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Nearly a half-dozen  people are dead following crashes in Kansas over the New Year's holiday weekend. The Kansas Highway Patrol says troopers also made nearly two-dozen DUI arrests. Authorities say none of the deadly crashes over the holiday weekend were DUI related. The reporting period for the holiday ran from 6 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 30th, ...

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A Fort Hays State University football player is dead following a shooting in Oklahoma City. Daniel Howard was killed, and four other people were taken to hospitals following a shooting near Northwest 10th Street and Hudson Avenue in Oklahoma City on New Year's Day. Police say that the shooting stemmed from a fight that broke out ...

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Tickets are now on sale for Kansas Wesleyan’s annual Night with the Yotes event. According to KWU, Night with the Yotes will be held Feb. 17 at 5:30 p.m. in Mabee Arena. This year marks the 12th year of Night with the Yotes, which, in recent years, has come to be synonymous with numerous KWU activities. This ...

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On December 31st Salina Police officers took a stolen vehicle report from Garrett Graves, 23, Lakefield KS. Graves reported his vehicle was stolen from the parking lot of Russell’s Family Restaurant at 671 Westport Blvd. He had left his blue 2013 Ford F-150 at Russell’s while he was out of town at a job. Inside ...

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A Salina resident was taken into custody shortly after he was allegedly seen driving the wrong way down Ohio on New Year’s Eve. Salina Police were called at 6:50 AM on December 31st after a concerned onlooker noticed a 2007 Mercury Milan allegedly driving erratically in the area of Ohio and Cloud. The driver is said ...

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An arrest was made after an aggravated Solomon man threatened to stab individuals at The Shady Lady Gentleman’s Club. Saline County Sheriff Rodger Soldan informed KSAL news Herbey Hernandez-Rodriguez, 27, Solomon, was taken into custody on December 31st at 12:09 AM. After deputies were called to the gentleman’s club located at 1540 W. Old Highway 40. Employees ...

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A lucky northeast Kansas lottery player nailed the Powerball jackpot on Nov. 19 to claim $92.9 million. “The Kansas Lottery had the pleasure of making someone out there a little more thankful,” said Stephen Durrell, executive director of the Kansas Lottery. “Nothing makes us happier than giving away a big jackpot to our players.” That followed by ...

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The Chamber Orchestra of the Smoky Valley is preparing for its first concert of the new year.  It's planned for January 15th at 4 p.m. at Bethany Lutheran Church in Lindsborg. According to Bethany College, the performance will feature works by Igor Stravinsky, Edward Elgar, and Franz Schubert. “As a musician and connoisseur of classical music, I ...

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A truck driver was killed in a single-vehicle crash near Salina late Monday night. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, a 2015 Freightliner semi pulling a utility trailer loaded with frozen meat was headed east on  K 143 Highway.  At the junction of Old 81, the driver failed to yield, crossing the north and southbound lanes ...

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2022 was a year of weather extremes in Kansas, and in Salina. Here are some highlights from the National Weather Service on the weather in Salina: The average annual temperature was 56.3 degrees, 0.5 degrees warmer than average. Tied for the 47th warmest year since records began in 1900. The hottest daily temperature was 106 degrees ...

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A woman and a child were killed in a crash in Southwest Kansas New Years Night. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, a 2013 Kia Soul was parked in the eastbound lane of U.S. 54 Highway in Kiowa County with its lights off, possibly disabled. The was rear-ended by a 2018 Westar semi. The driver of the ...