12 years ago
Wichita Police Chief Norman Williams, who has served in the department for nearly 40 years, says he will resign, effective Sept. 5 Williams announced his resignation Thursday in a news release and police briefing. He began his career as a police officer in Wichita in 1975 and moved up to through the department before becoming chief ...

12 years ago
Police make three arrests in connection to a counterfeit bill operation in Salina. Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that the public's help aided the investigation. "We were able to identify these individuals through the information received from the public and also from the video footage to help confirm that these were the people who were ...

12 years ago
Some of the world's most historic documents will be on display for a week in September at Benedictine College in Atchison. The exhibition from the Remnant Trust features a rare printing of the Declaration of Independence from 1776, a page from one of the first Gutenberg Bibles from 1455, a copy of the Magna Carta from ...

12 years ago
Update: At approximately 9:01am Thursday morning, officers from the Salina Police Department were sent to a Crescent address reference a domestic violence call.  It was reported that shots may have been fired. Upon arrival, they located a 61-year-old woman outside of the residence bleeding in the facial area. She was taken to an ambulance for her injuries.  ...

12 years ago
The Douglas County Sheriff's Office says a bicyclist was killed when he was hit by a car that was trying to pass another vehicle. Deputies say the male cyclist was killed Wednesday afternoon south of Clinton Lake near Lawrence. He was pronounced dead at the scene. They say a car was heading west and attempting to pass ...

12 years ago
The top federal prosecutor in Kansas has told civil rights activists that their complaints are not falling on deaf ears. U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom spoke Wednesday in Wichita at a civil rights symposium that drew about 100 law enforcement officials and community advocates. Grissom called the event an opportunity to open a dialogue and talk about things ...

12 years ago
Police investigating a blowgun attack on two children in central Kansas have made two arrests. The incident happened in late July as the girls, ages 12 and 14, were swimming in Sand Creek in Newton. The girls said two people who were fishing became annoyed when they swam too close to the fishing lines. The girls said ...

12 years ago
One of two men injured in an explosion at a southeast Kansas fireworks manufacturer has died, while the second man remains in critical condition. The Crawford County Sheriff's office says in a news release that 28-year-old Kenny L. Clark died at a Joplin hospital hours after the explosion Tuesday afternoon. The Pittsburg Morning-Sun reports  a second man, ...

12 years ago
Health officials say none of the state's KanCare providers met benchmarks for timeliness in claims processing during 2013. The Wichita Eagle reports the state set a goal to have all claims without mistakes processed in 20 days and all claims processed in 60 days. An August report from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment said the ...

12 years ago
An eyewitness may have stopped another vehicle burglary from happening inside the hospital's parking garage. Salina Police Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that at 1:45am Wednesday morning, a Salina Regional Health Center employee was leaving work and saw a subject standing behind a Jeep Liberty parked on the third level. They noticed the Jeep's rear window ...

12 years ago
Citing several accounting errors that cost the county thousands of dollars, the Reno County Commission has cut the treasurer's salary by more than 24 percent. Treasurer Jan Hull defended her work and questioned if she was being singled out before the commission voted Tuesday to reduce her salary to $52,000 from $69,000 a year. The deputy ...