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A new person is in charge at a Salina medical clinic which provides healthcare to anyone and at the same time trains doctors. According to Salina Family Healthcare Center,  Dr. Bob Kraft has accepted an offer to become the organization’s next CEO. According to the organization's board of directors, Kraft's dedication to the dual missions of the ...

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Area educators brought priorities directly to state lawmakers at Smoky Hill Education Service Center’s 30th annual legislative luncheon on November 14. School funding, healthcare and statewide economic development topped the areas of concern from educational leaders, who had the opportunity to ask questions of state senators and representatives. Chris Moddelmog, SHESC Executive Director, said the event has ...

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It's not always easy to sum up a career -- let alone a life's ambition -- so succinctly, but those five words from Robert Earl Keen's calling-card anthem just about do it. You can complete the lyric with the next five words -- the ones routinely shouted back at Keen by thousands of fans a night ...

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Security at Ellsworth Junior/Senior High School will be elevated over the next several days. That's the word from local officials, who say the move comes after a possible threat rattled local officials yesterday. That threat was later deemed not credible. However, a student who allegedly made the threat has reportedly been removed from the school as a precaution, ...

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Authorities in McPherson County are investigating two thefts involving ten thousand dollars' worth of tools and equipment from a pair of farms near Inman earlier this month. According to the county sheriff's office, the first happened sometime between November 2nd and November 4th. The second reportedly took place nearby at a second farm on November 9th ...

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Law enforcement across Kansas will mobilize beginning Monday in preparation for Thanksgiving travel. Monday, November 25th, through Sunday, Dec 1st, many police agencies across the state including the Kansas Highway Patrol will participate in the Kansas Thanksgiving Safe Arrival traffic enforcement campaign.  A grant from the Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) will underwrite overtime enforcement efforts ...

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One of the biggest events of its kind in the Midwest is coming to Salina this Saturday. Kenwood Hall and the 4-H Building will be bursting at the seams with toys at the 8th Annual Salina Heart Land Toy Show. Organizers say vendors are coming from Minnesota, Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri, Texas, Wyoming, Colorado, Oklahoma and of ...

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Can influencing the body's metabolism improve the brain's energy and how well it functions? Researchers at the University of Kansas Alzheimer's Disease Center are trying to answer this fundamental question with a new clinical trial involving individuals with Alzheimer's disease and dapagliflozin, a drug used to treat diabetes. This single-site study designed by the KU ADC ...

5 years ago
With the work on Santa Fe winding down, all five CityGo stops currently closed on the street will be reopening within the next few days. The stops that will be reopening include the following: Blue #1, Santa Fe and Iron (SE corner) Blue #2, Santa Fe and Ash (NE corner) – this stop will be moved ...

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A motorcycle rider was hurt in a crash involving a deer. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 52-year-old William Sauer of Victoria was riding a Harley Davidson Motorcycle on U.S. 40 Highway when he struck a deer. He was thrown from the bike and came to rest in the roadway. The deer and motorcycle came to ...

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Salina Police are asking for the public's help in locating a dark colored SUV that was involved in a hit and run. Salina Police Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that the incident happened at 9:15 p.m. on Wednesday in the 1000 block of W. Walnut. The victim, Lynn Grinage, left her 1999 Chevy S10 pickup truck ...