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Salina Public Library is marking the holiday season with several events for children and families in December. The popular Letters to Santa service will return with a direct line to the jolly old elf. Beginning Nov. 30, children are invited to bring their letters to Youth Services, on the lower floor of the library, and put ...

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A former Salina educator has been named the Kansas Teacher of the year. According to the Kansas State Department of Education, Tabatha Rosproy  was named the 2020 Kansas Teacher of the Year on Saturday. She is currently a preschool teacher at Winfield Early Learning Center, Winfield Unified School District 465, The agency says Rosproy was named the ...

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A Salina church on Saturday opened up its hearts in a big way, providing thousands of dollars of groceries to hundreds of families. Ark Church gave away a week's worth of groceries to the families as part of a Thanksgiving outreach effort. The giveaway event was held at Dean Evans Stadium. Cars started lining up well ...

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More than 55 million travelers are making plans to kick off the holiday season with a trip of 50 miles or more away from home this Thanksgiving. This will be the second-highest Thanksgiving travel volume since AAA began tracking in 2000, trailing only the record set in 2005. Overall, an additional 1.6 million more people ...

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Salina Downtown came alive with the spirit of the season Saturday. The day began with a fun run and ended with the lighting of the four new overhead structures to begin the popular Parade of Lights. In between a Christmas Festival featured things like cookies with Mrs. Claus, pictures with Santa, antique fire truck sides, ...

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The Kansas Wildlife, Parks and Tourism (KWPT) Commission voted on a number of amendments to current regulations at its Nov. 14 meeting in Scott City, many of which will pertain to Kansas anglers: Float materials used with a trotline must now be constructed only from plastic, wood, or foam and shall be a closed-cell construction, ...

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The chance discovery in Western Kansas of a fossil vertebra turned into an important and unique paleontological find – the remains of the first ever North American occurrence of a large fossilized skeleton of Cretodus, a large prehistoric shark previously known only from isolated teeth. This remarkable specimen, recently added to the collection at Fort Hays State ...

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Salina Police will be out in force over the Thanksgiving holiday week looking for impaired drivers and those who are not buckled up. Officer Brent Rupert tells KSAL News that extra officers will be working around the city from Monday, November 25 through Sunday, December 1. Police are focusing on DUI enforcement with officers patrolling around Salina ...

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One person is in custody after authorities in Hutchinson responded to a report of an armed person at a local media outlet. Officials say it happened yesterday at the offices of the Hutchinson News on Second Avenue near Jefferson Street when a temporary employee called in the report. Police say the employee, identified as Dominic Zales, was ...

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Police have ID'd a second suspect following Wednesday's police lockdown at Liberal High School. Authorities say a 14-year-old boy was arrested late Wednesday, this after a 15-year-old male was taken into custody earlier the same day. The older boy has reportedly been charged with criminal threatening. Both arrests came after police deemed the suspects as having been ...

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Police are asking for the public's help in identifying a man who they believe stole several thousand dollars worth of appliances from a Salina store. The incident is this week's Salina Crime Stopper crime of the week. According to Salina Police, on August 19th, at 6:50 PM, a person entered Menards, located at 805 Virginia Court, ...