12 years ago
The Kansas House has approved a bill aimed at keeping individuals, groups and businesses from being compelled to help with same-sex weddings. The House's 72-49 vote Wednesday sends the measure to the Senate. Supporters describe it as a religious freedom measure. Opponents contend it will encourage discrimination against gays and lesbians. The bill would bar government sanctions when ...

12 years ago
Salina Police are investigating after someone closed fuel lines on 3 railroad engines. Officials with the Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad contacted police after someone tampered with 3 of their engines that were located in the 500 block of E. North Street sometime between February 6th and February 10th. The company told officers that it will cost approximately ...

12 years ago
The votes have been counted, and "Farmer" is Salina's favorite. "Farmer", by Colorado artist Lawrence Starck is the 2013 Salina Sculpture Tour People's Choice Award winner. The statue, located in the 100 Block of North Santa Fe, depicts a farmer leaning on a shovel, with his trusty dog by his side. "Farmer" was selected by popular vote ...

12 years ago
A distraught Ottawa County man leaves a path of destruction before police apprehend him. According to Lt. Sean Morton, staff at Salina Regional Health Center contacted police to report a suicidal man with a gun in the parking lot Tuesday afternoon. Lt. Morton tells KSAL News that a relative of the 29-year-old male was taking him to ...

12 years ago
The Kansas Senate is pushing the state toward a confrontation with the federal government over protecting greater and lesser prairie chickens. The Senate gave first-round approval Tuesday to a bill declaring that the federal government has no authority to set policies on prairie chickens or any activities that affect the birds' habitat. The Senate planned to take ...

12 years ago
Valentine's Day is Friday and Wayne DeBey, owner of the Flower Nook in Salina says he's ready to help create that loving feeling. DeBey stopped by the KSAL Morning News Tuesday and says estimating is part of stocking up the flower cooler, "Traditionally you look at previous year's records then make a good guess," he said. Ooh ...

12 years ago
Police are looking for a 24-year-old woman who was last seen at a motel in Junction City. Police say Amanda Clemons was last seen Friday night leaving a room at the Budget Host Motel. Witnesses told police she was being placed in a sliver vehicle occupied by two men and two women. Clemons is described ...

12 years ago
A missing 66-year-old Kansas man has been found safe in Colorado following a six-county search after the man's SUV got stuck in a field over the weekend. Lt. Col. Mike Daniels, spokesman for the Colorado Civil Air Patrol, said the man was found Tuesday by a pilot, who was able to direct searchers to the ...

12 years ago
A Lawrence couple has donated 165 acres of woodlands and pasture to the Land Institute in Salina. The land from Jim and Cindy Haines is west of Lawrence is known as the Gorrill Farmstead. The Haines also gave 65 acres to the Land Institute in July. The Land Institute is a Salina-based environmental agriculture ...

12 years ago
A director is looking for a barn in Kansas for a Coca-Cola commercial. Zach Lowry, film director of New York-based Flex Collective, wants to come to Kansas in May or June to shoot a Coke commercial. He first wants to find a weathered, wood barn, with a wood-shingled roof, next to or surrounded by a wheat field. ...

12 years ago
Republican Sen. Pat Roberts is facing questions about whether he lives in his native Kansas or the Washington, D.C., area. Roberts was born in Topeka, holds his degree from Kansas State University and makes a point of spending much of his congressional breaks crisscrossing the state. But he's worked in Washington as an aide and member ...