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Hays High student dies when struck while working on highway JEWELL COUNTY — A Hays teen died in an accident just after 10:30 a.m. Tuesday in Jewell County.
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Bus manufacturing company closing SALINA — After being in central Kansas since the 1950s, ElDorado Bus, a division of Forest River Inc., will close its facility in Salina. Forest River issued a Workers Adjustment and Retraining Notification (W.A.R.N.) Act Notice to employees last week, informing them the operation in Salina will close.
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Authorities release details on Kan. Senate Majority leader's arrest TOPEKA — A judge last week Tuesday ordered the release of a Kansas Senate leader from jai in Topeka, finding there was not enough evidence to support his arrest hours earlier on suspicion of driving under the influence and attempting to flee from a law enforcement officer.
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Man charged after driving into lake with mother LAWRENCE — A 21-year-old Lawrence man has been charged with attempted murder after allegedly driving a vehicle into Lone Star Lake with his mother inside. Jeremy S.
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20th inmate dies after positive COVID-test TOPEKA — A Winfield Correctional Facility (WCF) inmate who died last Wednesday, had tested positive for COVID-19, according to a media release from the Kansas Department of Corrections. This is the first COVID-19-related resident death at WCF, and the 20th death related to COVID-19 for the Kansas Department of Corrections (KDOC).
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270 acres of grassland burned along U.S. 183 ELLIS COUNTY — Ellis County fire crews battled 13 fires in the last week of February, including a grass fire south of the Saline River, on the west side of Highway 183.
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KBI: 15-year-old dead after shooting in Lincoln County LINCOLN — Law enforcement authorities are investigating a fatal shooting that occurred Monday, Feb. 15 in Lincoln County.
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Hays teen with cancer ‘attends’ Super Bowl with Mahomeses HAYS — Sophia Linenberger might not have been able to watch her beloved Chiefs play in Super Bowl LV in person on Sunday, but she was there in spirit. For the second Super Bowl in a row, Chiefs’ quarterback Patrick Mahomes wore Linenberger’s yellow “Sophia Strong” wristband during the game.
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Paying it forward
SALINA — Smiles and hugs were abundant at the Dillons store on Planet Avenue on Saturday, Jan. 30, after Joyce Fell, of Minneapolis, received a new purse and $800 from a few generous community members of the Salina Police Scanners Facebook page who heard that her purse had been stolen at the grocery store earlier in the week. Fell had been shopping there on Thursday of that week, and as she got to the checkout she realized she had accidentally left her purse in the women’s bathroom.
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Corona Carolers bring hope to Newton families NEWTON — The snow, the wind, the heat, not even a nearly year-long pandemic can stop the Corona Carolers. The group, made up of several women, meets at Newton Presbyterian Manor each week.
