12 years ago
The American Civil Liberties Union is asking a judge to stop officials in Kansas from prohibiting same-sex weddings and denying benefits offered to opposite-sex married couples. The ACLU filed the request for a preliminary injunction Monday in federal court, saying that its case is likely to succeed. The U.S. Supreme Court last month blocked Kansas from enforcing ...

12 years ago
Salina Police are investigating after a van is stolen. Police say a blue, 2000 Dodge Caravan was stolen while parked at a Salina apartment complex at 1013 Johnstown on Sunday. The owner told officers the van was taken sometime between 3am and 12:42pm. Police say the keys were left on the floorboard. The van is valued at $3,000 with ...

12 years ago
A Salina man returns home to find his house emptied. Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that John Windell contacted police after returning home from an extended period of time to report that his house in the 100 block of N. 11th had been ransacked. Police say a safe with $8,000 cash was removed plus a bedroom ...

12 years ago
A much anticipated new restaurant will open its doors in Salina next week. Construction is complete, and Buffalo Wild Wings is ready to open. According to the company, Buffalo Wild Wings is opening its newest location in Salina on Monday December 15th. To celebrate, the sports grill and bar will be offerings free wings for a ...

12 years ago
The administration of Gov. Sam Brownback is moving forward on a plan for the state's long-term water supply. The more ambitious parts of the plan include dredging state lakes and possibly building an aqueduct from the Missouri River to western Kansas. They would require large amounts of new revenue, as well as cooperation from other states. During ...

12 years ago
Troopers say a 21-year-old woman has been killed in northern Kansas in a single-vehicle crash. The Kansas Highway Patrol says Carrie Brayton died Sunday after she was ejected from her pickup truck near Delphos in Ottawa County. Troopers say the Glasco woman was driving south on a rural road when her truck drifted across the northbound ...

12 years ago
Kansas authorities say six people have been hospitalized and released after a SUV carrying 11 people struck a car. Butler County Sheriff Kelly Herzet says the rollover accident happened Saturday night near the border of Sedgwick and Butler counties. He says the 78-year-old car driver failed to yield when making a U-turn on Kansas 254. He says ...

12 years ago
E-cigarette technology is taking off and federal officials say the race to innovate could make creating standards the devices more difficult in the future. The popular contraptions that heat a liquid to create vapor rather than burning tobacco have changed dramatically from those first introduced just a few years ago. Instead of a small battery and plastic ...

12 years ago
The fiance of a woman who was raped and set on fire in a Wichita park said the man charged in the attack should have been kept in jail. Twenty-six-year-old Cornell McNeal, of Wichita, faces one count of capital murder or an alternative count of first-degree murder in the death of Letitia "Tish" Davis. She suffered ...

12 years ago
About 50 percent of dogs and 33 percent of cats age 10 years and older will develop cancer. Although it is very prevalent in these animals, a Kansas State University veterinarian says depending upon the type of cancer, it may be very treatable and doesn't have to be a life-limiting disease. Mary Lynn Higginbotham, assistant professor ...

12 years ago
House Republicans are making a final push this month to give schools a temporary break from healthier school meal standards. The rules phased in since 2012 and championed by first lady Michelle Obama require more fruits, vegetables and whole grains in the lunch line. Some school nutrition directors have lobbied for a break, saying the rules have ...