9 years ago
Five years after a tornado killed one person, injured about a dozen more and destroyed up to 40 percent of the small eastern Kansas town of Harveyville, officials are proud of the rebuilding progress but acknowledge more needs to be done. The EF-2 tornado hit Harveyville, in Wabaunsee County just after 9 p.m. on Feb. 28, ...

9 years ago
A stolen vehicle turned up in Solomon on Sunday. John Klassen reported his 1998 Toyota Avalon as stolen on Saturday night in Salina. Salina Police say that the vehicle was stolen by a known suspect between 10:00-10:30 P.M. on Saturday night. The following day, Dickinson County police spotted the white Toyota in the neighboring community of Solomon, with ...

9 years ago
Authorities say two grass fires have burned about 6,000 acres in central Kansas but no injuries and little damage has been reported. State officials say crews were using two helicopters Monday to dump water on the fires, which are 80 to 90 percent contained. The National Weather Service says dry, shifting winds, with gusts of up ...

9 years ago
High school basketball is down to its final week. The eight best teams in every class are ready to slug it out on the hardwood for the state championship, including multiple Salina area schools. Saline County sends four teams to the big dance. State bound Saline County teams include: Salina Central (boys & girls) Sacred Heart boys ...

9 years ago
A judge is weighing the fate of two federal lawsuits in Kansas challenging the constitutionality of a state law requiring prospective voters to prove their U.S. citizenship. U.S. District Judge Julie Robinson didn't indicate when she would rule after presiding over a three-hour hearing Friday in Kansas City, Kansas, on motions seeking partial summary judgment. At the ...

9 years ago
Kansas State officials say the university will reduce its budget by $6 million. President Richard Myers said Friday the cuts to the current fiscal year budget are in response to a drop in enrollment and uncertain state funding. The Manhattan Mercury reports the cuts represent a 2.21 percent across-the-board reduction. Department heads will be responsible for determining ...

9 years ago
Officials worry this year's potential for a fire outbreak in Kansas could be worse than last year, when the state saw its biggest known wildfire. Jim Unruh, a volunteer fire department chief in Marquette, helped fight last year's Anderson Creek blaze that charred 390,000 acres in Oklahoma and Kansas. Unruh tells The Wichita Eagle that this year ...

9 years ago
A big tax increase for Kansas appears inevitable as the state wrestles with budget problems. Even many Republicans are focused on rolling back past income tax cuts that are GOP Gov. Sam Brownback's biggest political legacy. GOP moderates were working with Democrats in both chambers. A state Supreme Court ruling this week that the state isn't spending ...

9 years ago
     The Abilene High School basketball teams advanced to the 4A Division I basketball tournament in Salina next week with a pair of wins over Ottawa.  The two games couldn’t have been more different.  In the first game the Cowgirls cruised to a 65-30 victory over The Lady Cyclones, while in the second game ...

9 years ago
A three vehicle crash involving two SUVs and a motorcycle sent two people to the hospital in Salina Saturday afternoon. Salina Police Officer Kyle Jacobs told KSAL News at the scene witnesses say that the crash was caused by an SUV failing to stop at red light. According to Jacobs a Nissan SUV was headed east on ...

9 years ago
      It will be an all Abilene Ottawa final Saturday night in the Abilene Sub-State.  The Cowgirls punched their ticket to the final tonight with an impressive 71-41 victory over El Dorado. The top seeded Cowgirls used a 16-2 run over the final 3:27 of the first half to turn an eight point ...