12 years ago
The Kansas Corporation Commission has formally approved Westar Energy's rate increase request, signing off on a $30.7 million settlement reached in September. Regulators announced the unanimous approval of the settlement Thursday. The deal was brokered by Westar, KCC staff and the Citizens' Utility Ratepayer Board. The increases in electric utility bills will take effect Dec. ...

12 years ago
A Boeing 747 that was mistakenly landed at a small Kansas airport has taken off and was expected to land soon at its original destination - a nearby Air Force base with a longer runway for the huge craft. Boeing's 747 Dreamlifter landed Wednesday evening at Col. James Jabara Airport, about 8 miles north of ...

12 years ago
U.S. Senator Jerry Moran is coming home to Kansas with his ears open. The former Big 1st Congressman joined in on the KSAL Morning News Thursday with a look at his upcoming Town Hall Meeting in Marion. With healthcare making headlines everyday, Senator Moran is expecting big crowds. Moran reflected on a meeting he held in McPherson County ...

12 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff's Office is investigating a hit and run accident that damaged a guard rail. Captain Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that deputies are hoping someone may know who knocked down a stop sign and twisted a guard rail on E. Mentor Road at S. Ohio sometime between Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday morning. The Sheriff's ...

12 years ago
A 19-year-old Salina woman is arrested on a charge of aggravated indecent liberties with a child. According to Lt. Scott Siemsen, police were contacted by a family member of a 15-year-old male, after an alleged incident took place in an east Salina home on Tuesday. Stacy M. Buchwald, 19 of Salina was arrested for allegedly having sexual ...

12 years ago
A powerful arts panel that must approve designs for memorials in the nation's capital is again objecting to plans for a memorial honoring President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Architect Frank Gehry designed a memorial park framed by large metal tapestries depicting the Kansas landscape of Eisenhower's boyhood home. Statues of Ike as president and World War ...

12 years ago
Salina Police are looking for a stolen car. Police say a purple, 1999 Saturn 4-door sedan was stolen sometime between Tuesday night and Wednesday morning around 9am. The owner told officers the keys were left on the seat of the unlocked vehicle as it sat parked on the street in the 1000 block of West Walnut. The car ...

12 years ago
A 15-year-old Topeka boy was in stable condition after walking into traffic while talking on his cellphone and being hit by a car. Police spokesman Lt. Mike Cross says the Hayden High School student was hit around 3:35 p.m. Wednesday after walking in front of a car whose driver didn't have time to react. ...

12 years ago
Boeing says a 747 jumbo jet used to haul parts for construction of its new 787 Dreamliner jet landed at the wrong Kansas airport. The plane maker says the Dreamlifter landed safely Wednesday evening at Col. James Jabara Airport, about eight miles from McConnell Air Force Base in Wichita where it was supposed to land. Although Jabara ...

12 years ago
The Kansas State University Police Department is investigating the death of a Kansas State University student. According to the school, on Wednesday night at approximately 10:35 the Kansas State University Police responded to a medical emergency in a residence hall parking lot. Upon arrival they found a male deceased in a vehicle. An investigation is being conducted ...

12 years ago
Ten sites have been nominated by a board of the Kansas Historical Society to be added to the National Register of Historic Places. The list announced Wednesday includes an eastern portion of the University of Kansas campus in Lawrence and two locations where the Oregon and California trials converged in Kansas. Other sites include two buildings in ...