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Total solar eclipses occur every year or two or three, often in the middle of nowhere like the South Pacific or Antarctic. What makes Monday's eclipse so special is that it will cut diagonally across the entire United States. The path of totality - where day briefly becomes night - will pass over Oregon, continuing through ...

8 years ago
A company that manufactures a part of wind turbines is laying off employees at its Hutchinson plant. Officials with Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy on Friday announced 140 employees would lose their jobs at its Hutchinson plant in late September. The Spain-based company says the layoffs were prompted by a reduction in orders. The Hutchinson News reports the company ...

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Six horses at a Finney County facility will be euthanized after becoming infected with equine infectious anemia. The Kansas Department of Agriculture said in a news release Friday that it was contacted this month about a positive test for the disease. All the exposed horses were tested and five other horses tested positive. Because the disease ...

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A Kansas couple was sentenced to three years of probation for laundering millions of dollars in suspected drug money through their small town bank. The Hutchinson News reports 71-year-old George Enns and his 69-year-old wife, Agatha Enns, both of Meade, were sentenced Thursday after pleading guilty to money laundering conspiracy. George Enns was ordered to pay ...

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The family of a mother and daughter killed in a double murder-suicide near Lawrence is planning a celebration of life for the two. The Lawrence Journal-World reports 36-year-old Erin Berg and her 3-year-old daughter Mazey Berg were found dead Sunday. Police say Mazey's father, 41-year-old Peter Sander, fatally shot them and himself. Berg's family is planning a ...

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Gov. Sam Brownback has announced pay raises at state prisons in the wake of inmate disturbances that have drawn public attention to staff shortages. Uniformed officers across the state would receive about a 5 percent raise. Officers at El Dorado Correctional Facility will see raises of about 10 percent. The increase would kick in later this ...

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A man who forced his way into a former girlfriend's home is in jail after allegedly choking her. Police arrested 40-year-old Joshua G. Capsey of Salina after he reportedly used an old key to unlock the door on her east Salina home - and then defeated a series of bungee cords she used to try and ...

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A Salina woman was booked into jail on charges of having sex with a 12-year-old boy. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that authorities learned about an incident that allegedly occurred Monday between 18-year-old Lenora J. Dyke and the pre-teen at her Chapel Ridge Apartment from the boy's mother. Police say the boy and Dyke had ...

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Several schools in Kansas have cancelled classes on Monday in anticipation of Monday's solar eclipse. Salina USD 305 schools are not cancelling classes, but are allowing students and staff to go outside and view it. The district is providing glasses so it can be viewed safely. While it won't be a total eclipse, about 96 ...

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OCCK Transportation has developed plans in anticipation of the historic solar eclipse that Salina will experience on Monday, Aug. 21. To ensure the safety of customers using CityGo buses and OCCK Transportation paratransit, all drivers will pull over to a safe location at 12:55 p.m. The safety of our passengers is our top priority. Customers will be ...

8 years ago
The state Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism says invasive zebra mussels have been found in Tuttle Creek Reservoir. The 12,500-acre U.S. Army Corps of Engineers lake is a popular recreation area six miles north of Manhattan. The department said in a news release that the zebra mussel population is currently small but noted there is ...