12 years ago
A man walking across the country with a goat made a stop in Downtown Salina Monday. Steve Wescott set off on in May from the Space Needle in Seattle. Now, he's crossing through Kansas with his pack goat Leeroy as he makes his way toward Times Square in New York City. He made a pit stop ...

12 years ago
The Federal Aviation Administration is turning to Kansas State University Salina to test certification standards for small unmanned aircraft systems, or UAS. Under a memorandum of agreement signed by the university and the FAA on Aug. 29, K-State Salina will validate industry standards for small unmanned aircraft systems -- systems typically weighing 55 pounds or ...

12 years ago
Police find a stolen gun and make an arrest after a theft from a Salina business. Officers were called to Money Lenders, 301 W. Ash on Friday afternoon around 2pm after a man walked out of the store with a .22 caliber Sig Sauer handgun without paying. A short time later officers made contact with a man ...

12 years ago
Deputies arrest three male suspects outside a salvage yard over the weekend. Sheriff Glen Kochanowski tells KSAL News that a deputy was working in the area of Heath Auto Salvage, 2600 W. Old 40 Highway around 2:40am Saturday morning on an unrelated case, when he noticed a vehicle that looked out of place. Further investigation led to ...

12 years ago
Salina Police are reviewing an arrest made outside a local bar after a YouTube video comes out. According to Lt. Scott Siemsen, officers were called to the Speakeasy, 2030 S. Ohio, just after 11pm Friday night after an argument inside spilled into the parking lot. Lt. Siemsen tells KSAL News that several patrons were asked by management ...

12 years ago
An employment expo event for anyone looking for work, or for a career change, will be held in Salina this week. Over 40 area employers will set up booths at the Salina Central Mall on Tuesday, accepting resumes and talking with prospective employees. Anyone looking for work is encouraged to attend. There will be a ...

12 years ago
University of Kansas athletic officials are considering changes to Late Night in the Phog after complaints about a lack of crowd control at the event last Friday. The Late Night festivities mark the official beginning of the basketball season and fans typically line up for hours before it starts. Associate athletic director Jim Marchiony says ...

12 years ago
The shutdown of the federal government is delaying crucial information farmers use to plant and market crops and postponing the payouts of subsidies to the nation's growers. That is adding to the uncertainty among producers who depend on both the marketplace and government money. Among the casualties of the shutdown are the reports put out by the ...

12 years ago
A long-awaited appeal of a ruling requiring the state of Kansas to increase funding for public schools takes center stage Tuesday. The case is aimed at resolving whether policymakers arbitrarily shortchanged students or did the best they could in difficult financial times. The appeal comes from a Shawnee County District Court ruling that held that spending cuts ...

12 years ago
A Kansas attorney is asking a judge to suppress statements his client made when he went into Sedgwick County jail in December and asked to be arrested for killing his wife. Guy Wayne Palmer is charged with first-degree murder in the Dec. 16 death of his 61-year-old wife, Debra. The Wichita Eagle reports the woman's body ...

12 years ago
The Dole Leadership Prize is going to a civic organization started by former South Africa President Nelson Mandela. The Robert Dole Institute of Politics plans to present the 2013 Dole prize to Mandela's great-grandson, Luvuyo Mandela, on Oct. 27 at the University of Kansas. The $25,000 monetary prize is to benefit the Nelson Mandela Centre of ...