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An annual event that brings the Kansas City Symphony to the Flint Hills will use a remote central Kansas pasture for next year's performance. The spot near Clements in Chase County is the same location used in 2010 for the popular sunset performance. The theme of the June 11, 2016, concert is "The Future of the ...

9 years ago
Wichita State University is commemorating the 45th anniversary of a crash that killed 31 people aboard a plane carrying the school's football team. Reports that the ceremony gets started Friday morning. The crash of the plane carrying the team's starters happened on Oct. 2, 1970, in the Rocky Mountains in Colorado. Among the dead were 14 ...

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Kansas School Board officials were asked to provide feedback on the State’s proposed vision for K-12 education at Webster Conference Center on Thursday. State Commissioner of Education Randy Watson identified one vision “where Kansas leads the world in student success”, where Kansas schools have “done well under traditional measures”. In an alternative vision, Kansas could lead ...

9 years ago
The U.S. Geological Survey says the Equus Beds aquifer is recovering thanks to Wichita's water conservation efforts. The agency said Thursday that groundwater levels in the central part of the aquifer where the city operates its water supply wells increased by three feet from 2014 to 2015. It says the increase is likely due to the city ...

9 years ago
Kansas collected $31 million less in taxes than anticipated last month, a shortfall that could tighten the state's budget picture. The state Department of Revenue reported Thursday that the state took in $534 million in taxes, when its official fiscal forecast projected $565 million. The shortfall was about 5.5 percent. Tax collections were almost equally as short ...

9 years ago
Volunteers will gather Saturday morning to help make Salina a better place to live. People of all ages are ready to roll up their sleeves and tackle a variety of community service projects during the annual Fall Fix-Up project. The event is coordinated by the Volunteer Connection. Activities will begin at 8:00 a.m. at Shelter # ...

9 years ago
One person who plans to be front and center when the new stadium complex at Kansas Wesleyan University is dedicated on Saturday is the new football field's namesake, legendary coach Gene Bissell. The field at the new Graves Family Sports Complex will be dedicates Gene Bissell Field in honor of the former coach. Bissell spent over ...

9 years ago
A same-sex couple is seeking to force the Kansas Department of Health and Environment to issue a birth certificate listing both women as the parents of their baby boy. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that Jessica and Casey Smith of Lawrence married in 2013 in California. Casey Smith gave birth ...

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Sunday will be a homecoming for two cellists who grew up under the roof of the founding director and conductor of the Salina Symphony - Eric Stein. Brother and sister Derek and Adele Stein will join forces on stage this Sunday afternoon as the Symphony opens its 60th Anniversary Season. Derek, who is a freelance cellist ...

9 years ago
Prescription drugs were stolen from a Salina home on the 700 block of Meadowbrook Road. The owner of the home said she was taking her son to school, and when she returned, the $300 worth of drugs were gone. There were no signs of forced entry, and the door was left unlocked. ...

9 years ago
Salina police are investigating a check forgery case. Police say that a bank reported the incident in early September. It was discovered that nearly $7,000 in pay checks had been fraudulently issued to Freddy's fast food employees. The company who issued the checks, JRI, handles all of Freddy's paychecks company wide.