11 years ago
The Sedgwick County Zoo says a 19-year-old lioness has died. The zoo's executive director says that the South African lioness named Nemesis died Tuesday. Necropsy results haven't been released, but the director says recent tests indicated her kidneys were failing. Nemesis came to Wichita in 2000 for the opening of the lion exhibit from the Oklahoma City ...

11 years ago
Former Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin is coming to Kansas to stump for Sen. Pat Roberts' re-election campaign. A person familiar with the Roberts campaign told The Associated Press that Palin will be at a pancake breakfast in Independence on Thursday. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because he wasn't authorized to release the ...

11 years ago
Federal regulators plan to meet with Wolf Creek nuclear plant officials next month to discuss long-standing design issues with the cooling system at the eastern Kansas facility. The meeting is scheduled Oct. 2 at the Nuclear Regulatory Commissions' office in Arlington, Texas. The public will be allowed to ask questions, and can phone in to participate. The ...

11 years ago
Kansas State University has been awarded a $50 million federal grant for a global food security project. The award was announced Tuesday by the U.S. Agency for International Development. Kansas State will use the funds to establish a Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Sustainable Intensification. The government's Feed the Future program funds labs at colleges and ...

11 years ago
Police are looking for a man who swung a knife at a bystander during an argument. Captain Mike Sweeney says officers were called to the Chapel Ridge Apartments on Monday afternoon just before 4:30pm, after an argument turned violent. The victim, a 43-year-old man told police he witnessed a verbal disturbance between the suspect and a woman. When ...

11 years ago
A Saline County child is transported to a Kansas City hospital after a dresser falls on her. Captain Roger Soldan with the Saline County Sheriff's Office tells KSAL News that emergency responders were called to a home in the 200 block of Main Street in Falun on Monday at about 7:45pm, after a dresser toppled onto ...

11 years ago
Prosecutors say a Kansas Supreme Court ruling could lead to the early release of more than 200 dangerous inmates. The ruling, first issued in May and clarified on Friday, concerns whether a defendant's prior felony convictions are classified as "crimes against persons" or "nonperson" crimes under state guidelines in place since July 1, 1993. Nonperson crimes ...

11 years ago
The Kansas Aviation Expo 2014 Fly Kansas Air Tour touches down in Salina Tuesday. During the air tour, pilots are flying their aircraft throughout the state carrying the message that aviation is for everyone. For three days, three stops a day, the group is barnstorming in aircraft that range from a vintage Stearman to a modern Cessna ...

11 years ago
Kansans are being encouraged to prepare for an invasion of the living dead, with Gov. Sam Brownback scheduled to sign a proclamation later this week declaring October Zombie Preparedness Month. The state Division of Emergency Management says if residents are prepared for a zombie attack, they're prepared for anything. Deputy director Angee Morgan says the idea ...

11 years ago
State and local officials in four Kansas counties are conducting an exercise to practice the state's plan to respond to a foreign animal disease. The state Department of Agriculture says the drill began Monday and continues through Wednesday. Emergency response teams from Clay, Lyon, Riley and Pottawatomie counties are taking part. Agriculture officials said the exercise is ...

11 years ago
Former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole is set to campaign with fellow Republican Pat Roberts in race that's suddenly competitive for the three-term Kansas U.S. senator. Dole planned to attend an event with Roberts Monday in Dodge City, where Roberts lists his residence but admits having visited only seven times this year. The pair also plans ...