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The Kansas Department of Agriculture promotes public safety by regulating the production and sale of food products in Kansas. The Food Safety and Lodging program is responsible for food safety inspections of food establishments, food processors and lodging establishments. Food establishments are operations that provide food directly to the end consumer, with or without charge. Food establishments ...

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The Latest on a wildfire in Kansas and Oklahoma 8:20 a.m. A wildfire has reignited in a Kansas county where it was briefly brought under control. Comanche County Emergency Management coordinator John Lehman says crews have been sent back out Thursday morning to resume the firefight. The blaze had been under control Wednesday night. Lehman says the blaze reignited ...

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An effort to determine what impact a troop reduction at Fort Riley would have on the area is underway. The first of several kickoff meetings was held Wednesday as part of a Regional Community Economic Impact Analysis. Florida based Matrix Design Group, funded through a grant from the Department of Defense's Office of Economic Adjustment, is ...

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High-tech agriculture will take center stage in Salina as the Mid America Farm Expo opens its doors next week at the Bicentennial Center. Tom Maxwell with the Kansas State Extension Office tells KSAL News that the 'love of the land' brings many young farmers back to the family farm - but the pull of technology also ...

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Sometime between March 15th and March 21st a burglary was committed at a home at 2701 Deborah. Items taken include men's jewelry including watches, rings, a necklace, a video game system and two games, spare change, and a glass pitcher with Kappa Sigma on the side. Total loss is estimated at $1,850. Sometime between March 22nd ...

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Police are looking for a thief who stole a couple of large rubber mats that are used as part of a Salina carriage ride. Police Captain Mike Sweeney says that two 4 foot by 6 foot rubber mats were stolen from along the curb-line in the 100 Block of West Walnut on March 9th between 6:30 ...

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A Salina woman has been arrested for alleged embezzlement. Police say that 20-year-old Katlyn Nimmo was arrested Tuesday. She is accused of stealing money from Bills Truck & Auto at 615 Bishop while employed by the business. Nimmo is accused of writing seven checks to herself from the company's account. The checks were written between November 30th ...

10 years ago
An Assaria man was able to escape injury late Tuesday afternoon when a fire destroyed his truck, spread and burned several acres of pasture. Saline County Sheriff Lt. Stan Fruits says that Keith Teasley was driving a 2004 Chevrolet four-wheel-drive diesel truck in a pasture in the 3000 Block of South Lightville Road looking for a ...

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Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback has signed legislation allowing faith-based college groups to restrict membership to like-minded people, likely putting Kansas on a collision course with civil liberties groups. The conservative Republican signed the bill Tuesday. The new law will take effect in July. The Republican-dominated Legislature approved the bill this month, even though the U.S. Supreme Court ...

10 years ago
Kansas House members have begun debating a proposal that would repeal Common Core standards for math and reading education. Under the proposal, school districts would be forbidden to use any national curriculum in tests, programs and materials. The standards were developed by a group of states with the goal of making sure students were ready for jobs ...

10 years ago
Two drivers are dead after a head-on crash on U.S. 59 in southeast Kansas. The Kansas Highway Patrol says the crash happened Tuesday afternoon when a sport utility vehicle crossed the center line and slammed into a car about five miles south of the Labette County town of Oswego. The patrol identified the victims as 40-year-old Hugh ...