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Kansas state assessment results for math are the highest since 2017, and overall, more students are scoring at proficient levels in math and English language arts than last year. The state also is seeing higher graduation rates overall and in subgroups, and more students are earning college credits while in high school. Kansas Commissioner of Education Dr. ...

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A review of this year’s summer school programs at Salina Public Schools was presented to the Board of Education during their meeting this week. Elementary summer school served 473 students with 91% of them completing the program. Eighty-two percent of the students attended for both reading and math. The elementary program was free of charge. For the ...

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A golf tournament this weekend will benefit a unique Salina school. The Christ Cathedral Montessori School annual Golf Tournament is this Sunday. The event will be held at Great Life Golf and Fitness Sunday afternoon beginning at 1:00. Details include: 4 man scramble benefiting the Christ Cathedral Montessori School. $400 team entry Top flight prizes 3 ...

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An award-winning flutist whose "standout" and "vibrant" performances (Miami Herald) have taken him around the world will land on the stage in downtown. Embark on an emotionally rich musical journey with the Salina Symphony Nov. 5 at 4 p.m. at the Stiefel Theatre. The Symphony will open the Passage-themed concert with Barber’s thoughtful Adagio for Strings. The ...

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The first public flu shot clinic of the season in Salina was Wednesday. The Saline County Health Department hosted the Annual Community Flu Shot Clinic on October 11 at the 4H Building, 900 Greeley Ave., in Salina from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. This yearly program is part of the Health Department's ongoing efforts to ensure the ...

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The search is continuing for a man who fell from a boat at Wilson Lake. According to the Russell County Sheriff's Office, on Monday afternoon at around 4:00 a female called dispatch to report a man had fallen off a boat at Lake Wilson. The man and woman had been boating toward the west end of ...

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A man from Arkansas was killed in a single-vehicle fiery crash in Central Kansas Tuesday afternoon. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 60-year-old Jerri Garrett from Hot Springs Village, Arkansas, was driving a 2020 Ford F 250 pickup truck on US 77 Highway in Dickinson County. For unknown reasons he steered the truck left of center ...

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Kansas State University is launching an online graduate certificate in digital media for educators. According to K-State, the interdisciplinary certificate is designed for working professionals — specifically teachers, college and university faculty, administrators and graduate students — who seek to advance their skills and confidence in digital audiences, analytics, educational and communications technologies, social media and communication. Classes will begin in spring 2024, ...

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A group of citizens is urging the Salina Public Library to reconsider selling from its collection several valuable Birger Sandzen paintings at auction. Earlier this summer, over concerns including the cost of insurance and maintenance of the valuable artwork, the library board of directors decided to sell two, large Sandzen oil paintings and several prints. They ...

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Salina Regional Health Center will soon have a new person in a leadership role. According to the hospital, Bethanie McDowell will be the new Vice President, Patient Care/CNO. McDowell, MSN RN CIC, has worked at Salina Regional Health Center for the past 15 years. She started out as a nurse educator on 5-Surgical, and in 2011 she ...

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When the new Saline County Jail opens later this fall, a set of of old jail bars will separate the present from the past. Sheriff Roger Soldan has overseen thousands of aspects of the new facility - including the addition of an old door from the jail that now adorns the front lobby. [audio mp3="https://www.ksal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Sheriff-on-Jail-door.mp3"][/audio]   A vast array ...