Salina

• Saline County Attorney John Reynolds has filed three counts of animal cruelty against Salina Animal Shelter managers Monique Hawley and Andrea Murphy following the euthanasia of three puppies. Both managers are required to appear in court this Friday or face potential arrest warrants. →
• The Salina Drive-thru Recycling Center initiated a soft launch for e-waste collection, partnering with Teknix Solutions to ensure secure data destruction and hardware recycling. →
• A massive donation of doors from a local Lowe's has overwhelmed ReUseIt Salina, highlighting an urgent need for state grant funds to upgrade facility equipment and storage. →
• Heusner Elementary Students Learn Waste Diversion via Edible Landfill. →
• A nonverbal communication board featuring symbols and pictures will be installed at Bill Burke Park as part of an Eagle Scout project to help children with communication difficulties express their needs. →
• The local arts board approved the permanent placement of the 'Clarence the Catfish' sculpture near the 4th and Oakdale Park footbridge, where it will face the river. →
• Defense contractor General Atomics has opened a new office in downtown Salina to support technical programming and documentation. The site currently employs eight people with plans to nearly double its local workforce by July. →
• Governor Laura Kelly vetoed a bill that would have expanded tax credits for low-income private school scholarships from $10 million to $15 million. Salina Catholic school officials and Senator Scott Hill criticized the decision, arguing the program supports disadvantaged families without diverting funds from public schools. →
• Registration is open for the Salina Family YMCA's Summer 2026 T-Ball and Coach Pitch leagues for children ages 4 to 7. These programs focus on teaching baseball fundamentals and teamwork in a supportive environment, and early registration is encouraged. →
• Police arrested 18-year-old Mykayle Sutton after a high-speed chase in a stolen Mercury Mountaineer that ended with spike strips in Ottawa County. Sutton faces multiple charges including theft, DUI, and drug possession after fleeing Salina officers on Tuesday night. →
• Keep your umbrella handy today in Salina, as we’ll see cloudy skies with a high near 58 and a 30% chance of showers or a stray thunderstorm moving in this afternoon.

🌾 Kansas

• Gov. Laura Kelly signed bipartisan legislation placing sweeping new regulations on pharmacy benefit managers, including bans on spread pricing and mandates that drug rebates pass through to health plans. →

• The Kansas Legislature overrode Gov. Laura Kelly's vetoes of two bills expanding state cooperation with federal immigration enforcement, requiring sheriffs to honor ICE detainers and compelling state agencies to share data with federal departments. →

• The Kansas Legislature overrode Gov. Laura Kelly's vetoes on 15 bills in a single session, spanning immigration enforcement, abortion provider liability, executive authority, voter registration, juvenile justice and education. →

• A 14-year-old boy has been charged with first-degree murder after a missing 14-year-old girl's body was found Thursday morning behind a dirt pile in Great Bend. →

• Mayor Quinton Lucas and Kansas City councilmembers introduced a $600 million funding package for a new downtown Royals stadium at Washington Square Park, part of a $1.9 billion development with no new taxes. →

🇺🇸 US

• AI-powered coding tools have created a backlog crisis for companies, with one financial services firm's output jumping from 25,000 to 250,000 lines of code monthly after adopting Cursor, leaving one million lines awaiting review. →

• America's office buildings are selling at massive discounts, including a Chicago building that went for $4 million after selling for $68.1 million a decade ago, as landlords accept the permanence of remote work. →

• The White House warned staff in a March 24 email against using insider information on the Iran war to bet on financial markets amid suspicious trading, including $580 million in oil futures bought minutes before Trump delayed an Iran deadline. →

• NASA's Artemis II crew faces re-entry into Earth's atmosphere at 5,000 degrees after circling the moon, with splashdown expected Friday evening in the Pacific Ocean near San Diego. →

• The United States and Iran will meet Saturday in Islamabad for cease-fire talks brokered by Pakistan, as Iran maintains control over the Strait of Hormuz despite promises to reopen the waterway. →

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April 10, 1971: U.S. Table Tennis Team Visits Communist China

The visit of the U.S. table tennis team to the People’s Republic of China marked the start of “ping-pong diplomacy,” as Beijing used sports to signal a desire for warmer ties with Washington. The weeklong tour helped thaw decades of Cold War hostility and paved the way for President Richard Nixon’s historic 1972 trip to China.

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