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A detached storage garage was destroyed by fire in Gypsum early Monday morning. Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that firefighters were sent to 608 Spring Street just before 1am as flames and smoke poured from the building. Deputies say owner, Donald Stebbins had used a nearby burn pit earlier in the day and likely ...

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Two people were hurt in a three-vehicle head-on crash in which the driver who caused it fled the scene late Sunday night. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, a 2006 Nissan Maxima was going the wrong way, headed east in the westbound lane of K18 Highway. The Nissan struck two on-coming vehicles, a 2013 Chevrolet Cruze ...

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A “Drug Take Back” will be part this week's Sunflower Fair.  The “Hello Yellow Brick Road!” Sunflower Fair is this Tuesday from 8 am to 4 pm at Tony’s Pizza Events Center. The Saline County’s Sheriff’s Office will accept old and unused prescription drugs at event. The drug take back is among the wide array of exhibits, ...

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Cowboys who were tough enough to wear pink were tough enough to collect over $3,300 in the fight against cancer. According to Abilene's Wild Bill Hickock Rodeo the final count is in, and $3,358.46 was raised by their "Tough Enough to Wear Pink" fundraiser. The money will go to the Elsie Brooks Memorial Cancer Fund, to ...

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A motorcycle rider was hurt when he crashed while fleeing police in South Central Kansas. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 21-year-old Skyler Rupp from Wichita was riding a 2004 Suzuki motorcycle fleeing Mount Hope Police on a rural road in Reno County.  He lost control of the bike and crashed. Rupp suffered a suspected serious injury. ...

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Kansas State University is leading a multi-agency team focused on improving water and nitrogen use efficiencies and improving soil health in the semi-arid southern Great Plains. The nearly $10 million five-year research effort is led by K-State University Distinguished Professor Chuck Rice and includes a transdisciplinary team from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service, ...

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A woman from Missouri was killed in a wrong-way crash along Interstate 70 in Western Kansas early Saturday afternoon involving a car and two semis. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 40-year-old Monica Miller from Columbia, Missouri, was driving a 2007 Saturn Ion headed east. She crossed the median and struck the front end of a ...

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Eligible Saline County residents can participate in Commodities Distribution on Wednesday. Representatives with the event say it will be at the Kenwood Hall in Salina, 900 Greeley Ave., from Noon-1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 18. Items available include: Peanut butter, cranberry juice concentrate, canned apricot halves, canned pears, canned white sliced potatoes, fresh grapes, fresh apples, canned ...

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With fall approaching, a Kansas State University veterinarian says homeowners and pet owners need to be cautious of bats, which are a leading transmitter of rabies. "Bats are more active this time of year, which means there is an increased chance of exposure to them," said Susan Nelson, clinical professor and veterinarian at the Kansas State ...

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Independent Connection and the Self Advocacy Coalition of Kansas are hosting a Kancare Forum later this coming week. According to the organization, they are inviting the public to the Salina Senior Center, 245 N. 9th St., on Thursday, Sept. 19, as they plan to band together to collect personal success and hardship stories to submit to ...

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Photographer Jim Griggs will lead off the Smoky Hills Audubon Society fall program series on September 19th with a photographic tour of the legendary Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge. Many people are familiar with the annual crane migration in Nebraska every spring. The cranes also gather in the fall in New Mexico as they ...