9 years ago
The attorney general’s office received more than 5,100 new applications for concealed carry licenses in the recently ended 2017 fiscal year. According to Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt, between July 1, 2016, and June 30, 2017, the Concealed Carry Licensing Unit received 5,119 new applications. This was the lowest number of applications received in a fiscal ...

9 years ago
Authorities say a person who suffered critical injuries after falling 25 feet was likely trying to jump a gap between two bridges in Kansas. The male was transported to a Topeka hospital Sunday evening with injuries that are considered life-threatening. He's believed to be between 17 and 20 years old. Topeka Police Lt. Aaron Jones says the ...

9 years ago
The latest government snapshot shows the Kansas winter wheat harvest is almost complete. The National Agricultural Statistics Service reported Monday that 93 percent of the wheat has been cut. That is near the 89 percent reported a year ago as well as the average for this time. The agency says warm, dry weather helped aided harvest ...

9 years ago
Federal immigration officials are being sued by the families of two people who authorities say were killed by a Mexican national in the U.S. illegally. The lawsuit filed in Kansas City, Kansas, alleges Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials negligently allowed Pablo Serrano-Vitorino to stay in the country illegally before he allegedly killed four people in Kansas ...

9 years ago
Kansas Wesleyan University and Rocking M Media have renewed the long-standing broadcast agreement between the two entities for the upcoming 2017-18 academic year. During the last year, Rocking M Media acquired the group of radio stations formerly owned by Alpha Media, which included KSAL-FM (FM 104.9, the home of the Coyotes) and KSAL-AM (1150 AM, the ...

9 years ago
Scrap metal laws in Kansas have changed. According to Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt, significant portions of the Scrap Metal Theft Reduction Act have been suspended by the Kansas Legislature. But some of the law remains in effect. “People buying and selling scrap metal should be aware that the Legislature has suspended part of the law but ...

9 years ago
A former caretaker is set to go on trial this fall on charges alleging that she doctored the will of her western Kansas employer to make herself the primary beneficiary of his more than $20 million estate instead of the Fort Hays State University Foundation. A federal mail fraud trial for Wanda Oborny is set for ...

9 years ago
The families of two people allegedly killed by a Mexican national who was in the U.S. illegally are suing federal immigration officials. The lawsuit filed in federal court in Kansas City, Kansas, alleges Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials negligently allowed Pablo Serrano-Vitorino to stay in the country illegally before he allegedly killed four people in Kansas ...

9 years ago
Police are searching for someone who entered an unfenced backyard in the 200 lock of N. Columbia and stole a 1985 Coleman Williamsburg pop-up camper. The camper has a black top, cream body and is valued at $2,500.     Someone used a BB gun to damage six windows at Sunset Elementary School, 1510 W. Republic. The damaged ...

9 years ago
A semi-automatic handgun was stolen from an SUV at a Salina car lot. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that sometime between June 8 and July 8, someone removed a .40 caliber Glock model 23 from the center console of a 2017 Lincoln Navigator owned by North McArthur at Long McArthur Ford, 3450 S.9th. Police say ...

9 years ago
A Salina man was sentenced Monday to 20 years in federal prison on drug and gun charges. According to U.S. Attorney Tom Beall, 36-year-old Jason Lars Sheets pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and one count of brandishing firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking. In his plea, he admitted he was a ...