hardest decisions we’ve had to make this year,” said Penny Bettles, executive director of Salina Downtown, Inc. “This event brings in hundreds of people to downtown Salina, and because the safety of our community is our number one concern, we feel it is truly best to cancel the parade."