13 years ago
Battery maker Exide Technologies is seeking Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as it attempts to restructure its U.S. business. The Milton, Ga., company says it plans to continue to operate globally during its reorganization. Exide Technologies makes batteries for vehicles and also provides stored electrical energy services for industrial applications. Exide says a highly leveraged balance sheet has limited ...

13 years ago
Police make two arrests after a witness sees a couple of men rummaging through cars in southwest Salina. According to Lt. Scott Siemsen, officers were called to the 3000 block of Castle Ct., on Saturday around 12:30am, after neighbors saw a couple of men opening car doors. Police located two 18-year-olds in the area and found them ...

13 years ago
Kansas will be holding back its final payment to a Minnesota company handling the state's new motor vehicle system until it is fully active and its problems are resolved. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports on Monday that the state previously said it was withholding the final 10 percent of its payment on the $25 million contract until ...

13 years ago
Salina Police are investigating two unrelated burglaries. Police say sometime between 11pm on June 6th and 8:45am June 7th, someone entered an apartment in the 400 block of W. Ash, and removed a pair of gold earrings, pearl necklace, radio controlled toy car and a 32-inch plasma TV. Officers reported no sign of forced entry. Total loss in ...

13 years ago
Superintendents from across Kansas plan to gather in Topeka to show support for the Common Core education standards. The superintendents will attend the Kansas State Board of Education meeting Tuesday to support the national math and English standards as good for Kansas schools. They also want to say the Education Board, not the Legislature, should be ...

13 years ago
The Salina campus of Kansas State University is upgrading its degree program in digital media. Campus dean and CEO Verna Fitzsimmons says the school has offered an associate degree in digital media for five years. She says it will be offered as a bachelor's degree track starting this fall to meet demand. Associate professor Bill Genereux describes ...

13 years ago
Law enforcement officers are looking for an inmate who walked away from the Barton County jail Sunday night. Sheriff Brian Belledir says guards discovered 23-year-old Lee W. Dean was not in his cell about 11 p.m. Sunday. Dean was jailed on probation violations and was not armed when he walked away. Belledir says it's possible Dean is heading ...

13 years ago
The chairwoman of the Kansas State Board of Education says it's uncertain when the panel will vote on proposed science standards for public schools. The board's agenda for a meeting Tuesday includes a vote on guidelines that would replace standards adopted in 2007. But Chairwoman Jana Shaver said she isn't sure the board will want to ...

13 years ago
After a rainy end to Saturday's events, sunshine returned to the Smoky Hill River Festival on Sunday and so did the crowds. Brad Anderson, Executive Director of Salina Arts and Humanities tells KSAL News that after losing four hours of activities on Saturday due to stormy weather, 8,873 festival goers returned for the final day. "It ...

13 years ago
A family of six is involved in a rollover crash along Interstate 70 in Dickinson County. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 30-year-old Barbara Boone from Covington, Ohio, was driving a car west and fell asleep. The car entered the north ditch and rolled, coming to rest on its top. Boone, and 30-year-old Thane Boone were both transported ...

13 years ago
A Topeka group is teaming up to help young people affected by the tornadoes that hit the Oklahoma City area. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that the Topeka Youth Project's Youth Council is coordinating with local youth groups and collecting items for teens and day care-aged children in Moore and El Reno, Oklahoma, and the surrounding areas ...