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The best ways to use UAS in fire and emergency response activities will be taught in a new four-day UAS training course for firefighters and HAZMAT response personnel offered by Kansas State University Polytechnic Campus. The flight training course will utilize K-State's industry-leading UAS technology. The first course will be Oct. 5-8 at Crisis City Training ...

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Running a mile in five minutes is already seen as a feat, but doing it backwards? That's enough to break a world record. A Kansas man should know. He just beat his own record, finishing in five minutes and 30 seconds. That 24-seconds faster than the first time in 2015. Aaron Yoder is a track coach at ...

4 years ago
A Kansas school district is putting all seventh through 12th grade students and teachers on quarantine notice due to COVID-19. Officials in the Macksville School District say a volleyball player has tested positive for the coronavirus. The infected player attended a volleyball match last Tuesday. The quarantine will remain in effect until September 15th. Hays Middle ...

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Just a day after high temperatures hovered around 100, potentially record setting cold temperatures are expected. According to the National Weather Service, much colder air will spread across Kansas today, with a few strong to severe storms possible over southeast Kansas. Numerous showers and cooler temperatures will prevail across the region for later Tuesday, and into Wednesday ...

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A project on one of the major roads in Salina will wrap-up this week. According to the City of Salina, on Tuesday APAC Kansas Shears Division of Salina will begin adjusting manholes on Ohio Street from Cloud to Crawford Streets. The work is necessary to raise the manholes to the surface elevation changed by the recent ...

4 years ago
A hit and run crash was caught on video by a Salina business. Nick’s Pawn Shop posted video of the crash on social media in hopes of identifying the driver. The business said on Friday evening at about 7:30 PM a white Dodge Dakota leaving Hanks Tavern hit a telephone and/or power line, then backed up into ...

4 years ago
Four people were hurt, one of them seriously, when an SUV crashed on Interstate 70 west of Salina in Ellsworth County. According to the KHP, the driver of a Toyota 4Runner headed west lost control, entered the median, and struck a drainage culvert. The SUV became airborne and rolled several times, coming to rest on its ...

4 years ago
The topic of integration will be discussed at the next virtual Ike Book Club meeting. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High is an autobiography written by Melba Pattillo Beals, one of the Little Rock Nine. Her memoir explores racism and focuses on the ability of young people ...

4 years ago
A sidewalk sale will be held at the Salina Public Library. According to the library, The Friends of the Salina Public Library will have a sidewalk book sale from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 12. The sale will take place on the north side of the library building. The sale will feature grab-bags labeled by genre with ...

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A concerned superintendent of a Saline County school district sent out a message to the community Friday, urging everyone to do their part to stop the spread of COVID-19 so schools can remain open. USD 306 Southeast of Saline Superintendent Roger Stumpf said though students are back in the classroom he is very concerned it will ...

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Due to unforeseen circumstances, the Texas Tenors benefit concert in Salina has been postponed and rescheduled. According to the Tony’s Pizza Events Center, the show which was scheduled for September 19th has been rescheduled for Sunday, December 13th. “While we are sad that the original date did not work, we are thrilled that The Texas Tenors were ...