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Cool cars and a cool Hollywood star will roll into Salina next week as part of the 2022 Leadsled Spectacular.  The popular car show is Friday, Saturday, and Sunday July 28th – July 31st. Organizer Jerry Titus tells KSAL News pre-show registration has been strong. Visitors will be treated to over 2,000 classic car entries, parked ...

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A single-vehicle accident on I-135 Monday morning sent a Salina man to the hospital with unknown injuries. Saline County Sheriff's Office Lt. Jeremiah Hayes tells KSAL News that deputies responded to the accident around 1:50 a.m. Monday south of Salina. The driver, 31-year-old James Coffman, reportedly fell asleep at the wheel and hit an inside guardrail. His ...

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The Salina Regional Health Foundation’s Community Health Investment Program awarded 8 grants at its summer meeting totaling $399,550. According to the organization, funding for program known as CHIP primarily comes from Salina Regional Health Center, which tithes a percentage of its operating margin each year to the Salina Regional Health Foundation. Since the inception of CHIP in ...

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An arrest was made Saturday night after a heated confrontation at a bar. Otha Toyne, a 59-year-old man from Salina, was arrested Saturday on requested charges of aggravated battery, mistreatment of an elderly person, two counts of battery and DUI. Salina Police Sgt. Kyle Tonniges tells KSAL News that the incident occurred around 7 p.m. at Chuck's ...

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Salina Police are looking for a suspect who allegedly robbed a liquor store at closing time on Saturday. Sgt. Kyle Tonniges tells KSAL News that officers were sent to Brooks Liquor, located at 1845 S. Ninth Street, at 10:06 p.m. Saturday. An employee reported that they were closing the store with a co-worker when an unknown ...

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A Salina man was taken to Salina Regional Health Center on Sunday after reportedly being stabbed in Sunset Park. Police Sgt. Kyle Tonniges tells KSAL News that officers were sent to the the emergency room at 10:21 p.m. Sunday after a 23-year-old man was admitted with stab wounds. Tonniges said the man was stabbed multiple times in ...

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The Wild Bill Hickock Rodeo in Abilene is raising funds to help a family with its cancer costs. According to rodeo organizers, Wally Peterson didn’t want to stop work that day, even though he’d had some headaches and memory loss. He was headed out to mow for his and his sons’ mowing service, when his wife Cindy told ...

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People experiencing a mental health crisis now have a new way to reach out for help. States across the country, including Kansas. started rolling out 988 as the new National Suicide Prevention Lifeline number over the weekend. Early last week Kansas Governor Laura Kelly ceremonially signed Senate Bill 19, bipartisan legislation that launches 9-8-8 as the ...

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The body of a missing swimmer is pulled from a Kansas lake. Douglas County officials were called to Clinton Lake near Lawrence on Saturday afternoon after a man who had last been seen on a sailboat with friends went missing. Authorities announced Saturday night that the victim's body had been recovered. The incident is under investigation.

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A pilot is dead following a plane crash in Kansas. The Kansas Highway Patrol says 71-year-old Steven Stucky died after the plane he was piloting crashed near Topeka on Saturday morning. Investigators say Stucky's plane stalled, flipped and dove nose-first into the ground. The deadly plane crash is under investigation.

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Staff at a Salina auto museum learned to weld compliments of a Salina technical college. According to Salina Area Technical College, since the Salina Educational Automotive Museum of America opened in February, more than 3,000 people have used the museum’s virtual welding simulator, on loan from Salina Area Technical College. But there was a catch: While the ...