11 years ago
Sedgwick County commissioners have rejected a $580,000 state grant aimed at controlling obesity and diabetes because the majority said overweight people already know why they're fat. Commission Chairman Richard Ranzau says he's overweight because he eats too much and doesn't exercise enough. He says that's his fault - not the government's. Interim county health director Adrienne Byrne-Lutz ...

11 years ago
Supporters of a bill to legalize medical marijuana made their case to a Kansas Senate panel a day before opponents are scheduled to get their turn before committee members. The Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee held an informational hearing Wednesday to hear testimony from proponents of a measure sponsored by Democratic Sen. David Haley of ...

11 years ago
Kansas legislators are likely to consider allowing people to carry concealed firearms without requiring a state permit. Twenty-six of the Kansas Senate's 40 members introduced a bill Wednesday to end the permitting requirement. The lead sponsor is Majority Leader and Nickerson Republican Terry Bruce. Bruce said it makes sense to allow people to carry concealed guns without ...

11 years ago
Sixteen  people on the latest list of Salina's Most Wanted are caught. The January list of Salina's Most Wanted went on-line back on January 3rd. Since then, 16 have been arrested. The January list looks a little different. In an attempt to clear up numerous outstanding warrants, an expanded list of 44 people is online. Since the Most ...

11 years ago
The Kansas Highway Patrol says a pilot escaped injury when a freight plane crashed in northwest Kansas. Emergency crews are on the scene of the twin-engine plane crash in Sherman County. It was reported about 9 a.m. Wednesday. No passengers were on board Kansas Highway Patrol Trooper Tod Hileman says the plane was carrying UPS cargo. It ...

11 years ago
A Salina man is facing charges of furnishing alcohol to a minor after a deputy checks on a parked car. Saline County Sheriff's Deputies arrested 20-year-old Keith Dalme, after finding a bottle of whiskey and a small amount of marijuana in his vehicle. A deputy spotted his car in the 1400 block of S. Fairchilds Road around ...

11 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a damage to property case after someone put deep scratches on all sides of a 2007 Chevy Silverado that was parked in the 300 block of E. Claflin. Police say the windshield was also shattered sometime between Monday night and Tuesday morning. Total damage is listed at $1,000.   Police say two cordless ...

11 years ago
A Salina man discloses a homemade pocket in his pants - full of meth during his arrest. Saline County Sheriff Glen Kochanowski tells KSAL News that a deputy was serving two failure to appear warrants to 30-year-old David L. Garrett on Tuesday evening. After putting the handcuffs on Garrett the deputy asked him if there was anything ...

11 years ago
Defense attorneys for a man accused of plotting a suicide bomb attack at a Wichita airport are not being allowed to see some classified evidence. U.S. District Judge Monti Belot issued a protective order Wednesday after examining the materials outside the presence of attorneys for Terry Loewen, an avionics technician who is accused of trying to ...

11 years ago
The Senate's Public Health and Welfare Committee is to hear testimony this week from supporters and opponents of medical marijuana. Two Democratic lawmakers have filed bills that would allow some patients with chronic illnesses to legally obtain and use marijuana. Similar measures have been filed since 2009, but none have gotten past informational hearings, such as ...

11 years ago
A veteran central Kansas lawmaker has resigned from the state House Appropriations Committee, giving up his position as its vice chairman. Republican Rep. John Edmonds of Great Bend says his other legislative duties and outside professional commitments don't leave him with enough time to serve on the budget-writing committee. The vice chairman helps draft the final version ...