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Salina KU Chemistry Student Honored
A student from Salina is among recipients of spring and summer 2024 awards and scholarships from the Department of Chemistry at the University of Kansas. Chase Courbot is among the winners of the Emily V. Berger Award. According to KU, more than 80 of the department’s top students were recognized...
Walk-In Enrollment, Back to School Fair Tuesday
Walk-in enrollment at Salina Public Schools is scheduled for this week, along with the Saline County Back to School Fair. While online enrollment has been going on for a couple of weeks, those who would prefer to enroll in person can do so on Tuesday. Walk-in enrollment will be located at Central High School, 650 E. Crawford. The event will take place on Tuesday, July 23, from 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Falling into a quite pattern this week with seasonable temperatures
Tonight’s temperature will fall to the lower 60s with light winds from the northeast, becoming calm overnight. A gradual decrease in our clouds, leading to a drier day for Monday. There may be a few more isolated showers late Monday. Temperatures will be in the middle 80s by tomorrow...
Barton Co. currently unable to process motor vehicle transactions
At this time, the State of Kansas is not able to process any motor vehicle transactions. Included in the outage is the Barton County Treasurer’s Office. However, the Treasurer’s Office is open for business and can process other work, including tax payments. As a reminder, the Treasurer is now located in Suite 107, on the first floor, of the Courthouse.
KTJ Earns First Silver Crown Triumph
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Believe it or not, Kevin Thomas Jr. had never won a USAC Silver Crown Series race before Saturday night. After five runner-up finishes in the series during his career, Thomas finally went to victory lane Saturday night at Salt City Speedway. Thomas’ quest for his initial...
3 children, 1 adult hospitalized after crash near Derby
DERBY, Kan. (KWCH) - Several people were injured in a serious crash near Derby Sunday morning. Three cars were involved in the crash around 10:30 a.m. at the intersection of E 55th and S. Rock in Derby. According to Sgt. Joseph Slaughter with the Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office, witnesses said...
Thompson ready to make music at SCCC
Claire Thompson graduated in 2012 from Michigan State University, and after some time teaching music at two USD 480 elementary schools, she will now be teaching at another school known for the color green. Thompson was recently hired as the instrumental music instructor at Seward County Community College. She came...
Library completes ‘awesome’ summer reading program
The staff at Liberal Memorial Library has been keeping extremely busy this summer with its summer reading program activities and events, and the program officially wrapped up last week. And as the library’s staff tells it, everything ended up very positively. “I felt like everything went awesome, we had...
Hafertepe Jr. Dominates 81 Speedway for Third-Straight Victory
WICHITA, KS (July 20, 2024) – Sam Hafertepe Jr.’s first three wins of the season on the American Sprint Car Series National Tour came consecutively in June, and history repeated itself Saturday night. The five-time Series champion led every lap at 81 Speedway en route to his third-straight Feature win and sixth of the season.
Matt Glover Announced as New Fort Scott Community College Head Men’s Basketball Coach
FORT SCOTT, KS — Fort Scott Community College has announced Matt Glover will be their new Head Men’s Basketball Coach for the program. Fort Scott announced the hiring yesterday as Glover will be the new man at the helm for the Greyhounds. He is coming from MSU-Denver which is a Division II program where he […]
T-Rell hosts soft open for new lounge in Central Topeka
TOPEKA (KSNT) – Local artist, T-Rell, made a big step forward tonight in opening his new business. Partee’s Lounge had their soft opening Saturday night to get the feel and vibes of the venue before they have their grand opening in two weeks. The club is dedicated to T-Rell’s friend, Chris Partee, who T-Rell says […]
Bike rides, arm wrestling, kids games, barbecue and much more all part of jam-packed Olpe Downhome-Days activity list Saturday
Once again, the town of Olpe had nonstop activities from sun up to sun down Saturday. Despite some early morning rainfall, the 2024 Olpe Downhome Days slate of events went off without a hitch. The morning hours featured a series of bike races, a 5K water gun fun run and kids fishing derby.
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