The Salina Speedway, southwest of Salina on Burma Road, will be raising money for breast cancer research Friday when it stages its Topless Challenge, an event in which the cars race without roofs.
Races start at 8 p.m. The cost is $7 for adults 18 and older and free for others.
Karla Pihl, a regular at the track and six-time participant in the 60-mile Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation breast cancer walks, will sell T-shirts. Money from T-shirt sales and other events that night will go to the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation.
Pihl also will be raising money when she participates in her seventh three-day walk in October in Atlanta.
Salina police seek suspect in shooting
Salina police are seeking a known suspect in a shooting that occurred early Friday at a Salina motel.
Salina Lt. Scott Siemsen said a Salina man in his mid-30s was shot in the lower right abdomen with a small-caliber handgun during a 4:20 a.m. altercation outside Howard Johnson's Motel, 222 E. Diamond.
Siemsen said the victim was treated at Salina Regional Health Center for an injury that was not life-threatening.
Siemsen said the man being sought is not a Salina resident. He is described as a black man in his late 20s or early 30s.
He said the two men were not acquainted before the confrontation. He said other people were in the area, but the incident did not occur at a party.
Police ask that anyone with information about the shooting call Crimestoppers at 825-TIPS, text SATIPS to CRIMES (274637), or visit pd.salina.org and follow the Crimestoppers link to submit a tip. Tipsters may receive a cash reward of up to $1,000 and are not required to give their names.
Researchers help combat wheat rust
MANHATTAN -- A scientific breakthrough could help fight a deadly wheat pathogen that's causing significant crop losses.
Researchers from Kansas State University and the University of California-Davis have identified a gene that gives wheat plants resistance to one of the most deadly strains of the wheat stem rust pathogen.
The rust strain first was identified in Uganda in 1999 and is spreading from Africa to the breadbaskets of Asia.
K-State said in a news release that the hope is scientists will use the research to develop new wheat varieties.
The findings from the Kansas and California researchers have been published in the journal Science.
From Staff and Wire Reports
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