9 years ago
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback is looking to take an ambassadorship in President Donald Trump's administration. The White House announced Wednesday that Trump will nominate the Republican governor to serve as ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom. If confirmed by the Senate, he'll run the State Department's office of International Religious Freedom. Brownback has scheduled a news conference Thursday ...

9 years ago
Jeff Colyer has been a loyal lieutenant governor to GOP Gov. Sam Brownback since 2011 and is preparing to become Kansas governor after nearly a decade of helping fellow conservative Republicans shape health care policy. Colyer is a plastic surgeon who squeezed in international medical relief missions in disaster and war zones. Colyer would be elevated to ...

9 years ago
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback's office isn't saying when he plans to leave office because President Donald Trump plans to nominate him to serve as ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom. Brownback spokeswoman Melika Willoughby said the two-term Republican governor would hold a news conference on Thursday. But Kansas Republican Party Chairman Kelly Arnold said Wednesday he would expect ...

9 years ago
Several hundred people in Wichita have shown up for a nonexistent job fair after a newspaper article about an event two years ago began circulating on social media. Nearly 300 people showed up to Spirit AeroSystems last weekend after someone shared the newspaper's story about a job fair in 2015 as if it were a new ...

9 years ago
Midway through the "100 Deadliest Days" nearly 500 teens in Kansas have been involved in crashes. According to AAA Kansas, since the start of the Memorial Day weekend, the kickoff of the period known as the “100 Deadliest Days,” teen drivers (age 15-19) have been involved in 490 crashes across Kansas, resulting in three deaths and ...

9 years ago
Wichita emergency responders rescued a man who was critically injured after he fell about 20 feet inside a grain bin. Deputy Fire Chief Brad Crisp says the man suffered multiple injuries when he fell Wednesday morning at the grain bin in north Wichita. Firefighters and emergency responders were challenged getting access to the man. Crisp says the ...

9 years ago
Authorities have rescued a kidnapping victim and arrested three people after a police chase ended in a crash near Wichita. The Wichita Eagle reports that the chase started Tuesday when officers spotted a vehicle that was believed to be connected to a disturbance at a Wichita hotel in which a witness saw a woman being forced ...

9 years ago
Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that he wants local residents to be aware of asphalt salesmen after one was reported in Saline County. Soldan says that a female called in about an asphalt salesmen coming to her home in the 3800 block of E. Spillman Rd. The lady said that the salesmen did not have a ...

9 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff's Office and Fire District #1 were dispatched to a property just south of the city of Salina because of a small fire from a tractor. Sheriff Soldan says that authorities were called to 3419 S. Holmes Rd. where two men were working to contain a fire. James Becker was working on a 1957 ...

9 years ago
Salina Police responded to a discharge of a firearm  at a residence early on Wednesday morning. Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that Brett Miller, 31, says that his neighbor discharged a gun in to his residence at 441 S. Connecticut. Police arrived on scene at 4:53 A.M. They spoke with the neighbor and shooter, James Nestler, ...

9 years ago
Authorities have rescued a kidnapping victim and arrested three people after a police chase ended in a crash near Wichita. The chase started Tuesday when officers spotted a vehicle that was believed to be connected to a disturbance at a Wichita hotel in which a witness saw a woman being forced into a vehicle at gunpoint. Officer ...