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The Salina Public Library, in partnership with Smoky Hill Museum, has several events planned in conjunction with 2019’s Salina Reads. Salina Reads is a community-wide read. An interview rebroadcast, presentations and a community tour are set to compliment this year’s book selection — “Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the ...

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The Salina Art Center welcomed five new members to the Board of Trustees at its annual meeting on July 17, 2019. The Board of Trustees is critical to guiding the Art Center’s mission to create exchanges among art, artists, and audiences that reveal life. The new members include many familiar faces with a long history of ...

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Salina Police are looking for a vehicle that was stolen from a residential area near downtown. Police say sometime between 12:30am Tuesday and 11pm Wednesday someone started a 2001 Pontiac Grand Prix in the 800 block University and drove away. The 36-year-old owner told officers the car's ignition was damaged and could be started without a key. Investigators ...

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Police are investigating a residential burglary in central Salina. Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that sometime between 8:30am and 10:30am Wednesday morning, someone pushed open a window on a attached garage and entered a home in the 1700 block of Osborne. Police say the thieves removed a 50-inch TV and also took a safe with approximately ...

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The Salina streetscape project on Santa Fe Avenue is nearing the finish line. Work crews from Smoky Hill Construction have been busy laying bricks in the middle lane heading north toward Ash Street. The red clay blocks date back to the early days of Salina's main street and were unearthed during the transformation process to be ...

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Authorities in Northwest Kansas are looking for a man who allegedly made a traffic stop, and took money from a motorist, while impersonating an officer. According to the Cheyenne County Sheriff's Office, on Wednesday a citizen reported being pulled over by a person identifying themselves as a Cheyenne County Sheriff’s Deputy. The suspect then extorted cash ...

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A series of recent earthquakes centered near Hutchinson in Reno County have prompted stat officials to begin an investigation. According to the Kansas Corporation Commission, they are collecting data and analyzing recent injection well activity in Reno County in an effort to uncover the cause of the series of earthquakes. Amid damage reports and a concern ...

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A researcher at the University of Kansas was indicted Wednesday on federal charges of hiding the fact he was working full time for a Chinese university while doing research at KU funded by the U.S. government. Feng “Franklin” Tao, 47 of Lawrence, an associate professor at KU’s Center for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis, is charged with one ...

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The University of Kansas School of Medicine campus in Salina is expanding. According to KU, plans are now underway for a $3.4 million expansion of the Salina Health Education Center, which serves as the home for the Salina campuses of both the KU School of Medicine and KU School of Nursing. When plans were originally developed to ...

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Strong daily attendance, higher admission sales, vibrant entertainment acts and new exhibiting artists were among the takeaways of the 2019 Smoky Hill River Festival, held June 13-16 in Oakdale Park. Here’s a recap: OVER THE BRIDGE: The Festival 2019 gate count was 63,118, compared to 56,884 for 2018 and 67, 381 for 2017. Attendance for Thursday’s ...

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McPherson College has announced a gift of $1 million from Richard and Melanie Lundquist, noted California philanthropists. The gift recognizes the work of renowned car restorer, Paul Russell and Company, and was announced at a private event hosted by McPherson College at the Pebble Beach Concours d’ Elegance. Russell serves as president of the college’s ...