12 years ago
A northeast Kansas man has been found guilty of killing a woman to keep her from providing information to federal law enforcement officers about his involvement in drug trafficking. The U.S. attorney's office says a federal jury on Thursday convicted 32-year-old Marcus D. Roberson of Junction City of murder, conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine and conspiracy ...

12 years ago
The Kansas Supreme Court will release its ruling on a state school finance lawsuit Friday, ending months of speculation about whether the state has to increase spending for public schools. The court announced Thursday that the ruling would be issued Friday morning. The lawsuit was filed in 2010 by attorneys representing four school districts and ...

12 years ago
Guns and electronics are stolen from a Salina home. Police are investigating a residential burglary after someone forced open a door on a home in the 200 block of S. 10th and removed three guns and video games. Police say thieves entered the home sometime Wednesday between 1:50am and 2pm and took an AR-15 rifle, Mossberg 12-gauge ...

12 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff's Office is investigating a burglary in Gypsum. Deputies were called to the 500 block of King Street in Gypsum after someone entered an unlocked woodshop that stands behind a home and removed numerous tools. Sheriff Glen Kochanowski tells KSAL News that a Craftsman brand circular saw in a custom made wood carrying case ...

12 years ago
A Salina man is jailed on charges of indecent liberties with a girl under the age of fifteen. Police arrested 22-year-old Ramiro Arroyo-Molina of Salina after the Department of Children and Family Services contacted authorities. According to Captain Mike Sweeney, Molina had consensual sexual relations with the girl dating back to March of 2013. He was identified as ...

12 years ago
A woman who was sentenced to prison for her part in the deaths of her husband and the wife of a minister with whom she had an affair is no longer under state supervision. The Kansas Department of Corrections says Lorna Anderson was released from parole supervision on Feb. 17. She was released from prison in 2007 ...

12 years ago
A 29-year-old Kansas hunter videotaped his rescue of a nine-point deer that was antler-locked with another buck that had since died. Wichita bow hunter Evan McAnally used his cellphone Feb. 10 to video himself freeing the buck, which had locked antlers with the other buck several days earlier. Coyotes had eaten the other buck down to ...

12 years ago
Kansas legislators are reopening debate on whether the state should enact special legal protections for people, groups and businesses opposing gay marriage for religious reasons. A Senate panel was taking testimony Thursday from legal scholars on whether existing state laws protect gay-marriage opponents from being fined or sued for refusing to provide goods or services for ...

12 years ago
Kansas lawmakers are looking into how the state provides funding to school districts for students identified as being at risk of failure. The House and Senate Education Committees scheduled a joint meeting Thursday afternoon to hear from officials from the Kansas Department of Education and an analyst from the Kansas Policy Institute. Kansas provides additional funding to ...

12 years ago
A 58-year-old Kansas man has been arrested after returning to the scene of a Sedgwick County beating to retrieve his baseball bat. No charges had been filed yet Wednesday against the man, who was jailed on suspicion of aggravated assault, aggravated battery and battery. The Sedgwick County Sheriff's Office says three men went to a home in ...

12 years ago
A group dedicated to revitalizing the Smoky Hill River has a new person in charge. Salinan Amber Dennett is the new executive director of the Friends of the River Foundation. According to the organization, Dennett will guide their management, financial development, and community outreach. The Friends of the River Foundation strives to restore the natural channel of ...