10 years ago
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback is preparing to have a Statehouse news conference to discuss abortion and education issues. Brownback's office said that during Friday afternoon's event he would address his call for a state medical board investigation into whether tissue from aborted fetuses is being sold commercially in violation of state and federal laws. The Republican governor ...

10 years ago
Health officials are warning the public about high levels of toxic blue-green algae in six lakes in Kansas. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment said in a news release Thursday that direct contact with the water such as wading in it is strongly discouraged for people, pets and livestock. Those lakes now under a warning status ...

10 years ago
The 2015 KKOA Leadsled Spectacular Car Show is underway in Salina. Hundreds of cars gathered for a parade on Santa Fe Thursday night, as a large crowd lined the streets to watch. Throughout the day, Friday through Sunday, over 1,500 cars will be parked under the shade trees in Oakdale Park. Along with the cars, there will ...

10 years ago
A 47-year-old Wichita man who pleaded guilty to killing a popular local restaurant owner earlier this year has been sentenced to life in prison without a chance of parole for 50 years. The Wichita Eagle reports Curtis Mitchell pleaded guilty less than two weeks after his June 4 arrest in the death of 45-year-old Tanya Tandoc. ...

10 years ago
Kansas State University and the K-State Foundation are scheduled to begin a campaign later this year to raise $1 billion for the university. The Manhattan Mercury reports the university's Innovation and Inspiration Campaign kicks off in October and seeks to raise money for Kansas State's bid to become a top-50 public research university by 2025. The events ...

10 years ago
Recent layoffs and shrinking of the Kansas Bioscience Authority's operations are being seen as signs that the quasi-governmental agency might be on its last legs. KBA president Duane Cantrell says the agency's reputation has been irreparably damaged by the uncertainty over its future. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports the KBA laid off about half of its full-time ...

10 years ago
A device used for precise measurements in mechanical trades is stolen from a storage shed. Saline County Sheriff's deputies are investigating after someone broke a door on a shed in the 400 block of N. Perry in Brookville and stole a machinist's micrometer valued at $5,000. Officers say the break-in occurred sometime between Tuesday night at 11:30pm ...

10 years ago
Salina Police are investigating after a counterfeit bill is found in a restaurant's deposit. Police say staff at Sunflower Bank discovered a bogus $50 bill in a deposit from Sonic Drive-In at 310 S. Santa Fe. The bill was passed at Sonic sometime during business hours on Tuesday.

10 years ago
A would-be car thief is found hiding in the bushes and arrested. Officers were called to Russell's Restaurant, 649 Westport Blvd, on Wednesday night at 10:35pm after a man attacked another man in the parking lot and tried to steal his 1993 Jeep Cherokee. Police say 44-year-old Todd Wands of Salina pushed 60-year-old Kelly Turner into the ...

10 years ago
A domestic disturbance call leads to the discovery of a man with a gunshot wound and an arrest. Saline County Sheriff Glen Kochanowski tells KSAL News that deputies responded to a home in Gypsum after a disturbance between a man and woman at 5:30pm on Tuesday. Officers learned that 53-year-old Ed Swisher had an argument with 38-year-old ...

10 years ago
Two people have been charged on suspicion of leaving their 2-year-old niece inside a sweltering car at a shopping center parking lot in Merriam. Twenty-four-year-old Mylesha Anderson and 23-year-old Marques Anderson were charged Wednesday with aggravated child endangerment. They are being held on $25,000 bail. According to authorities, a shoe store employee alerted her manager on Saturday ...