Salina

• The City of Salina is finalizing a contract with Prairie Paws Animal Shelter to take over municipal shelter operations later this year. →
• The City of Salina expects state and federal aid to reimburse 85 percent of $1.2 million spent on storm debris cleanup along the riverbank. →
• The Salina City Commission adopted its 2027-2031 Capital Improvement Program, funding infrastructure projects including a bridge replacement. →
• The Salina City Commission approved a zoning ordinance and site plan for a four-story, 109-room Home2 Suites hotel on South Ninth Street. →
• The Salina City Commission approved zoning amendments to allow smaller lot widths and zero setbacks for townhomes and attached dwellings. →
• Former Salina middle school teacher Amanda Freeman received probation in Saline County District Court on drug paraphernalia charges. →
• Look for mostly sunny skies and a high near 79°F today, but keep an umbrella handy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms popping up after 3 p.m.

🌾 Kansas

• A joint Kansas Reflector-MS NOW investigation published Oct. 9 found Sen. Roger Marshall's 2020 Senate campaign may have misused congressional staff and taxpayer resources, including a Chicago trip labeled official and taxpayer-funded meals during a Dallas trip with only a Zoom meeting scheduled. →

• Tuesday, Oct. 13, is the last day to register to vote in Kansas' Nov. 3 general election, with advance voting set to begin Oct. 14 and mail ballot applications due Oct. 27. →

• President Donald Trump pledged in an Oct. 12 Truth Social post to hold a "Kansas Style Rally" for Sen. Roger Marshall "very soon," without specifying a date or location. →

• Original Citizen Journal reporting looks at Democrat Don Coover’s challenge to Republican Rep. Derek Schmidt in Kansas’ 2nd Congressional District, where he is campaigning on rural health care and agriculture tariffs despite trailing in fundraising and name recognition. →

• Concordia police arrested Landon Deal, 36, on Oct. 10 after a tip about a planned event and are seeking terrorism, aggravated criminal threat and felony obstruction charges against him. →

🇺🇸 US

• Brent crude surged past $106 a barrel Monday as Ukrainian strikes on Russian refineries and a deadly Houthi attack on Riyadh's airport threaten to push diesel toward record highs just weeks before the midterms. →

• Homeland Security Investigations agents searched Rep. Ilhan Omar's Washington-area home Monday under a court-authorized warrant tied to an immigration-related criminal investigation. →

• The Justice Department is investigating whether ABC, CBS, CNN, Fox and NBC violated antitrust law by jointly suspending pooled coverage of President Trump after the White House barred certain reporters. →

• Shares of AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile plunged Friday after SpaceX announced an $8 billion deal to buy nationwide wireless spectrum from Grain Management to expand Starlink into mobile service. →

• Americans Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford won the 2026 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for research on models that help governments and central banks respond to economic crises. →

Weather

October 13, 2010: Chilean Miners Rescued After 69 Days Underground

After a mine collapse trapped 33 workers nearly half a mile below ground, Chilean rescuers spent more than two months drilling an escape shaft to reach them. One by one, the miners were brought to the surface in a special rescue capsule, surviving the longest recorded entrapment underground in history.

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