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Summer vacation is over. Students at USD 305 schools returned to the classroom last week. Other Saline County schools, and colleges join them this week. Students at Southeast of Saline, Ell-Saline, Salina Catholic Schools, Kansas Wesleyan University, and K-State Salina all return to school this week. Salina's Kenwood Cove water park is also winding down its season. ...

10 years ago
Reno County authorities continue to monitor the number of suspected cases of whooping cough in the county. The county has 102 suspected cases of whooping cough, also known as pertussis. So far, Kansas has confirmed 71 cases in the county, with the last confirmed case initially reported Aug. 6. Reno County Health Department Director Nick Baldetti says ...

10 years ago
Six Butler County Community College softball players were sent to the hospital with extreme muscle soreness after workouts. Six players went to the hospital last week apparently suffering from exertional rhabdomyolysis, which is a breakdown of skeletal muscle after engaging in physical activity. Butler said Monday three players were still in the hospital and were expected to ...

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Police say a small improvised explosive device was found in a backpack at a women's health care clinic in Wichita. According to Wichita Police Department spokesman Doug Nolte, officers responded to the South Wind Women's Center around 3:30 p.m. Monday. Nolte said a male suspect came into the clinic with a backpack to do business. According to ...

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Thirty-eight Kansas school districts are seeking a total of $14.8 million in additional aid from the state to address local budget issues. The requests submitted to the state Department of Education by Monday's deadline outstrip the available funds by nearly 21 percent. Those applying for extra dollars represent more than 13 percent of the state's 286 ...

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Wichita State University president John Bardo says the school has to improve its enrollment efforts. The Wichita Eagle reports a report issued last week showed the university would have about 430 fewer students this fall than last year. The university has had about 15,000 for several years. During a convocation Friday, Bardo said the university must concentrate ...

10 years ago
A man who is wanted for attempted murder in Oklahoma is jailed in Kansas after a standoff with police. The Barton County Sheriff's office says Chris Solida was jailed after a standoff with law enforcement Friday. The standoff began when officers found Solida inside his car with his 2-year-old and 6-month-old children at a Great Bend ...

10 years ago
A Salina man is jailed after a couple of cars are damaged. Police say 30-year-old Bryan Davis was arrested for allegedly scratching two vehicles in the parking lot at Domino's Pizza located at 2100 S. 9th sometime Sunday between 12:45am and 1:16am. Officers say a verbal argument between Davis and two other men took place ...

10 years ago
Attorneys are telling Kansas regulators an agreement that would allow the state's largest electric company to increase its rates about 4 percent is reasonable for customers. The rate-setting Kansas Corporation Commission had a 90-minute hearing Monday on the proposed deal. It was struck by Topeka-based Westar Energy Inc., the commission's staff, a state consumer advocacy agency ...

10 years ago
The Hutchinson Correctional Facility has ended a program that allowed inmates to train service dogs. Prison spokesman Dirk Moss says staffing shortages prompted the decision to stop the program as of Aug. 1. The prison had one full-time officer overseeing the program and Moss said that person had to be ...

10 years ago
Security video from the YMCA links a Salina man to a crime. Catptain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that 20-year-old Malachi W. Lageman was arrested on Sunday after a traffic stop. Police tied Lageman, who was wanted on a warrant for failure to appear in court, to images recorded of a vehicle burglary in the ...