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Bill Allows Campus Religious Groups to Restrict Membership
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas lawmakers have approved a bill that allows faith-based groups on public college campuses to restrict membership based on religious beliefs. The bill passed 80-39 in...
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County Considers Rebuilding Roads
When Saline County’s Road and Bridge Department’s Director Gary Nash speaks of maintaining the county’s 717 miles of gravel roads, he also includes maintaining 1,434 miles of ditches along with 6,000...
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Feed Truck Blamed For Train Derailment
CIMARRON, Kan. (AP) — Federal investigators say a feed truck from a nearby lot where cattle are fattened hit the track and shifted it before an Amtrak train derailed in southwest Kansas. National...
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Three More Most Wanted Arrests
Three more people on the latest list of Salina's Most Wanted have been caught. The latest arrests include Matthew Halpain, Lacy Rule, and Benjamin Rausch. They were wanted for crimes that include...
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Drug Task Force Arrest 3 at Motel
A tip to the I I35 / I 70 Drug Task Force lead to the arrest of three people at a Salina motel on Tuesday. Task Force Commander Lt. Bill Cox says that officers responded to the Super 8 Motel at 705 W....
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Man Attacked From Behind
Police are investigating after a man was allegedly attacked from behind while walking in Central Salina. Police Captain Mike Sweeney says that the alleged incident happened in the 900 block of...
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Beating in Bar Parking Lot
A beating in a bar parking lot lead to an arrest late Tuesday night. Police say that an incident happened in the parking lot of Boomers at 116 S Broadway Tuesday night between 11:00 and 11:30. Captain...
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Home Invaders Beat Man Unconscious
Police are looking for two people who are accused of a beating and theft early Wednesday morning. Police Captain Mike Sweeney says that two men showed up at a home at 719 N. 7th Street at 12:19...
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Video Reviewed of Attacker Accused of Shouting ‘Trump’
Wichita police are reviewing video from a gas station where two college students say they were attacked by a white man shouting racial epithets and the name of Republican presidential candidate Donald...
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Bonding Hurdle
A path for helping to pay for revitalization projects in downtown Salina may be blocked by legislative wrangling in Topeka. Salina stakeholders have submitted an application for finance assistance...
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Tasting Success at Carlos O’Kelly’s
Jeromey and Vicki Balaun are a husband and wife team at home and on the job - as Managers at Salina's Carlos O'Kelly's. The couple was recently recognized as the chain's best managers with the...
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Experts Testify in Kansas Man’s Capital Murder Trial
Expert witnesses in the capital murder trial of an eastern Kansan man are testifying about how three adults and a toddler died. A forensic pathologist who performed the autopsies and a forensic...
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Republican Lawmakers in Kansas Struggle with School Funding
Republican legislators in Kansas are divided over redistributing education funds. The GOP-dominated Senate Ways and Means Committee approved a bill Thursday that would reallocate $38 million of the...
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Pro-Hunting Measure in Kansas Faces Final Legislative Vote
A measure designed to protect hunting, fishing and trapping in Kansas faces a final legislative vote that will determine whether it goes on the ballot in November. The Senate planned to take final...
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First Trial Nearing in Teen Shooting Case
One of five men accused in a case involving the shooting death of a Salina teen last spring was back in court Thursday morning as his trial date approaches. 19-year-old Stephen Gentry is scheduled to...
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Two Salina Schools Honored
Two Salina schools will be honored. According to USD 305, Oakdale Elementary School and Central High School are receiving 2015 Challenge Awards. The awards are based on Kansas Assessment results from...
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By The Book
Over the past 30 days a team from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, (CALEA) has been looking at all aspects of the Salina Police Department's policies and practices as part...
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Police Interview At Issue in Murder Case
A man accused of firing a shot that killed a Salina teen last spring was back in court Thursday afternoon. Saline County District Court Judge Renee Young ruled on multiple pretrial motions for...
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Kansas Democrats Protest Gitmo Plan
The Kansas Senate's eight Democrats have sent a letter to President Barack Obama opposing moving terror suspects to Fort Leavenworth from Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. The letter Thursday to the Democratic...
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Voters to Decide Hunting Constitution Change
Kansas residents will decide this November whether to include the right to hunt, fish and trap wildlife in the state constitution. Kansas would become one of about 20 states that make hunting, fishing...
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