12 years ago
Kansas lawmakers have learned that administrative issues are likely to linger from a state law requiring new voters to provide proof of their U.S. citizenship. The issue arose Monday because Department of Revenue officials told a legislative committee they don't have a timetable for requiring everyone who seeks to renew a driver's license to provide citizenship ...

12 years ago
Riley County police say a 68-year-old man whose body was found during a welfare check over the weekend was the victim of a homicide. Police spokesman Matthew Droge says evidence at the rural Manhattan residence Sunday afternoon indicates John Burroughs was killed. He declined to provide any other details, including cause of death. Burroughs was ...

12 years ago
A Salina woman jumps off an overpass onto Interstate 70 in an apparent suicide attempt early Monday afternoon. According to the Saline County Sheriff's Office, 43-year-old Amy Caldwell of Salina parked her car near the overpass. She got out, walked onto the deck, and jumped over the rail. She landed about 30 feet below. A passing truck ...

12 years ago
The son of the Lincoln County Sheriff is in jail facing second degree murder charges. According to the Lincoln County Attorney's Office, 33-year-old Scott M. Weigel was arrested Monday on a warrant charging him with second degree murder. He is the son of Lincoln County Sheriff Mike Weigel. The arrest is in connection with the shooting ...

12 years ago
Police are looking for two male suspects - after a Salina man is attacked with a pipe wrench. According to Lt. Scott Siemsen, relatives took a 31-year-old male to Salina Regional Health Center on Saturday night after he was allegedly attacked by two men near his house in the 500 block of E. Beloit. The man, who ...

12 years ago
A Salina man returns home to find numerous items missing. Salina Police are investigating after 3 guitars and numerous power tools were stolen from a home in the 100 block of N. Ohio, sometime between August 6th and September 6th. The homeowner reported to officers that a Troy-Bilt push mower, Stihl chainsaw, various electric hand tools, ladders ...

12 years ago
A Kansas parole check leads to an arrest by the I 135 / I 70 Drug Task Force. According to Task Force Commander, Lt. Jim Norton, 45-year-old Stephen M. Smith, Jr., of Salina was arrested Friday afternoon on multiple charges that include possession of methanphetimine with intent to sell. Lt. Norton tells KSAL News that a state ...

12 years ago
A team of university scientists has found that federal clean-air laws have helped forests recover from pollution. Kansas State University associate biology professor Jesse Nippert collaborated on the project with West Virginia University researchers. Kansas State says in a news release the researchers spent four years studying more than 100 years' worth of rings in Eastern red ...

12 years ago
Public health warnings have been issued for five Kansas lakes because of dangerous levels of toxic blue-green algae. Less restrictive advisories have been issued for three other lakes. The warnings from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment prohibit swimming, wading, skiing or other direct contact with the water. Lakes now under warnings include Hiawatha City Lake ...

12 years ago
The names of four more soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan will be added to a monument at Fort Riley as the northeast Kansas post marks the 12th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Wednesday's commemoration begins at 10 a.m. at the Global War on Terrorism monument, located between the parade field and the Cavalry Museum. ...

12 years ago
A Russell man is in custody after a standoff at a home that lasted nearly 8½ hours. Russell County Sheriff John Fletcher says the standoff began Sunday evening when the man barricaded himself in a home, and threatened either to shoot officers or commit suicide. The standoff ended early Monday. Fletcher says in a statement that officers ...