11 years ago
Hundreds of protesters have rallied at the Kansas Statehouse against Republican Gov. Sam Brownback's decision to end protections against discrimination for gays and lesbians working in state government. The rally Saturday on Valentine's Day had about 600 participants. It was organized by gay rights advocates following Brownback's decision this week to rescind an executive order that ...

11 years ago
Kansas is spending millions of dollars to rehab one of its two psychiatric hospitals to avoid the loss of federal Medicare and Medicaid funds that make up about one-fourth of the facility's $26 million budget. The Kansas City Star reports Osawatomie State Hospital an hour south of Kansas City is replacing patient beds and mattresses, installing ...

11 years ago
Family and friends are planning to rally this weekend around a Marquette child who is battling brain cancer. An event to to benefit 2-year-old Browynn Birdsong is planned for Sunday evening at the Marquette Elementary School. Michelle and Sammie King will perform, there will be cookies and refreshments, and a silent auction is planned. Browynn, and ...

11 years ago
They're considered one of mankind's greatest medical achievements, yet people have balked at vaccines almost since the time of the first vaccination. In the 1800s, people protested in the streets of Victorian England after the British government began requiring citizens to get the first vaccination — against smallpox. Many opponents mistrusted doctors and were wary of a ...

11 years ago
Some Kansas lawmakers want to keep some money from being transferred away from transportation projects amid the state budget crunch. Gov. Sam Brownback has recommended transferring $724 million from transportation projects to the state's main budget during fiscal years 2016 and 2017 to fill projected budget shortfalls. A House budget panel voted Thursday to reinstate about ...

11 years ago
A carjacking suspect is dead following a police chase that ended in Kansas City, Kansas. Authorities say the chase began Friday morning after the suspect stole a van from a pest control worker in Bonner Springs. The chase went into Kansas City, Missouri, before ending after about 30 minutes when the vehicle drove through a fence ...

11 years ago
A Salina man's bank account is hit by thieves. Police are investigating a fraud and theft case after someone acquired account information with corresponding routing numbers to an 84-year-old man's checking account at First Bank Kansas on South Sante Fe Ave. Police say someone created an electronic check payment to two different people in San Marcos, California ...

11 years ago
Former Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius says she was surprised and distressed by Gov. Sam Brownback's decision to rescind an executive order that offered protections for gay, lesbian and transgender state employees. In a speech at the Dole Institute in Lawrence Thursday, Sebelius also called Brownback's efforts to eliminate the state's income tax to increase business and ...

11 years ago
A New Cambria man finds his Mustang jacked up with a pair of wheels missing. The Saline County Sheriff's Office is investigating after someone stole 2 tires and rims off a 1996 Ford Mustang early Friday morning. Deputies say the owner parked his car behind his residence in the 200 block of E. 1st about 12:36am. When he ...

11 years ago
People in need of dental care had been in line since Wednesday, patiently waiting for the doors of the Salina Bicentennial Center to open early Friday morning for the Kansas Mission of Mercy free dental clinic. Dr. Cindy Reed helped organized the event. She told KSAL News early Friday morning that the first people in line ...

11 years ago
Between 12:00 PM on January 4, 2015 and 9:08 AM on January 28, 2015 a theft was committed at Kansas Wesleyan University, 100 E. Claflin. Unknown person or persons entered an unsecured room in the Fine Arts Building and took a silver 2006 MacBook Pro Notebook and a black Canon Vixia HFG10 Camcorder. Loss is estimated at ...