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The Smoky Hill Museum Street Fair is coming up on September 28 this year. Organizers need over 70 volunteers to help put on this free community event. Volunteer opportunities abound. Volunteers should be high school or older, or accompanied by an adult. The typical shift for the day is three hours. There is some shift flexibility ...

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Another person on the latest list of Salina's Most Wanted has been caught. According to the Saline County Sheriff's Office, that latest arrest is Dean Lee Gilmore. He was wanted for charges which include a felony probation violation for fleeing and eluding. The arrest is the eighth form the August list. Since the Most Wanted program began back ...

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The largest power provider in Kansas is changing its name. This week Westar Energy and KCP&L will launch a customer education campaign to introduce the companies’ new brand name, Evergy. According to the company, the campaign highlights the utility’s continued focus on communities it serves. “While our name has changed, our character has not. We remain ...

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A critically acclaimed folk duo is coming to Salina. Mandolin Orange is coming to the Stiefel Theatre. Mandolin Orange’s music radiates a mysterious warmth, their songs feel like whispered secrets, one hand cupped to your ear. The North Carolina duo have built a steady and growing fanbase with this kind of intimacy, and on Tides of ...

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McPherson College welcomed its largest freshman class to campus when fall semester classes began on August 20, continuing its upward enrollment trend established over the past five years. With 316 new freshmen and transfer students, it is the largest class in school history. As classes get underway, full-time equivalent enrollment is up to 840. “This is ...

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A 14-year-old male was arrested after he allegedly led Salina police on a chase in a stolen car. Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that St. Francis Ministries reported a 2016 Chevy Impala stolen from their office at 1813 S. Ohio on Friday. Police say on Sunday, the mother of the young suspect sent a picture of ...

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A massive joint collaboration studying the effects of fire and smoke on the earth and its inhabitants set up shop officially on Tuesday. Hundreds of scientists and crew members with the Fire Influence on Regional to Global Environments and Air Quality, a joint mission between the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the National Oceanic and ...

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Salina Police are looking for a stolen vehicle after a 2003 Chevy Trailblazer was driven off the lot at the former K-Mart. Police say sometime between August 16 and August 19, someone stole the white, Trailblazer that had a 'For Sale' sign on it from the lot at 400 S. Broadway. The vehicle has a Kansas tag: ...

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A Salina man was arrested after allegedly making threats with a handgun. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that officers were sent to the 2000 block of Applewood Lane on Monday afternoon after two men were involved in a tussle inside a home's basement. Police say 38-year-old Nakhaly Chindavong provoked the 20-year-old son of his girlfriend ...

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A former employee at St. Francis Ministries in Salina was taken into custody Monday on charges of rape and sexual exploitation of a child. Lieutenant Michael Asher with the Saline County Sheriff's Office tells KSAL News that 39-year-old Nathaniel R. McEachin was arrested after a months long investigation that stretches back to May of 2019. Authorities allege ...

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The Smoky Hill Museum Street Fair is seeking parade entries and invites you to participate in this wonderful event. Last year’s parade was attended by over 3,400 people. Parade applications must be returned by Tuesday, September 3, in order to participate. There is no entry fee. Fill out an application online or download at http://smokyhillmuseum.org under ...