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Kansas State University is leading a multi-agency team focused on improving water and nitrogen use efficiencies and improving soil health in the semi-arid southern Great Plains. The nearly $10 million five-year research effort is led by K-State University Distinguished Professor Chuck Rice and includes a transdisciplinary team from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service, ...

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A woman from Missouri was killed in a wrong-way crash along Interstate 70 in Western Kansas early Saturday afternoon involving a car and two semis. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 40-year-old Monica Miller from Columbia, Missouri, was driving a 2007 Saturn Ion headed east. She crossed the median and struck the front end of a ...

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Eligible Saline County residents can participate in Commodities Distribution on Wednesday. Representatives with the event say it will be at the Kenwood Hall in Salina, 900 Greeley Ave., from Noon-1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 18. Items available include: Peanut butter, cranberry juice concentrate, canned apricot halves, canned pears, canned white sliced potatoes, fresh grapes, fresh apples, canned ...

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With fall approaching, a Kansas State University veterinarian says homeowners and pet owners need to be cautious of bats, which are a leading transmitter of rabies. "Bats are more active this time of year, which means there is an increased chance of exposure to them," said Susan Nelson, clinical professor and veterinarian at the Kansas State ...

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Independent Connection and the Self Advocacy Coalition of Kansas are hosting a Kancare Forum later this coming week. According to the organization, they are inviting the public to the Salina Senior Center, 245 N. 9th St., on Thursday, Sept. 19, as they plan to band together to collect personal success and hardship stories to submit to ...

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Photographer Jim Griggs will lead off the Smoky Hills Audubon Society fall program series on September 19th with a photographic tour of the legendary Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge. Many people are familiar with the annual crane migration in Nebraska every spring. The cranes also gather in the fall in New Mexico as they ...

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Friday is the 99 year anniversary of one of the more infamous events in the history of Salina. It was on September 13th, 1920, when a circus elephant was shot and killed after going on a rampage. The Sells Floto Circus was in Salina on that day, with it's famous performing elephants, highlighted by ring-leader  Snyder. According ...

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Friday was a big day in Downtown Salina. Late in the afternoon, Santa Fe was opened back up. There is still work to be done, but traffic is flowing again. According to the City of Salina Smoky Hill Construction opened southbound Santa Fe Avenue to thru traffic. Iron Avenue remains closed west of Santa Fe Avenue ...

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Police are looking for a white, male in connection to a rash of stolen checks in Salina. Authorities are once again urging citizens to take payments made by check - directly to the post office to mail as thieves continue to pilfer mailboxes in Salina for checks they can steal. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News ...

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A Lindsborg woman walked out of work in Salina to discover her car was stolen. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that Gayla Nelson clocked out at midnight to go home after working her shift at Walgreens located at 700 S. Broadway. Moments later she discovered her 1998 Honda CRV was gone. She quickly reported the ...

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After almost eight decades, a soldier from Kansas is returning home from war. Authorities say Seaman Wilbur Clayton Barrett was among 24-hundred Americans killed during the December 7th, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor. Barrett, who was 25 at the time, served aboard the USS Oklahoma. According to military officials, Barrett's remains were recently identified via DNA-testing. They ...