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It's homecoming week at Kansas Wesleyan University in Salina. As part of the celebration this weekend the school will honor several alumni including a Meridian Media staffer. According to the school, the Kansas Wesleyan University Alumni Association has selected its annual award winners, individuals who bring particular honor to KWU. The recognition of these distinguished alumni ...

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The Saline County Health Department is cautioning those who attended Monday's Salina City Commission meeting they may have been exposed to COVID by an attendee at the meeting who is not vaccinated,  was showing symptoms of being infected, and did not wear a mask or socially distance. According to the agency, they were notified Wednesday that ...

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There has been three new COVID deaths in Saline County since Friday and 95 new cases of the virus. According to the Saline County Health Department there are currently 466 active cases of the virus in the community. Salina Regional Health Center reports they have 10 patients in the hospital battling the virus. Overall, 154 people have now ...

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The long wait for a distinctive Kansas license plate to help raise money for families hit by childhood cancers will soon be over. Heidi Feyerherm-Smith, President and Founder of the Love Chloe Foundation says drivers can purchase the plate in January. The plate will help the organization raise money to support the “Fueling the Fight” campaign ...

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Salina Police are looking for a stolen truck and the thief who took it from a north side alley. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that sometime between 1pm and 7pm on Monday, someone entered a 2000 Chevy Silverado pickup with extended cab and drove off from a storage building in the 700 block of ...

4 years ago
Prosecutors are identifying two women who were arrested in connection with the escape of a sexual predator from the Larned State Hospital. Fifty-year-old Rachel Rena Perez of Larned and 45-year-old Liliana Guadalupe Houser of Garden City made their first appearance in court yesterday afternoon to face numerous charges. Perez and Houser were employed by the Kansas Department ...

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Multiple agencies responded to an area near the Saline County/Lincoln County border after the report of a shooting incident on Interstate-70 Tuesday night. According to Lincoln County Undersheriff Luke Sanders, around 9:30pm, dispatch was advised of a possible shooting near mile marker 234. Officers from the Kansas Highway Patrol and Saline County Sheriff's Office responded, while Deputies ...

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A Salina man was allegedly beaten in a park and robbed by his assailants. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that officers were sent to Kenwood Park on Tuesday evening around 8:30pm after a 28-year-old man was attacked by three males in their late teens or early twenties. The victim told police he was approached by ...

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The Saline County Sheriff's Office is investigating the theft of a dirt bike from a property in northwest Saline County. Undersheriff Brent Melander tells KSAL News that sometime between October 4th and the 11th, someone entered a garage in the 3900 block of W. Lockard Road and stole a 2017 Hawk 250 motorcycle. The owner told ...

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After cancelling the 2020 version of the event, Kansas Wesleyan is especially excited about its upcoming Homecoming and Family Weekend festivities this weekend, Friday through Sunday. According to the school, several new events have been added to the schedule this year. They include the dedication of a new lab (the Paul Stucky Optics Lab), the opening ...

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A first of its kind fish has been caught in Kansas. For the first time ever an Alligator Gar has been reeled in. According to the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, when a lure drops below the water’s surface, it’s not always known what might rise to meet it. On a warm night late last ...