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A teenage male is now in custody at the Juvenile Detention Center in Junction City after an altercation with three Saline County Sheriff's Deputies. According to Captain Jim Hughes, on Friday evening, deputies contacted a 16-year-old male who ran away from the St. Francis Ministries location in the 5000 block of Cloud Street. A short time ...

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Salina Police are looking for a known female suspect in a shoplifting case that took a violent turn. Police Captain Jim Feldman tells KSAL News that staff at Lowe's Home Improvement Center contacted staff at Vanderbilts after a woman with a propensity to steal entered Lowe's. Police say the 41-year-old female handed a bag to the service ...

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An award-winning folk musician will present his satire and social commentary through his music in Salina later this week.  Tom Neilson will perform on Friday, February 16th, 7 p.m., at Salina's Unitarian Universalist Fellowship at 901 Beatrice St.   Suggested donation is $15-$20. According to the organization, Neilson is a story teller who weaves an autobiographical sketch ...

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The public is invited to a reception on Friday, February 16th, to unveil the “Artists Way Of The Cross” art exhibit. The event, and exhibit, will be at Christ Cathedral church at 138 S. Eighth Street in downtown Salina. According to the church, designed to complement the Lenten-season Stations of the Cross tradition that represents events ...

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A wildlife expert from Washburn University will be the guest presenter at the Smoky Hills Audubon Society's monthly gathering later this week. According to the organization, Dr. Benjamin Reed goes where turtles go, and that can include a thorny forest, a sunbaked prairie, a patch of poison ivy or elbow-deep in a dark hole. Like a submarine ...

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The spring round of tourist grant applications are open in Kansas. According to Kansas Tourism, the Tourism Attraction Development Grant Program application program is open. Attraction Development Grants are designed to assist in the development of sustainable travel experiences by developing new tourism attractions or enhancing existing attractions that will spur new visitation and increase visitor ...

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Winter may be imposing its lull on some people’s exercise programs, but Sharolyn Jackson is not one of those. In fact, Jackson – a K-State Research and Extension family and consumer sciences specialist in northeast Kansas – has her thoughts squarely fixed on spring’s warmer days and a program that is nearing a quarter century of ...

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Salina Area Technical College has created a new position designed to help local businesses. According to the school, the Salina Tech Director of Business and Community Partnerships role was created to create customized training as needed by local businesses. Alisha Jester has returned to take the new position. The responsibilities of this new role are wide-ranging, said ...

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Police are seeking tips in connection with a recent business burglary. The crime is the latest Salina Crime Stoppers crime of the week. Salina Police say back on Sunday, February 4th, officers were sent to a report of a business burglary occurring at Schlotzsky’s, 2480 S. 9th. It is believed the burglary occurred between 3:00 and ...

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A driver was injured when he crashed while fleeing law enforcement in Riley County Friday night. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 58-year-old Moses Allen of Manhattan was driving a 2020 Kia Forte, being pursued by Geary County Deputies. The chase was headed east on K 18 Highway near milepost 182 when he control and struck ...

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The former Clay County Undersheriff has been arrested. According to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, on Friday at approximately 4:10 p.m., KBI agents arrested Harold Stellner, 55, of Clay Center, when he turned himself in at the Clay County Jail. He was arrested for mistreatment of a confined person, a class A misdemeanor. On Oct. 4, 2023, ...