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A long-time Salina holiday tradition is returning. Kansas Wesleyan’s Department of Music is preparing this year’s Christmas by Candlelight event. According to KWU, the 2024 rendition of Christmas by Candlelight, “Come Home to Bethlehem,” is scheduled for this Sunday, Dec. 8th, at 4 p.m. inside the newly renovated Sams Chapel. The tradition of a Christmas concert at ...

2 months ago
Folks are encouraged to show their generosity on this Giving Tuesday. In 2012 the Tuesday following Thanksgiving was turned into into Giving Tuesday with hopes of bringing the focus back to giving thanks. Its goal is to encourage people to give money to local non-profits after spending on Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday. GivingTuesday.org ...

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Kansas Highway Patrol Troopers were busy over the Thanksgiving holiday travel period. According to the agency, the Kansas Highway Patrol worked one fatal non-DUI related crash involving one non-DUI related fatality over the holiday reporting period. The fatal crash occurred in Nemaha County. Among other things, troopers also made 13 DUI arrests, issued 1,135 speeding tickets, and ...

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A Salina man was arrested in connection to threats he allegedly made over the phone. Police Captain Jim Feldman tells KSAL News that 38-year-old Derek Lee Smith was taken into custody on Sunday night after making threats to a man over the phone. The confrontation escalated when Smith showed up uninvited to a home in the ...

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A man wearing a mask over his face rips the cash register off the counter and runs out of a Salina fuel station. Police Captain Jim Feldman tells KSAL News that authorities are investigating a robbery that took place on Saturday afternoon around 3pm. Police report the man who is approximately 6-foot 2-inches tall, wearing a black ...

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The Saline County Sheriff's Office reached out to an advanced DNA testing center in Texas to try and identify human remains that were found southwest of Salina nearly three and a half years ago. On April 20th, 2021 a human skull and another small bone was found along a wooded creek on agricultural property in the ...

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A putt putt golf course was damaged by fire at a former family fun center in Salina. According to Police Captain Jim Feldman, on Friday someone started a fire inside the cement cave on the mini-golf course at the former Jumpin' Joe's Family Fun Center on Sunflower Lane. Police say someone used some wood and plastic pipe ...

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A motorcyclist from Ellsworth was taken to jail after leading police on a high speed chase. Salina Police Captain Jim Feldman tells KSAL News that 36-year-old Jimmy Ray Wells was arrested on Saturday around 11:15pm following a pursuit. Police say an officer attempted to make a traffic stop in the 1900 block of N. 9th after Wells ...

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No one was injured after a woodstove caused a housefire in northern Saline County on Friday morning. Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that members from Rural Fire District #7 and RFD #5 responded to a fire in the 4700 block of North Dorman Drive near the Saline/Ottawa County line. Deputies say a young girl was in ...

2 months ago
Kansas State University Salina's professional education and outreach is launching a technical writing program for those looking to advance their careers and professional knowledge. Technical writing courses equip learners with the comprehensive skills to convey complex information clearly and concisely. The program features six 4-week modules, most of which are asynchronous. The topics include Simplified Technical English, ...

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The Riley County Police Department is actively investigating two shootings, in which four people were shot, in Manhattan on Saturday and Sunday. According to the agency, at approximately 7:57 PM Saturday, officers responded to a report of shots fired in the 2000 block of College Heights. They located a 23-year-old female with a gunshot wound. The ...