Salina

• Salina City Commission will consider an $830,000 proposal from Prairie Paws Animal Shelter to privatize Salina Animal Services operations. →
• The Land Institute will host its Prairie Festival in Salina from Sept. 25-27, marking 50 years of sustainable agriculture research. →
• The Kansas State High School Activities Association released 2026-27 classifications and school enrollment figures across Kansas. →
• Salina police arrested Deay Joseph Balchick on suspicion of kidnapping and aggravated domestic battery following a domestic dispute. →
• Kansas statute requires local taxing entities to hold public revenue neutral rate hearings before voting to increase property tax revenues. →
• A fitness demonstration video details how to strengthen hamstrings and glutes using a single dumbbell for good morning exercises. →
• Expect early patchy fog to clear out for a partly sunny Monday across Salina, with temperatures reaching a high near 80°F.

🌾 Kansas

• DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin denied ICE conducted worksite operations in Kansas as agents ended enforcement in Dodge City and Garden City, with community organizers estimating more than 50 people detained. →

• The Supreme Court voted 6-3 to let DHS resume expanded SAVE citizenship checks on voter rolls, reviving a Kansas-required program despite a lower court ruling it violated privacy protections. →

• Wichita police arrested 21-year-old Juan Valenzuela-Silva on suspicion of capital murder after three relatives were found shot to death Sept. 26, using Flock license-plate cameras to locate him near Augusta within about two hours. →

• Wichita police warned that vandalizing Flock Safety cameras could bring felony charges after a camera pole was cut down and replaced with a "DeFlock Sedgwick County" sign. →

• The American Institute of Biological Sciences urged Fort Hays State University and the Kansas Board of Regents on Sept. 25 to preserve the Sternberg Museum of Natural History amid budget cuts threatening its future. →

🇺🇸 US

• McDonald's shares fell more than 5% on Sept. 23 after the chain warned of persistent weak customer demand tied to inflation and rising GLP-1 drug use. →

• President Trump said Sept. 26 he approved lower fuel-economy standards, advancing a Republican rollback of Biden-era rules critics call an "electric vehicle mandate." →

• A divided federal appeals court on Sept. 25 upheld the Pentagon's national-security risk designation against Anthropic, barring its technology from defense contracts. →

• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Sept. 25 that President Trump agreed to let Ukraine build Patriot interceptor missiles, a move that could help replenish depleted U.S. stockpiles. →

• A U.S.-secured corridor along Oman’s coast is helping more oil move through the Strait of Hormuz, while preliminary data show Saudi crude exports on track to more than double from August to about 5.4 million barrels a day in September. Prices nevertheless rose as hopes for a peace deal faded. →

Weather

September 28, 1918: Philadelphia Parade Exposes Thousands to Spanish Flu

A massive Liberty Loan parade in Philadelphia brought large crowds together just as a deadly new wave of influenza was emerging. The gathering accelerated the spread of the Spanish flu through the city, overwhelming hospitals and leading to thousands of deaths.

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