12 years ago
Seven students suffered minor injuries after a school bus accident in west Wichita. Sedgwick County Sheriff's Lt. Lin Dehning says when a bus from Goddard ran off a road early Wednesday, the driver over-corrected and the bus rolled over. The bus was on its way to Amelia Earhart Elementary School. The Wichita Eagle reports the 32 children ...

12 years ago
Salina Police are investigating the report of an aggravated assault. Officers were called to an apartment in the 100 block of South 5th Street just before 9pm on Tuesday after a man threatened a resident inside the home with a knife. Police are searching for a known suspect described as a black male.

12 years ago
A University of Kansas fraternity is on interim suspension after the school received reports of sexual assault during a party during the weekend. University Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little said in a news release Wednesday that "disturbing and serious" behavior was reported at the Kappa Sigma fraternity. She did not elaborate. The Lawrence Police Department and the Office of ...

12 years ago
A call to police about a suspicious person in Wal-Mart's parking lot leads to the arrest of a Salina man. According to Captain Chris Trocheck, officers found 21-year-old Wesley Robertson in his pickup Tuesday afternoon around 12:13pm inhaling vapors from an aerosol spray can. Robertson was cited - and then arrested about 45-minutes later when Wal-Mart staff ...

12 years ago
Police evacuate a Salina pharmacy after a bomb threat on Tuesday. Employees at CVS Pharmacy at 681 S. Ohio contacted police after a male called in a bomb threat Tuesday afternoon just before 2:30pm. Two Salina Police patrol units and Salina Fire crews were on the scene as patrons and staff were evacuated. Nothing suspicious was found and ...

12 years ago
A voice familiar to radio listeners in Central Kansas for over a half-century is being remembered. 79-year-old Gary Houser, announcer on Salina Media Group Radio Station AM 1560 KABI in Abilene, died early Wednesday morning in a single-vehicle crash. According to Dickinson County Undersheriff James Swisher, Houser was driving his small pickup truck on Highway 40 headed ...

12 years ago
Kansas says its tax collections fell $21 million short of expectations in September. The lower-than-anticipated collections were disclosed Tuesday in the state Department of Revenue's monthly preliminary revenue report. The development could cause a short-term increase in the state's predicted budget shortfall of $238 million by July 2016. The department emphasized that even with overall taxes falling ...

12 years ago
A southern Kansas county was shaking after a pair of earthquakes were reported within hours of each other but apparently didn't cause any damage. The U.S. Geological Survey reports the first earthquake to hit Harper County was at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday and was measured 3.3 on the Richter scale. The second temblor that hit the county ...

12 years ago
A former Salina city building official has been convicted in California of poisoning his wife to death 20-years ago. Jurors on Tuesday in Orange County Superior Court found 57-year-old Paul Curry guilty of first-degree murder. Prosecutors say Curry killed his 50-year-old wife, Linda, to collect more than half a million dollars in life insurance and benefits after she died. Prosecutor Ebrahim ...

12 years ago
Salina Police have identified a suspect in a forgery case dating back to June. According to Captain Mike Sweeney, police were contacted on Monday about a phony check that was cashed at the Dillon's Grocery Store on E. Cloud on June 18th for the amount of $900. Captain Sweeney tells KSAL News that the check had letterhead ...

12 years ago
The animals at Rolling Hills Zoo will receive a special blessing this week. According to the zoo, on Saturday the Rev. Robert Nelson Smith, President and CEO of Saint Francis Community Services, will perform a blessing of the animals. Father Bobby will visit the tigers, apes, anteaters, aardvarks, camels, rhinos, giraffes, Andean bears, lions, the animals ...