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Kansas drivers may soon be limited on when they can use their cell phones. The Kansas House has advanced a measure that would ban the use of cell phones in construction zones and school zones. The bill comes after Triple-A rated Kansas as one of the worst states in the nation for distracted driving.

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Prairie Progress will host a “Prairie Talks” community conversation in Salina on Thursday evening at the Salina Art Center. According to the organization, this public event continues Prairie Progress’s statewide series of nonpartisan, community-driven conversations focused on federal issues impacting Kansans. The program will begin at 5:30 p.m. and will feature a moderated panel of local community ...

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Salina Regional Health Center is expanding access to specialized care in central and north central Kansas with the addition of two new clinics. According to the hospital, Salina Regional Pain Clinic and Salina Regional Medical Esthetics will be located in the Santa Fe Medical Plaza office building, at 501 S. Santa Fe Avenue, under the medical ...

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A Salina bank helps protect a woman from being the victim of an online scam. Police Captain Jim Feldman tells KSAL News that a 74-year-old woman noticed multiple charges on her credit card statement for $140 and called the company. The account was then frozen. Moments later the woman got a pop-up notice claiming to be Apple ...

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A couple from Wyoming is now in the Saline County Jail after taking their three children on the run out of state. Captain Jeremiah Hayes with the Saline County Sheriff's Office tells KSAL News that 33-year-old Austin Kitchen and 28-year-old Shaelynn Warren were taken into custody just after midnight on Wednesday in connection to a case ...

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Salina Police are investigating an early morning robbery at a gas station. Police Captain Jim Feldman tells KSAL News that around 5:30am Wednesday, a suspect walked into the Sinclair located at 1717 W. Crawford, demanded money and left with an undisclosed amount of cash. Police say there was no weapon and no one was hurt. Investigators are waiting ...

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Drone use by first responders and public safety officials is an evolving and rapidly growing need in disaster response and event monitoring. Kansas State University Salina is home to experts in uncrewed aircraft systems, or UAS, who provide drone training for public safety organizations. K-State Salina's Public Safety UAS Summit on April 22 will connect law enforcement, fire and ...

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Daylight Saving Time may soon become a thing of the past in Kansas. A bill ending Daylight Saving Time has passed out of a Kansas Senate committee and is headed to the Kansas House. If approved, the bill would not take effect unless Missouri approves similar legislation.

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The director of the Kansas Department of Tourism made a stop in Salina Tuesday afternoon to drop off a check. Bridgette Jobe was at Rolling Hills Zoo to present a $75,000 check in support of the creation of the highly anticipated Tiger Falls exhibit. Jobe tells KSAL News the funding is via the Kansas Attraction Development ...

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Salina USD 305 has recognized its teacher of the year. According to the District, Janelle Stelter, high incidence special education teacher at Coronado Elementary School, and Ericka Cain, adaptive special education teacher at South High School, have been selected as Salina Public Schools Teachers of the Year. The Board of Education honored them at the meeting ...

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The Salina Holiday Festival & Parade of Lights is the Kansas Main Street Event of the Year. Representatives from Salina Downtown Inc. attended the Kansas Main Street Awards ceremony hosted by the Kansas Department of Commerce on Monday evening in Topeka. According to the organization, Kansas Lieutenant Governor and Secretary of Commerce David Toland, delivered the keynote ...