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Former KSAL Sports Director Chris Allison is in San Francisco this week for Super Bowl 50 covering the Carolina Panthers. Allison is now part of 730 ESPN in Charlotte and joined in on the KSAL Morning News with a look at the NFL's biggest show. "This is my first Super Bowl," he said. "The media center is incredible ...

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MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) - A mason working at Kansas State University has found an 88-year-old handwritten note that gives a glimpse into the lives of laborers in 1928. The mason found the note in a tobacco can he encountered in December while restoring and replacing stones at Kansas State University's East Memorial Stadium in Manhattan. A Facebook ...

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A former White House photographer offered a behind the lens look at what goes on behind scenes in Washington DC politics during a presentation in Salina Wednesday night. Retired White House Press Corps member Mark Reinstein spoke at Kansas Wesleyan University. Reinstein began as a freelance photographer for The Washington Star. He worked for Time magazine ...

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A former Manhattan banker will serve time in federal prison for embezzlement. According to U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom's Office, the former branch manager of Kansas State Bank was sentenced Wednesday to 27 months in federal prison for embezzlement. In addition, she was ordered to pay $277,000 in restitution. 34-year-old Melissa Vinsonhaler pleaded guilty to one count of ...

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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) -  A 21-year-old man has pleaded guilty in federal court to two counts in connection with a plot to plant a bomb outside an Army post in northeast Kansas. John T. Booker Jr., of Topeka, changed his pleas to guilty Wednesday in U.S. District Court to charges of attempting to use a weapon ...

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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Kansas lawmakers are considering a bill that would allow teachers and school administrators to be prosecuted for presented material perceived as harmful to minors. The bill passed the Senate last year and was considered in a House committee Tuesday. It stems from a 2014 controversy in the Shawnee Mission school district over ...

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A man of firsts will be highlighted during the First Thursday Presentation tomorrow at the Smoky Hill Museum. Robert Caldwell was born in Pittsburgh, Kansas just before WW I, and broke social barriers to became the first African-American Mayor in Salina. Marie Johnson joined in on the KSAL Morning News with a look back at Caldwell, "What ...

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Work at a Salina quarry has been recognized for its conservation efforts with a Governor's Award. According to Kansas Department of Agriculture Division of Conservation, Alsop Sand Co. Inc. of Concordia has been awarded the 2015 Governor’s Mined Land Reclamation Award for their reclamation work at their Salina quarry. This award is presented to a company ...

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The craft show at the Smoky Hill River Festival is one of the top 50 in the country. According to Salina Arts and Humanities, the national ranking of the Smoky Hill River Festival’s Four Rivers Craft Show rose 57 slots in the annual Art Fair SourceBook ranking for 2015, released January 16. The Four Rivers Craft Show ...

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Police are looking for a thief who allegedly embezzled a large amount of money from a Salina man's disability account. 38-year-old Nathan Thompson reported that between June 25th of 2015 and February 2nd 0f 2016, money was embezzled from his account. Total loss is estimated $8,830. A Wichita man's phone was stolen as he was making ...

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HAYS, Kan. (AP) - Residents of northwest Kansas are digging out from a winter storm that dumped more than a foot of snow on some areas. National Weather Service meteorologist Jessica Hill says 4 to 15 inches of snow fell across the region before the storm moved out Tuesday afternoon. She says wind gusts of up to ...