Salina

• The Saline County Republican Party met Sept. 10 in Salina to pick a Kansas House District 69 nominee to replace Clarke Sanders. →
• The Salina Design Review Board approved a 70-space shared parking lot reconfiguration behind the historic Lee Lofts building. →
• The Salina Airport Authority and emergency agencies will conduct a full-scale disaster drill Tuesday at Salina Regional Airport. →
• Newsweek named Salina Regional Health Center's inpatient rehabilitation unit the sixth-best physical rehabilitation center in Kansas. →
• The Salina Area Chamber of Commerce named Christina Hayes as its next president and CEO, starting Oct. 1. →
• Salina first responders will host the Central Kansas 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb and 5K at Kansas Wesleyan University to aid a local child. →
• Salina will host a 9/11 25th anniversary tribute and grand opening uncoupling ceremony at the new Fire Station 4 on East Crawford Street. →
• Expect plenty of sunshine and warm temperatures today with a high near 90°F and breezy south winds gusting up to 20 mph.

🌾 Kansas

• Leavenworth County hears public comment Sept. 16 on Project Bluestem, a 1,000+ acre data center near Tonganoxie; a countywide-vote motion failed 2-2. Dodge City says it's only evaluating water service for proposed Ford County sites over the Ogallala Aquifer. →

• Vice President JD Vance will campaign Monday in Olathe alongside U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall, who is seeking reelection against Democrat Adam Hamilton. →

• Wichita police released drone footage showing fights in Old Town after a Labor Day weekend concert, saying the footage justified a crowd dispersal that led to 11 arrests. →

• The Kansas State Fair opens Friday in Hutchinson for a 10-day run that includes the reopening of Bison Arena after five years and a new lumberjack show. →

• Gov. Laura Kelly ordered flags flown at half-staff Friday across Kansas to mark the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. →

🇺🇸 US

• Vice President JD Vance's prime-time speech at the Republican convention in Dallas fueled speculation about a 2028 presidential bid. →

• Wholesale prices rose 5.4% year-over-year in August, driven by a 24.1% jump in diesel prices amid U.S.-Iran conflict disruptions to Gulf oil traffic. →

• The Supreme Court blocked Missouri's new GOP-drawn congressional map for the Nov. 3 midterms, leaving older districts in place pending litigation. →

• Iran-backed Houthis seized Mokha and islands in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a chokepoint for ~12% of seaborne oil, as Iranian strikes damaged U.S. aircraft in Jordan. Separately, U.S., British and Norwegian forces confronted Russian subs rehearsing undersea-cable sabotage near Svalbard. →

• Citizen Journal Editor-in-Chief Greg Loving published an essay on the 25th anniversary of Sept. 11 examining how the attacks reshaped global politics and security. →

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September 11, 2001: Attack on America

On the morning of September 11, 2001, al Qaeda terrorists hijacked four commercial airplanes and used them to carry out coordinated suicide attacks on American landmarks, including New York City’s World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Nearly 3,000 people were killed in the destruction of the Twin Towers, the attack on the Pentagon, and the crash of United Airlines Flight 93 in Pennsylvania, marking one of the deadliest days in U.S. history.

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