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Police are seeking tips in a case involving the fraudulent use of a financial card at a Salina business. It's the latest Salina Crime Stoppers crime of the week. According to police, on July 6th Pack Rat Smokes at 659 S. Broadway reported a fraudulent use of a financial card. Employees reported on June 12th at ...

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A project in Central Kansas is among those receiving $11.2 million in funding from FEMA. According to the federal agency, the funding is to help Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska strengthen community resilience, restore critical infrastructure and invest in mitigation measures to reduce future disaster damage. The agency tells KSAL News in Kansas $265,000 was provided to the ...

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A day before he retired in March 2025, deputy prosecutor Rick James emailed three Salina police officers about “Bunce the Clown.” Micah Bunce was a former city cop now working for the public defender’s office. A few months earlier, Bunce had testified in support of a woman who was caught with a meth pipe in her ...

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Nearly 20 kids from Salina headed to Camp Wood YMCA this week, many of them attending at no cost thanks to scholarship support and community generosity. According to the YMCA, for the campers, the trip means a week of adventure, friendship, and personal growth. For those who helped make it possible, it is a reminder of ...

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More than 15 state and federal Democratic candidates are scheduled to gather in Salina this Saturday for Demofest. The event will run from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM at The Temple, located at 336 S. Santa Fe. Saline County Democratic Chairperson Sandy Beverly says the event is designed to give voters direct access to both the ...

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A Topeka man driving without a license was cited after causing a crash in Saline County involving a pickup pulling a large trailer and a semi. According to the Saline County Sheriff's Office, just before 2:00 Wednesday afternoon a 2018 Freightliner semi was headed north on Burma Road approaching Water Well Road. A 2024 Ford F350 ...

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Two people were arrested after six children were left in a hot vehicle. According to Salina Police, Wednesday afternoon at about 2:15 officers were dispatched to Wingstop, 1621 S. Ohio, in reference to multiple children being left in a vehicle in the parking lot with no air conditioning and only one window down for approximately 20 ...

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“Daddy Bud Day”, a free community block party in north Salina, is returning. The event will take place this Saturday, July 11th, at Pacific / Curtis Park, 701 W. Pacific. Salina native James Curtis, AKA Cash Hollistah, in collaboration with the Curtis family and local nonprofit Salina Shares, will be hosting the event. All are invited ...

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A vehicle stolen in Concordia was recovered in Salina. According to Salina Police, Wednesday at about 3 PM, an officer on routine patrol observed a white Chevy Tahoe parked in the 1100 block of N. 9th which was suspected to be stolen out of Concordia. After The SUV was verified stole officers made contact with a ...

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Before this summer, Embry Cole didn't really know what milling really meant. But after a week in June at Kansas State University, Cole — a high schooler from Texas who attended the College of Agriculture's Feeding Your Future camp— has a much better understanding and passion for the industry, as well as an idea of where he could ...

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A man from Missouri was hurt in a single vehicle crash in Central Kanas. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 32-year-old Alexander Bumgarner from Lebanon, Missouri, was driving a Western Star straight flatbed truck headed north on Interstate 135.  He left the road to the right, struck a KDOT guardrail, a concrete barrier and then a ...