12 years ago
Another counterfeit bill is discovered in Salina. Police say a fake $100 bill was found in a deposit from the Valero Convenience Store at 848 N. Broadway. Staff at 1st Bank discovered the bill in a deposit on Tuesday. According to police, back on November 29th a counterfeit $100 bill was discovered in a bank deposit from the ...

12 years ago
There will be a lot of Sophias and Jacksons in the classrooms of the future. Parenting website BabyCenter said Tuesday that those are the most popular names for girls and boys born in 2014. According to the organization, it may be her fifth year to rule, but Sophia isn't the only one feeling ...

12 years ago
The Salina Salvation Army's Angel Tree project is need of a little help. According to the organization about a quarter of the angels, around 200, are still on the tree. This year there were 823 angels on the tree when it went up a couple of weeks ago. Each angel represents an area child 12-years-old or younger ...

12 years ago
The University of Kansas says it will start offering a bachelor's degree in applied science in biotechnology. Classes for the new degree will begin in the spring semester at the Edwards Campus in Overland Park. It will be the university's first bachelor of applied science degree. The university said in a news released Tuesday that ...

12 years ago
For nearly a decade an anonymous Wichita donor has arranged for gold coins to be delivered during the holiday season to local nonprofit groups. Two gold coins were presented Monday to the Lord's Diner. The coins will go into a vault for the auction the Lord's Diner hosts each fall to raise money. The coins are ...

12 years ago
A weekend fire that led to the evacuation of more than 20 dogs from a Lawrence pet care business also caused $60,000 in damages. The Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical department has deemed the fire accidental. In a press release, the department confirmed the fire at Christal K-9 was caused by an electrical malfunction of a box ...

12 years ago
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit alleging that science standards for Kansas public schools promote atheism and violate the religious freedoms of students and parents. U.S. District Judge Daniel Crabtree ruled Tuesday that a nonprofit group and individuals challenging the standards did not claim specific enough injuries to allow the case to go forward. The State ...

12 years ago
A judge has found sufficient evidence to try a man and woman in the abduction and rape of an 8-year-old girl in Topeka. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that 28-year-old Jeremy Lindsey and 23-year-old Michelle Harris were bound over for trial Tuesday in Shawnee County District Court. The girl vanished for about six hours in September, setting ...

12 years ago
A Kansas board is considering whether to continue barring a physician from practicing medicine after scrutinizing her referrals of young patients for late-term abortions and finding that she kept inadequate records. Dr. Ann Kristin Neuhaus of Nortonville will be back before the State Board of Healing Arts next week. She successfully challenged a 2012 board ruling that ...

12 years ago
A trailer full of food is stolen. Salina Police Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that a 12-foot enclosed trailer that was parked in a lot at 1631 E. North Street was taken sometime between Sunday and Monday. The owner told officers that the trailer which is valued at $5,000 was loaded with $5,000 worth of Pepperidge ...

12 years ago
Drug testing of welfare applicants in Kansas is off to a slow start. After four months, only 20 applicants have been tested, with four testing positive and five refusing the tests. State officials concede early numbers are low. But they predict testing will increase as staffers grow more comfortable in referring welfare applicants for drug testing. A ...