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Salina Public Library will help the community celebrate the holidays with children’s programs, a family movie showing and creative technology classes. Children are invited to drop off their letters to Santa in the mailbox in Youth Services. To receive a reply, letters should be brought by Dec. 14 and include a self-addressed, stamped envelope. On Dec. 8, ...

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Some lawmakers have expressed concern over Gov. Sam Brownback's plan to wait until January to fix the state's $349 million budget deficit. The Wichita Eagle reports the three governors who preceded Brownback used their executive authority to make cuts before the Legislature convened when the state faced financial difficulties. And until this year, Brownback had done ...

9 years ago
Authorities say an 8-year-old boy has died in a farming accident in Kansas. The McPherson County sheriff's office says the accident occurred Saturday near Galva. The child was riding on a tractor with an adult when a piece of equipment came off and struck the boy, killing him. No one else was injured in the accident. Authorities haven't ...

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A man from Louisiana was hurt in a single vehicle rollover crash in rural Ottawa County early Saturday. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 21-year-old Phillip Crane from Vinton, Louisina, was headed north on 180th Road. He entered at ditch, hit a driveway culvert, and overturned. Crane, who was buckled up, was hurt. He was transported to ...

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No injuries or damage were reported after a 4.3 magnitude earthquake struck northern Oklahoma on Friday morning. The U.S. Geological Survey says the quake's epicenter was near Medford, or about 95 miles north of Oklahoma City. The USGS says the earthquake was felt in northern Oklahoma and in parts of Kansas, including the Wichita area. Earlier in ...

9 years ago
Shoppers can make a big difference in their local communities by supporting Small Business Saturday. Small Business Saturday in next in line. It is the Saturday after Thanksgiving and Black Friday, the traditional start of the holiday shopping season. In 2010, American Express founded Small Business Saturday to help businesses with their most pressing need — getting ...

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A National Issues Forum titled "Making Ends Meet" will be held Tuesday, Nov. 29 at the Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum and Boyhood Home. The public is invited to participate in this Kansas Town Hall discussion in the Visitors Center auditorium from 7 to 9 p.m "According to the National Issues Forums Institute (NIFI), the recovery from ...

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The U.S. Postal Service is gearing up for its busiest time of year. The post office expects to deliver 750-million packages during the holidays, up 12-percent from 2015. It will hire 35-thousand seasonal employees and will expand seven-day delivery to keep up with the load. December 19th is expected to be the busiest mailing day of the ...

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As you decorate your home for Christmas, the Consumer Product Safety commission has several tips to help you avoid accidents. Avoid falls by using the proper size ladder for adding decorations. The CPSC says falls were the top cause of 15,000 holiday decorating injuries during November and December of last year. Check how fresh a cut Christmas ...

9 years ago
Salinans gobbled down Thanksgiving turkey, then headed out to gobble up Thanksgiving shopping savings. Some waited in line for hours to save big on things like televisions, video game systems, and even hover boards. Thanksgiving Day, rather than the day afterward, has become the start of the holiday shopping season in a shift that delights some ...

9 years ago
The smells of Thanksgiving food, and the sounds of fellowship and fun were in the air Thursday at Applebee's in Salina. The only thing on the menu was turkey, and all the trimmings. Though it was a little chilly, people begin lining up outside at around 10:00 in the morning, a full two hours before the ...