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Several schools in north-central Kansas have received grants from the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Foundation of Kansas to fund various wellness programs for students.

Lee Walsh of Lunar Funk Theory likes the optimistic flair of playing a New Year's Eve show.

Eight years ago, the man who normally mashed the potatoes for the Bill Fekas and Family Christmas Dinner was going to be out of town, so Fekas asked Donald and Kay Bishop if their son, Donald Bishop II, might be available to help.

In honor of the season, here is a day-after-Christmas special installment of nice Ext.

Travellers leaving for the Midwest could find themselves spending extra time at the airport thanks to a snowstorm moving through the area.

Hours before a "Santa gig" at Markley Grove Park one Christmas season, a local mom called Todd Wilson, needing help.

It's a natural for an electrical guru to put together a high-tech Christmas light display, said Darin Laws, especially when it's a family endeavor.

The Nov. 25 Salina Journal headline read "3 arrested in shooting." The photo underneath showed three adorable little girls strapped in their car seats.

Twin Cities janitors and supporters will gather Saturday to launch a new contract campaign focusing on full-time, family-supporting jobs that also are good for the environment.

Daniel Jackson has a lot to be thankful for this Thanksgiving. If not for the annual Community Thanksgiving Dinner hosted by Applebee's Neighborhood Bar and Grill, 2875 N. Ninth, Jackson might not have eaten at all.

The Weaver family, David and his wife, Suzanna, were on their way to a family gathering in Ohio when their pickup truck was shot at early Saturday.

Ottawa County Sheriff, Keith Coleman says there may have been a confrontation between the suspects and the two residents earlier in the week Three men are behind bars in connection with shots fired at an occupied home in Ottawa County and a vehicle on Interstate 70 in Saline County.

Several retailers this year are banking on snagging holiday shoppers before Black Friday.

The event, a joint effort by the Salvation Army, Applebeea s, the Salina Country Club and Minneapolis-based G.L. Huyett, Inc., is in its 17th year, said Salvation Army Capt.

Dustin Shughart was about three miles north of Salina on Saturday night when he phoned his father to tell him he would be late arriving to the nearby Kansas town of Minneapolis for the opening of the upland bird hunting season.

John "Bob" Breen, Minneapolis, describes a photo of himself in China while talking Wednesday morning to fourth grade students at St.

If combines could only float, a good harvest would be nearly had. Milo, soybeans and other fall crops, bulging with bounty and ripe for picking, are mired in mud and standing water.

Police Dept. Report Theft - Larry Blochlinger of Sunset Home reported at approximately 2:35 p.m., Oct.

At the forefront of the second wave of Minneapolis indie rap, P.O.S. a.k.a Stef Alexander is an artist to be reckoned with these days, having just returned to Minneapolis after wrapping up the longest tour of his life promoting Never Better .

Three teams from the Regional qualify for state along with the top ten individual runners.