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The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has issued a warning of high levels of toxic blue-green algae for six lakes. The agency said Thursday the lakes under warning status are in Brown, Sedgwick, Jewell, Marion, Barton and Rooks counties. The environmental agency said in a statement that boating and fishing on the lakes under warning are ...

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Saline County Jail Bookings 7-4-2015. Photos and information are gathered from the Saline County Sheriff’s Office. All individuals are innocent of crimes unless they have been convicted in a court of law. No representation is made as to the guilt or innocence of said persons. The Salina Media Group assumes no legal liability or responsibility ...

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A Delphos man was arrested Friday morning after an alleged incident at the Salina Walmart store. Salina Police tell KSAL News that officers were sent to Wal-Mart, 2900 S. 9th, in reference an aggravated kidnapping. They met with a 42-year-old female who reported she was shopping at Wal-Mart when she was accosted by an unknown man at ...

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Two people were hurt in a single-vehicle rollover crash north of Salina late Thursday night. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 20-year-old Thomas Austin from Cedar City, Utah, was driving a 2004 Chevy truck, headed north on U.S. 81 Highway in the driving lane. Austin was not paying attention, and veered across the passing lane to ...

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After a relatively quiet week, it will be loud Friday and Saturday in Salina. Though fireworks have been sold in the city all week, it has been illegal to shoot them. That all changed Friday. It's now legal to shoot them. Fireworks can be discharged in the city on July 3rd and July 4 between 8 ...

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Saline County Jail Bookings 7-3-2015. Photos and information are gathered from the Saline County Sheriff’s Office. All individuals are innocent of crimes unless they have been convicted in a court of law. No representation is made as to the guilt or innocence of said persons. The Salina Media Group assumes no legal liability or responsibility ...

10 years ago
A multi-agency scientific project that includes NASA began flying in and out of Salina this week. According to the Salina Airport Authority, NASA has joined a multi-agency field campaign studying summer storm systems in the U.S. Great Plains to find out why they often form after the sun goes down instead of during the heat of ...

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Federal, state and local authorities are investigating the manufacture of illegal explosives in the Topeka area. The Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is working with Topeka authorities and the Office of the Kansas Fire Marshal in the investigation into homemade explosive devices and equipment to make illegal explosives. Kevin Doel, a spokesman for the ...

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Republican Gov. Sam Brownback says he's considering proposing a new religious objections law for Kansas following the U.S. Supreme Court's decision legalizing gay marriage across the nation. Brownback on Thursday also defended the state's refusal so far to allow gay and lesbian spouses to change their last names on driver's licenses or to file joint income ...

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A deluge of donations is raising hope that an emergency overnight shelter in Hutchinson could reopen. The NOEL Lodge, a shelter operated by New Beginnings Inc., closed without warning Tuesday after a federal grant that helped fund it was not renewed. Shelter director Juan Gonzeles says nearly $21,000 in donations has already been pledged, about half the ...

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Salina Police are planning to crack down on drunk drivers around the city Thursday evening into early Friday morning. City wide DUI checklanes are planned for tonight with five officers and one supervisor participating. Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News the program will operate from 10:30pm Thursday night through 2:30am Friday morning. The effort is funded through a ...