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A strong earthquake awoke many people in the Oklahoma City area early Tuesday. There are no immediate reports of major damage, but the quake is blamed for power outages affecting thousands of people. The U.S. Geological Survey says the quake had a preliminary magnitude of 4.3. The quake struck at 5:39 a.m. Tuesday with an epicenter 5 ...

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It was very special event at the Salina Public Library Monday afternoon, with a very special furry monster guest. Beloved Sesame Street character Grover hosted a storytime event. The big blue character hosted “Storytime with Grover.” He met and greeted children, and was a part of reading time. The event also included a coloring activity. Grover, along ...

9 years ago
Sixty-nine journalists were killed on the job this year. A report released Tuesday by the Committee to Protect Journalists says at least 28 of them were killed by Islamic militant groups, including al-Qaeda and ISIS. Those killed include eight journalists slain during an attack at the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris in January. Thirteen journalists were killed ...

9 years ago
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback says he's not second-guessing a new state law that would require the state's college campuses to allow concealed weapons. The Republican says the law is in accordance with the Constitution's Second Amendment's right to bear arms. In 2013, Kansas lawmakers passed and Brownback signed a bill mandating that concealed weapons be allowed in ...

9 years ago
Two substantial residential thefts and two stolen vehicles in Salina make for an expensive loss for residents. An iPad was stolen from a home on the 100 block of 12th Street overnight on December 19. The total loss is $1,000. Another theft on the 1200 block of North 7th Street totaled for a loss of $660 ...

9 years ago
A rear end collision on the 2000 block of North Ohio took an ugly turn when one of the drivers involved punched another driver. A man driving a blue F250 was rear ended by a man driving a Rav 4. 21-year-old Matthew Dimaplaus of Salina was the driver of the Rav 4, and was under the ...

9 years ago
A McPherson man was arrested at Outlaws at 1676 West State Saturday after an argument with his sister led him to damage her car. Tyler Wolf, 24, was leaving Outlaws around 2AM and began arguing with his sister. This led him to get up on her maroon Pontiac G6 and kick out the windshield and try ...

9 years ago
Investigators have reopened the Kansas case of a 1999 shooting death for which a man served more than 15 years before his brother confessed in suicide notes that he was the killer. Kirk Vernon is the chief detective in northeast Kansas' Jefferson County Sheriff's Department. He says that while Tom Bledsoe's November suicide notes helped free ...

9 years ago
A Missouri sheriff says four soldiers from another country who were temporarily stationed at Fort Leonard Wood are among the six people who have died in flooding in the state. Pulaski County Sheriff Ronald Long said in a statement late Sunday night that a witness saw a car drive into a flooded roadway a day earlier. ...

9 years ago
A winter storm with freezing rain and snow is expected to hit Kansas. The National Weather Service on Sunday issued winter storm warnings for several sections of the state, including eastern and south-central Kansas. The weather service said the warnings are in effect through Monday night. The weather service said the storm was expected to move from ...

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A Topeka man serving a life sentence for killing a Topeka police officer has died in prison. The Kansas Department of Corrections says that 32-year-old Ross Preston Lane was found unresponsive in his cell at the El Dorado Correctional Facility on Dec. 24. He was pronounced dead later that morning. Lane pleaded guilty to capital murder in the ...