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With dangerous extreme heat in the forecast for much of the week, the National Weather Service is advising everyone to take the appropriate precautions to avoid heat related issues. Along with taking care of yourself, it's also important to look out for your neighbors and friends, including your furry friends. According to Kansas State University's Veterinary ...

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The search for past people groups in North America - will make a stop in Salina at the Smoky Hill Museum on Thursday. Dr. Bob Blasing is a retired archeologist and will be presenting a First Thursday program, "Prehistoric Trails & Travel." Blasing tells KSAL News that one of the new tools in discovering living patterns of ...

2 years ago
A Salina woman was arrested in connection to an alleged robbery inside a motel. Police Captain Jim Feldman tells KSAL News that officers were sent to the Rodeway Inn on South 9th early Saturday morning around 5am. Police say a 44-year-old man had been drinking with 41-year-old Sarah Roe inside one of the rooms. Several people had ...

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A man from Phillipsburg was injured in a crash after trying to avoid another vehicle on southbound Interstate-135. The Saline County Sheriff's Office reports that 41-year-old Zachary Bogart and an 11-year-old passenger were injured in a two vehicle crash on Saturday morning just after 10am. Deputies say traffic slowed as a semi truck was entering onto I-135 ...

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The death of a Kansas prison inmate is under investigation. Thirty-six-year-old Matthew Dean Warren was found unresponsive in his cell at the Hutchinson Correctional Facility yesterday, and life-saving measures were unsuccessful. Warren was serving a 130-month sentence for aggravated assault, aggravated burglary, theft, and criminal damage to stolen property out of Reno County.

2 years ago
A truck driver from Ellsworth was injured in a two-vehicle crash involving two semis Monday morning west of Salina. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, the injury crash happened when a semi pulling a tanker rear-ended a semi pulling a box trailer. The driver of the tanker truck, 46-year-old Ronnie Lee Hamby Jr. of Ellsworth, was transported ...

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A farm machinery fire destroys a hay baler, 5 bales of hay and about 40-acres of grass. Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that 50-year-old Staton Diehl was operating a tractor and baler on Friday evening in a field near the Saline County / Lincoln County line. Deputies say around 6:05pm, a bearing on the ...

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Even New Yorkers like rodeo. At least that’s the case for the 2024 Miss Rodeo Kansas State Queen Jordan Daugherty. The K-State student, an Army brat, spent her high school years living in New York City, and now she’s been crowned the rodeo queen for K-State. The daughter of Aaron and Eryn Freese, she and her family ...

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After over an inch of much needed rain fell in Salina to begin the day Sunday, dangerous extreme heat is taking over. According to the National Weather Service, dangerously hot conditions are possible through at least Thursday for all of Central Kansas, stretching from Russell to Topeka. Heat index values around 115 are possible each day. Through ...

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The KKOA Leadsled Spectacular cannot get any smaller. Gene Tweedy of Arizona and his "dwarf" sized 1954 Chevy in Oakdale Park are living proof. Tweedy works alongside the originator of the dwarf car, Ernie "Mr. Dwarf Car" Adams in Maricopa, AZ. "Our dwarf cars are street legal" says Tweedy. He has driven his '54 Chevy for ...

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A $10 million federal grant to the KU Cancer Center is like an injection of hope for patients and researchers. U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran wrapped a tour of the University of Kansas Health System campus by celebrating a federal appropriation of $10 million for the KU Cancer Center and $10 million earmark for acquisition of sophisticated ...