12 years ago
An Arizona State University student who fell to her death over the weekend is being remembered in Kansas as an outstanding student at Manhattan High School. The Manhattan Mercury reports police in Tempe, Ariz., are still investigating the death early Sunday of 18-year-old Naomi McClendon. Authorities there said McClendon fell from a 10th-floor balcony at a ...

12 years ago
A new report says better-than-expected collections of Kansas sales and corporate income taxes helped swell state revenue by $12.2 million more than anticipated in March. Monday's report from the state Revenue Department also says tax collections through the first eight months of the fiscal year totaled nearly $4 billion, about $130 million more than expected. Corporate taxes ...

12 years ago
Despite sore feet and windy weather, five parents and teachers have completed a 60-mile walk from Johnson County to the Statehouse to show support for Kansas public schools. The hikers are part of a group called Game On for Kansas Schools, which is supporting higher state spending for public education. They set out Friday from suburban ...

12 years ago
An area school is honored for raising pennies to help in the fight against childhood cancer. Staff from Salina Media Group Radio Stations Y 93.7 and Sunny 102.5 provided a pizza party for Bennington Grade School on Friday. Students at the school helped raise money as part of the station's "Million Penny Challenge". Overall, $9,894 was raised by ...

12 years ago
A Monday morning fire extensively damages a business in downtown Bennington. Ottawa County Rural Fire District #4 Chief Mark Whitesell says that first responders were called at 10:49 to the report of a fire at Westside Ventures. Firefighter / EMT Tony Swetson was in the business, which houses a small grocery store and restaurant, when the fire started. ...

12 years ago
Salina Police were called to Maggie Mae's in the 400 block of Broadway Saturday night in response to a damage to property. The female victim reported a window broken out on her 1996 Chevy 1500 pickup by the male suspect. The confrontation then continued at a home in the 700 block of Morrison when the suspect ...

12 years ago
Salina Police have made an arrest in relation to a shooting from Thursday night. Tiffany Goheen, 28, was arrested and charged with Aggrevated Battery in the shooting case from March 27th. Captain Sean Morton tells KSAL News that 34 year old John Daniels was shot at his residence in the 800 block of Sherman. Staff at Salina ...

12 years ago
The House Appropriations Committee's chairman has resigned from the committee because he says he can't support a school funding plan drafted by the chamber's Republican leaders. Newton Republican Marc Rhoades resigned Monday, just before the start of his committee's hearings on the plan. The proposal seeks to address two flaws in funding for poor school districts identified ...

12 years ago
A 36 year old man was reportedly stabbed at an area convenience store Sunday night. At approximately 10 pm Salina Police were called to the Kwik Shop in the 2000 block of South Ohio where the victim suffered a puncture wound to his left thigh. The man was taken to the hospital for medical treatment. No arrests ...

12 years ago
Students from St. John's Military School bring home medals from a prestigious shooting competition. According to the school, St. John's recently competed in the National Rifle Association Kansas State Indoor 3-position Smallbore Junior and Open Sectionals. St. John's Cadets Sgt.Yixiu Li, from China, and 1st Lt. Jacob Wiese, Houston, won the gold and bronze medals in ...

12 years ago
A 48 year old man had quite the scare after colliding with a train overnight. According to Salina Police, Rodney Alan Bradshaw was driving a 2013 Ford F150 around 9:25 pm Sunday night when it collided with a Union Pacific Train at the intersection of Iron and 4th street. Bradshaw was stopped at the train signal with ...