12 years ago
Kansas Supreme Court Justice Lawton Nuss says the next fiscal year's budget for the judicial branch could force courts across the state to be closed for seven weeks. Nuss said Thursday that the budget approved by lawmakers this year for Fiscal Year 2015 is more than $8 million short of what the judiciary needs to avoid ...

12 years ago
The Kansas Board of Regents has asked the governor to restore tens of millions of dollars in higher education spending that was cut this spring. Regents Chairman Fred Logan says that although the budget has been approved for the next fiscal year, the board had a responsibility to advocate for increased investment in the state system. The ...

12 years ago
Kansas education commissioner Diane DeBacker says she will be sending a "friendly" letter to the state Republican Party this week correcting what she and other education leaders are calling misinformation about Common Core Standards for reading and math. The Lawrence Journal-World reports the letter is a response to a resolution the Kansas GOP state committee adopted ...

12 years ago
Gov. Sam Brownback says recent changes in how Kansas Court of Appeals judges are chosen have led to a more democratic process and that he would support similar changes for the state Supreme Court. Brownback spoke Thursday to members of the conservative-leaning Federalist Society in Overland Park. A new Kansas law lets the governor appoint members of ...

12 years ago
Officials from American AgCredit proudly unveiled their new Salina facility on Thursday. Construction of the 12,464 square foot building began back in November. By August 23rd it was complete, and employees moved in. The new facility features a walkout basement, ten enclosed offices, four open office areas, and a mail and production room. It also has a ...

12 years ago
Chief Hill calls it a career. Salina Chief of Police Jim Hill spent his last day at police headquarters yesterday, he officially retires October 1st. City Manager Jason Gage tells KSAL News that the search for a new chief continues, while Deputy Chief Carson Mansfield is overseeing the police department on an interim basis, "Carson will be ...

12 years ago
An inventory check reveals a missing item at a Salina business. According to Lt. Scott Siemsen, staff at Foley Equipment, 529 N. Broadway, contacted police after an inventory showed a Bluebird sod cutter had been stolen. Police say someone removed the cutter sometime between Tuesday afternoon at 3pm and Wednesday morning at 8:30am. Total loss is listed at ...

12 years ago
CB radios and more are stolen from a couple of semi-trucks parked on a Salina lot. Police are investigating after someone entered two Kenworth trucks that were parked at MHC Kenworth of Salina, 2301 N. Ohio. Police say sometime early Wednesday between midnight and 4am, someone removed a Cobra CB radio and electric fan from one truck ...

12 years ago
An assistant professor at Kansas State University is asking for the public's help to locate her husband, who hasn't been seen since Sept. 2. Kelly Welch, with the university's Department of Family Studies and Human Services, posted on Twitter Tuesday night that her husband, Dave Welch, has not had his medication and might be suffering ...

12 years ago
A southeast Kansas school district has settled a lawsuit over the death of a motorist in a crash with a school bus last year. The Parsons Sun reports the family of 34-year-old Andrew Simmons and Altamont-based USD 506 agreed to the $500,000 settlement on Tuesday. The Edna man was married and had five children. Simmons was killed ...

12 years ago
The University of Kansas is giving a test drive to a new system that its creators believe offers a better way to assess head injuries in student-athletes. The system is called C3 Logix, and has been under development the past two years by Cleveland Clinic's Innovation Group. The system uses an iPad2 as the assessment tool ...