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Crazy for Gershwin

8/6/2010

By GARY DEMUTH Salina Journal

When it comes to the musical “Crazy for You,” everything old is new again.




Furry friends

8/6/2010

By CHRIS HUNTER Salina Journal

Salina’s string of 100-degree days was broken Thursday, but it still was plenty hot enough that some of the animals at the Tri Rivers Fair needed extra attention.




Wheat prices steeply increase

8/6/2010

By AMY BICKEL The Hutchinson News

Fears of a global shortage for grains like wheat are a boon for Kansas farmers, who could reap the benefits of a nearly $3 jump in prices since the middle of harvest.




A lot of green chasing gold

8/6/2010

By MARY CLARKIN The Hutchinson News

The primary colors in the recent 1st Congressional District election were green and gold: Green, the color of money, chasing the gold — votes.




Another Ellsworth prison staffer dies

8/6/2010

By DAVID CLOUSTON Salina Journal

ELLSWORTH — David Bone’s tenure with the Ellsworth Correctional Facility was brief, yet his personality and experience helped him quickly forge a bond with the prison staff, Bone’s boss said Thursday.




Animal attraction

8/5/2010

CHRIS HUNTER

Salina’s string of 100-degree days was broken Thursday, but it still was plenty hot enough that some of the animals at the Tri Rivers Fair needed extra attention.

“This one is getting sucked in (becoming thinner) because he has not been drinking enough,” Myriah Jensen, 16, of Gypsum, said about a lamb she was giving a yellow liquid to before a showing.




Ellsworth prison loses another staff member

8/5/2010

DAVID CLOUSTON

ELLSWORTH — David Bone’s tenure with the Ellsworth Correctional Facility was brief, yet his personality and experience helped him quickly forge a bond with the prison staff, Bone’s boss said Thursday.

The untimely death of Bone, 52, the prison’s deputy warden, in a vehicle crash Saturday brings to three the number of staff members at the prison who have died this year.




K.C. police seek help in identifying woman

8/5/2010

ERIN MATHEWS

KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Kansas City, Kan., police are requesting the public’s assistance in identifying items found with human bones discovered in May.

Three rings and other items were found with the bones of an unidentified white or Asian woman between the ages of 33 and 56. Those items can be viewed on the Journal’s website, salina.com.




Lovewell advisory remains in effect

8/5/2010

Salina Journal

WEBBER — The Kansas Department of Health and Environment is continuing to advise the public to avoid contact with water in Lovewell Reservoir in Jewell County.  

On July 16, KDHE issued a public health advisory after confirming a toxic blue-green algae bloom in the reservoir. Elevated levels of toxins from the algae were also confirmed.




Man accused of stealing checks, gun, camera from mom

8/5/2010

ERIN MATHEWS

A Salina man was arrested Wednesday, accused of stealing belongings from his mother, forging one of her checks and pawning her camera.

William K. Sedille, 38, 1023 E. Iron, is accused of theft for allegedly entering Mary Laflamme’s house in the 1000 block of University Place between 10 and 10:30 a.m. Tuesday and stealing a .38-caliber revolver, Canon digital camera and book of checks, said Capt. Mike Sweeney.





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