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KSAL's Harvest Fest 2024 is underway as farmers have been working in area wheat fields amid rain showers and less than perfect conditions. Yields have ranged from 60-plus bushels to less than 20-in the bin as producers see how rain - and the lack of rain have affected this year's harvest. Monte Hudson Location Manager at the ...

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The Kansas City Royals and Chiefs could receive hundreds of millions of dollars in sales tax revenue to move from Missouri and build new stadiums across the state line under legislation passed Tuesday by Kansas lawmakers. The House voted 84-38 and the Senate voted 27-8 to approve legislation that would expand a state incentive program in an attempt to lure one ...

1 year ago
A half-dozen Kansas Highway Patrol recruits had their badges pinned on Tuesday afternoon in Salina and officially became Kansas Highway Patrol Troopers. The six new officers were part of KHP Recruit Class #68, the latest graduates from the Kansas Highway Patrol Training Academy in Salina. Kansas Governor Laura Kelly was among those who spoke The highlight of the ...

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A Salina man is in custody and police are looking for two other suspects after a man was assaulted and robbed in a motel. According to Police Captain Jim Feldman, authorities arrested 44-year-old Antwon Pierce early Tuesday morning after he was allegedly part of a planned armed robbery at the Airliner Motel located at 781 North ...

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A man and woman awake to shots fired outside their apartment followed by a bullet that shattered their window. Salina Police Captain Jim Feldman tells KSAL News that several residents at the Townhome Rentals in the 700 block of Fairdale Road were awakened to gunfire from a vehicle early Tuesday morning around 2:20am. Police say a 23-year-old ...

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A fire destroys a shed on North Hedville Road. Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that a 40-by-15-foot metal shed burned down on Monday. Members from Rural Fire District #7 and #3 were sent to the 1500 block of N. Hedville Road around 1:35pm Monday and found the outbuilding totally engulfed in flames. The owner, ...

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A couple of bands who broke through on the punk and alternative scene in the 1980s are coming to Salina. The Psychedelic Furs and the Jesus and Mary Chain are coming to the Stiefel Theatre this fall. The Psychedelic Furs have been an influence since arriving four decades ago. Born out of the UK post-punk scene ...

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A Salina man who allegedly threatened a relative with a hammer was taken to jail. Police Captain Jim Feldman tells KSAL News that around 2pm on Monday, officers were sent to the 400 block of Montrose Street to the report of a man threatening a woman with a hammer. Police say an argument inside the home took ...

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It started with the sounds of the Festival Jam Thursday night and ended late Sunday afternoon with the smooth sounds of “Papa Green Shoes”.  The 48th edition of the Smoky Hill River Festival wrapped up Sunday evening in Oakdale Park. In between there was a little rain, a little wind, a little heat, and a ...

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Representatives of the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals urged Kansas lawmakers Monday to expand a tax incentive program to provide the teams millions of dollars to leave Missouri and set up shop in new stadiums across the state line. “If we want to be major league we’ve got to have major league teams,” Korb Maxwell, an ...

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The Lindsborg Old Mill & Swedish Heritage Museum has received $166,600 in funding via a state tax credit program. This will be used in support of fundraising efforts on the 1904 World’s Fair Swedish Pavilion Restoration & Improvement Project. According to the organization, this grant is expected to raise $238,000 in donations. which will fully cover ...