11 years ago
Researchers are planning to measure ground water in western Kansas to check for dropping water levels. The Kansas Geological Survey based at the University of Kansas will work with the Department of Agriculture in early January to track a drop in aquifer levels over the past 60 years. A statement from the university says annual data has ...

11 years ago
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback's chief of staff is stepping down next week to take a job with an auto industry group in Washington. Brownback's office announced Landon Fulmer's departure Monday. Fulmer has been the Republican governor's chief of staff since April 2012. Fulmer will become vice president of state affairs with the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers. It ...

11 years ago
A small Catholic parish in eastern Kansas is suffering a blow to its Christmas spirit. The pastor of the Queen of the Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Bucyrus, Kansas, told his congregation Sunday that someone had cleaned out the church's safe sometime after Christmas. KSHB-TV reports the Rev. Larry Albertson told his congregation to cancel any checks ...

11 years ago
An attorney is strongly disputing new legal claims from a firm managing part of the Medicaid program in Kansas and its parent company that a former executive tried to extort money from them after being fired. Attorney Lewis Galloway on Monday called the allegations against former executive Jacqueline Leary "paper thin." Galloway represents her. Sunflower State Health ...

11 years ago
Salina Police are investigating after a business burglary. Police report someone broke into the Throwbacks Bar, 501 N. 5th, sometime between Christmas night and noon on December 26th. Police say $1,500 of damage was done to an ATM machine inside and an undisclosed amount of cash was taken. Burglars also stole alcohol from the bar. ...

11 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's help in identifying a man who is a person of interest in a theft case. Sheriff Glen Kochanowski tells KSAL News that a trail camera snapped a picture of a white male on a storage lot located at 1901 W. Grand sometime between December 18th and ...

11 years ago
A Salina man is arrested after an argument turns violent. Salina Police arrested 55-year-old Clifford Rollins, after a disturbance at the Berschell Apartments on Christmas Eve. Police allege that Rollins and 31-year-old Marcus Samilton were arguing when Rollins hit him in the back of the head with a hammer multiple times. The victim was transported to Salina Regional ...

11 years ago
A high speed chase ends with a backyard arrest. Sheriff Glen Kochanowski tells KSAL News that early Saturday morning around 1:45am, a deputy saw a driver in a Ford 150 make a wide turn at the corner of Charles and S. 10th without signaling and then sped away when the officer attempted to pull him over. The ...

11 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's help in identifying the driver of a truck photographed in a gas theft. Deputies say someone in a white Chevy Silverado truck stole 90-gallons of unleaded gas from fuel tanks on a rural property in the 6000 block of W. Shipton Road. Anyone with information about this ...

11 years ago
Kansas officials say the state saw the lowest number of tornadoes this year in 25 years. The Wichita Eagle reports only 40 tornadoes were recorded so far in 2014. It's less than half of the state's 30-year average of 81. This year's figure also is the fourth-lowest total since tornado statistics began being kept in 1950. It's ...

11 years ago
A group that wants to lower fines for marijuana possession in Wichita says it has collected enough signatures on petitions to put the issue to a public vote in April. Esau Freeman, leader of Kansas for Change, says the group plans to present the petitions to election officials next week.  The same group was a few ...