9 years ago
A Kansas Department of Corrections employee is no longer working for the agency after he mistakenly sent an email to a newspaper that advised downplaying the need for a special legislative session because of political considerations. Jimmy Caprio, the department's legislative liaison, sent the email to The Kansas City Star Friday after the newspaper asked about ...

9 years ago
A former Salina high school football standout is living out a boyhood dream, going to the college and playing for the team he grew up idolizing. Dalton Harman, who capped his career as a linebacker at Salina South by playing in a state championship game, is currently a red shirt junior on the Kansas State ...

9 years ago
A spelling mistake on a water tower in Wichita that drew national attention and a lot of laughs has been corrected. The water tower on Wichita State University campus carried the name Wichita Staty Universite" for a few hours on Friday before it was corrected. Alan King, the city's public works and utilities director, said the incorrect ...

9 years ago
Salina Fire Chief Kevin Royse and Rocking M Media/KSAL News Director Todd Pittenger sat down this week for a chat on Salina Community Access Television's "Your City in Action". The two touched on numerous topics, including things like the structure of the Salina Fire Department, fire protection and prevention, technical rescues, and possible upcoming equipment and ...

9 years ago
A Kansas police officer is out of a job in the wake of a government watchdog's complaint to regulators about a 1995 conviction in a California misdemeanor domestic violence case. Marion Police Officer Michael A. Stone's last day on the job is Saturday. The city says he worked there since September 2012, and it appreciates his ...

9 years ago
A missing child has been recovered, suspects are in custody, and an Amber Alert is cancelled. Police in the Kansas City area had been seeking Jace Brunt, who was believed to have been kidnapped by his non custodial father. According to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation the child has been recovered safe and the father is in ...

9 years ago
A Republican lawmaker who advocates increasing pay for Kansas corrections officers is calling for a special session of the Legislature to do it immediately. Rep. J.R. Claeys of Salina said Friday that he worries that staffing shortages at state prisons are putting officers at risk. Claeys is chairman of a House budget subcommittee on public safety and ...

9 years ago
A Catholic priest has been returned from Maryland to face Kansas charges that he had inappropriate sexual contact with children. The Kansas City Star reports that 35-year-old Scott Kallal was processed Thursday night at the Wyandotte County Detention Center in Kansas City, Kansas, where he is jailed on $250,000 bond. Kallal was arrested in Maryland last month ...

9 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a damage to property case after a company vehicle owned by Dollar General was scratched while parked at the store at 654 S. Broadway. Police say sometime between July 28 and August 3, someone scratched the paint on a 2015 Chevy Malibu that is driven by one of Dollar's district managers and ...

9 years ago
Salina Police are reviewing surveillance video from Wal-Mart after a couple of 'quick change artists' scammed the cashier out of $1,000. Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that on Wednesday evening around 6pm, two black males began their scheme while buying a roll of clear tape with a $100 bill. Police say one man acted as a ...

9 years ago
Three companies are seeking a contract with Kansas to build a new prison in Lansing to replace the state's oldest and largest lockup there. Corrections Secretary Joe Norwood told lawmakers Thursday of the three bidders. But he declined to name them, saying staff advised him he couldn't for now. But the Department of Administration disclosed their names ...