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The Salina City Commission has expressed interest in making public art a part of the new Field House Salina project. Salina Arts and Humanities Executive Director Brad Anderson mew with commissioners during a study session Monday afternoon. Anderson tells KSAL News that he was asked to work with the architect of the the project, and an ...

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A Kansas school district the state's new education commissioner left earlier this month is facing questions over the timing of revelations that an administrator was suspected of misusing district funds. McPherson School District officials knew in mid-June that associate superintendent Chris Ruder was suspected of charging personal expenses on a district card, but he wasn't suspended ...

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A federal judge has dismissed the indictment against seven men accused in 2012 of cheating investors out of $132 million. U.S. District Judge J. Thomas Marten granted on Monday the request from prosecutors to dismiss the case. Its end comes nearly three years after the government announced the indictment, alleging at the time that investors were ...

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Kansas State University says it has received $141.5 million in gift pledges in the fiscal year that just ended. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports the donations for the fiscal year that ended June 30 came from individual supporters and corporate partners, with 57,813 individuals making more than 80,550 gifts. Alumni made nearly half the gifts and were the ...

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Fort Riley officials say the fort's marina is closed because of high levels of toxic blue-green algae at the north end of Milford Lake. The marina is expected to remain closed until the lake conditions improve. The south end of Milford Lake is open, but is under a public health warning, which means boating and fishing ...

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Salina Police are investigating after cash is stolen from a car loaned out to a friend. Police say Adrienna Larson of Salina loaned her 2012 Nissan Sentra to a friend to drive between Friday and Saturday. When Larson picked up her car at Russell's Restaurant, 649 Westport Blvd., she discovered the $600 in cash she ...

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A Wichita State University mathematician says she has seen enough odd patterns in Kansas election results that she thinks it's time to check the accuracy of some voting machines. But Beth Clarkson says government officials have been reluctant to provide her with the records she needs to conduct an audit. Sedgwick County election officials refused to allow ...

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A western Kansas man killed in a shootout with law enforcement officers over the weekend has been identified as a 65-year-old Colby resident. Kansas Bureau of Investigation spokesman Mark Malick says Charles Edward Dewey was gone when Colby police responded late Friday night to a domestic disturbance involving someone with a gun. Police and Thomas County sheriff's ...

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A Salina man is arrested after an argument turns violent. Police arrested 34-year-old Tanner J. Ireland early Sunday after officers were called to the Chapel Ridge Apartments around 4am after a 21-year-old male was cut on the finger with a knife. Police say Justin Willis stepped into the dispute and was cut by Ireland who is now ...

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The final numbers from the 2015 Smoky Hill River Festival have organizers smiling. According Salina Arts and Humanities, cooperative weather and strong, live stage acts were among the high points of River Festival 2015. Here are a few highlights, even as event evaluation continues. PLAY TIME: More than 2,500 children came ready to frolic and create in ...

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A truck reported stolen in Abilene is recovered in Saline County. Sheriff Glen Kochanowski tells KSAL News that deputies located the abandoned 1997 Chevy Silverado valued at $3,000 northeast of Salina in the 5300 block of N. Woodward Road on Saturday. Deputies say owner, Scott Leister picked up the vehicle from the officers and detailed several items ...