10 years ago
March is Colon Cancer Awareness Month and Linda Hinnenkamp with the Tammy Walker Cancer Center joined in on the KSAL Morning News Wednesday with a look at a prevention plan. "Colon cancer is the number two cause of cancer death in the United States," Hinnenkamp said. "And 90-percent of the time it's beatable when caught early enough." According ...

10 years ago
A couple of fires over the weekend in rural Saline County damaged property and equipment. According to the Saline County Sheriff's office, a fire Friday afternoon at 5099 W Slope damaged a shed. A push mower and snow blower inside the shed were also damaged.  David Schoenig had burned weeds around a pond on the property, ...

10 years ago
Salina area legislators will be back home Saturday to offer an update on what’s happening in Topeka. The second of three Salina Area Chamber of Commerce Legislative Issue Meetings will be held. Senator Tom Arpke, and Representatives Steven Johnson, Diana Dierks and J.R. Claeys have been invited to attend. The format of the meeting will consist ...

10 years ago
CIMARRON, Kan. (AP) - Federal investigators are headed to the scene of an Amtrak train derailment in southwest Kansas. National Transportation Safety Board spokesman Keith Holloway says the agency is sending a team to investigate Monday's derailment. He says more information will be released once the team arrives in Kansas. An Amtrak statement says the train was ...

10 years ago
The Salina based Catholic Charities of Northern Kansas organization will be moving to a new, much larger facility. According to the agency, thanks to the generous donation of an anonymous supporter, a property at 1500 S. Ninth has been purchased and will undergo renovation to house Catholic Charities, the social services agency of the Catholic Diocese ...

10 years ago
Severe weather will be highlighted across Kansas this week. This week, March 14th - 18th, is severe weather awareness week. It is a week where citizens are urged to become educated about severe weather, and about what to do when it threatens. According to the National Weather Service, the 2015 severe weather was pretty active statewide. In ...

10 years ago
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Police say they used pepper spray twice outside a Trump rally in Kansas City, Missouri and two people were arrested for refusing to follow the law. In a Twitter post late Saturday, Kansas City police did not say if the use of pepper spray was on demonstrators or Trump supporters. Television ...

10 years ago
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) - A jury has convicted a 31-year-old man in the 2014 death of another man. The Lawrence Journal World reports that Dustin Walker was found guilty Friday of first-degree felony murder in the March 2014 death of 39-year-old Patrick Roberts. It was Walker's third trial in connection with Roberts' death after two previous ...

10 years ago
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) - Parents of a former University of Kansas student who says she was raped in university housing are suing the university, claiming its housing is unsafe. The university, however, says its campus and housing are safe and that it works hard to ensure student safety. In the lawsuit filed Friday in Douglas County, James ...

10 years ago
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - An effort to repeal national educational standards in math and reading is moving forward in the Kansas Legislature. The House Education Committee approved a bill last month that would prohibit school districts from using Common Core standards. The Kansas Department of Education says the standards will better prepare students for college and ...

10 years ago
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - The U.S. Department of Transportation says Kansas City is among seven finalists for a $50 million award. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said in a statement Saturday that Kansas City is a finalist in the "Beyond Traffic, Smart City Challenge," which is intended to help mid-sized cities deal with changing transportation needs ...