9 years ago
The Senate has confirmed school choice activist Betsy DeVos as Education secretary, with Vice President Mike Pence breaking a 50-50 tie. The Senate historian says it was the first time a vice president had to break a tie on a Cabinet nomination. Two Republicans joined Democrats Tuesday to vote to derail DeVos' nomination. Republicans Susan Collins of ...

9 years ago
Former Democratic presidential contender Bernie Sanders is scheduled to speak at the Kansas Democratic Party's Washington Days convention later this month. The party announced Tuesday that the Vermont senator will speak at the convention Feb. 24-25 in Topeka but details of his appearance were not released. The Vermont senator faced Hillary Clinton in the nomination for Democratic ...

9 years ago
Republican Gov. Sam Brownback says budget-balancing proposals to increase Kansas personal income taxes would cut against national trends. Brownback said Tuesday that he thinks it's a mistake for lawmakers to consider broad increases in income taxes to help balance the state budget. The governor has criticized a plan from Senate GOP leaders to increase income taxes to ...

9 years ago
A civil rights advisory panel says a Kansas law requiring people to show photo ID at the polls and provide proof-of-citizenship documents to register to vote may discriminate against minorities. It also urges the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division to investigate whether the Kansas law violates federal voting laws. The Kansas City Star first reported on the ...

9 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a vehicle burglary that occurred during the overnight hours between Sunday night and Monday morning. Police say Phelan Gagnon parked his 2006 Chevy Cobalt on the lot at Auto Zone, 1916 S. 9th with a For Sale sign in the window. When he checked on his car Monday around 7am he discovered someone ...

9 years ago
Parents and teachers say they're facing challenges with children after Wichita Public Schools trimmed 15 days from the academic calendar and added 30 minutes to each school day. The Wichita Eagle reports the new schedule comes after last year's $3 million budget cut. With Kansas facing a potential $900 million budget shortfall over the next 18 ...

9 years ago
Top Republicans in the Kansas Senate have outlined a plan to backtrack on personal income tax cuts championed by GOP Gov. Sam Brownback. A bill before the Senate tax committee Monday would raise $660 million over two years. The state faces projected budget shortfalls totaling nearly $1.1 billion through June 2019. Senate Majority Leader and Overland Park ...

9 years ago
A Salina couple wakes to discover a hole in the windshield of their car and find a golf club in the front seat. Police say someone shattered the front glass on a 2008 Dodge Charger that was parked in the 1400 block Teakwood sometime between midnight and 5:30am Saturday. Damage is estimated at $1,200.

9 years ago
A Salina man was knocked unconscious outside a bar early Friday morning. 25-year-old Ethan Choitz told police officers he was jumped outside Big Nose Kate's Saloon, 121 N. Santa Fe around 1:40am. Police say Choitz was punched numerous times and was knocked out. He told officers when he awoke on the pavement he saw 3 or 4 ...

9 years ago
No one was injured in an early morning vehicle fire that destroyed a car and burned some grass near a road in northeast Saline County. Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that Mariah Davis of Salina noticed her 1992 Toyota Corolla was overheating from a leaking radiator and pulled over in the 7800 block of E. ...

9 years ago
Police find a box of marijuana in a baby's bed and charge the mother of five with endangering her children. Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that a concerned neighbor contacted police about a disturbance inside a home at 879 Navaho Ave. on Saturday around 5pm. Police arrested 25-year-old Alexandria Moreno on multiple charges after officers found ...