11 years ago
A report by a Kansas school board association finds the increase in children receiving free or reduced-price meals is tied to poverty rates and isn't a ploy to boost school funding. Over the past 15 years, the number of students eligible for the meals had swelled from 33 to 50 percent. The number of students who qualify ...

11 years ago
An Olathe man has been charged with involuntary manslaughter in the November 2013 death of a Kansas State University student. Riley County police say 21-year-old Gregory Haug Jr. was arrested Saturday and is charged in the death of 18-year-old freshman Jordan Forbit. Forbit, of Elkhart, was found dead on Nov. 20 inside a vehicle parked ...

11 years ago
A Topeka man who stole a work truck in Salina is caught by the Kansas Highway Patrol. Police say two Landscape Consultants employees were on a lunch break at the McDonald's on Ohio and Crawford on Monday afternoon - when they noticed a company truck stopped at the intersection was operated by a driver they did ...

11 years ago
A Salina man who was shot twice in the stomach is arrested after his release from a Wichita hospital. Police Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that 20-year-old Melchizedek Fitzgerald has been charged with aggravated battery for allegedly throwing a board and hitting a man in the forehead during an argument in the parking lot of ...

11 years ago
The satellite motor vehicle registration office in Salina relocating. According to the Saline County Treasurer's Office, the satellite tag office located at 2000 S. 9th, Suite E, will be moving to the Galaxy Center at 2310 Planet Avenue. The move will happen the week of September 15th -22nd. Officials say that the new location will offer greater ...

11 years ago
Police have arrested four men who they say robbed a home and shot at the homeowner who pursued them in a car chase. Lt. Todd Ojile says two robbers held the 30-year-old man at gunpoint in Wichita while they ransacked his bedroom. They took items including a coin collection and fled in an SUV with two ...

11 years ago
Wichita police say a woman involved in a car crash that injured three people stole the van of a Good Samaritan who stopped to help. Sgt. Bob Gulliver says a truck hit a car and caused it to roll over. Two people were pinned in the wreckage. He says the truck driver stole the van and ...

11 years ago
A 47-year-old Wichita man who was pulled from a Kansas lake after going under while swimming has died. Tinajera Campos was swimming with friends at Santa Fe Lake near Augusta Sunday night when he started to gag. Campos was being taken to the shore of the lake's swimming area when authorities arrived and began lifesaving efforts. He ...

11 years ago
Supporters unveiled plans for a proposed recreation center-type project to Salina City Commissioners Monday. Fieldhouse Salina would be more than simply a recreation center. Rather, it would be a multi-use facilty that would house basketball courts, volleyball courts, and indoor turf areas. The proposed $9 million facility, which has the support of the Salina Recreation Commission, ...

11 years ago
Police in Great Bend want to know why a trailer that killed a Hutchinson couple on a motorcycle came loose from the truck that was pulling it. The Wichita Eagle reports the ball and hitch being used in pulling the trailer will be sent to a lab for special testing. Reno County jail deputy Shawn Schellenger and ...

11 years ago
Incumbent Republican Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback says his Democratic challenger's opposition to a school funding bill this year shows that Paul Davis isn't the right person to lead the state. Davis responded Monday that he voted against the education bill, which included an additional $129 million in school funding, because it also tied the new money ...