9 years ago
More than 35 high school bands from Kansas and Oklahoma, including the Salina South high School band, are participating Saturday in the 30th annual Central States Marching Festival at Kansas State University. "The Central States Marching Festival has grown to be one of the most — if not the most — comprehensive, educational, beneficial and well-run ...

9 years ago
A Salina woman has turned her love of quilting into a business. A ceremonial ribbon cutting this week signaled the start of a new Salina business. The name says it all. Smoky Hill Quilting is all about quilting. Owner Becky Peterson has been sewing for 46 years, and quilting for 33 years. She can do most everything, ...

9 years ago
Three men from southwest Kansas were charged in federal court here today with conspiring to detonate a bomb at an apartment complex in Garden City where Muslim immigrants from Somalia live and worship, Acting U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said. A criminal complaint unsealed today alleged the men conducted surveillance to size up potential targets, stockpiled firearms, ...

9 years ago
A case involving the fatal shooting of a Salina South High School student back in May of 2015 finally came to a conclusion, when the final defendant was sentenced Friday afternoon. Judge Rene Young sentenced 20-year-old Jerome Forbes to a total of 68 months in prison. Forbes had pled to charges that include Involuntary Manslaughter, Felony ...

9 years ago
A recent study from the U.S. Geological Survey says the largest recorded earthquake in Kansas history was likely the result of waste water injected into the ground by one or two nearby wells. The 4.9 magnitude earthquake happened in November 2014 about 40 miles southwest of Wichita. The report, which will be published in Seismological Research Letters ...

9 years ago
Better together. That's what officials from Westar Energy and Great Plains Energy, doing business as Kansas City Power and Light, say they will be after a merger between the two utilities is complete. Leaders from both companies were in Salina Friday to discuss the merger of the two largest utility operators in Kansas and Missouri. Terry Bassham ...

9 years ago
The Blues are coming back home to Salina. For the 19th consecutive year, Blues Masters at the Crossroads will present  two nights of live music - steeped in blues tradition. "It has really evolved, it grew in reputation pretty quickly among the international blues community," said Marc Sheforgen with Acoustic Sounds of Salina. "We continue to draw fans ...

9 years ago
A Salina man was arrested in connection to a home invasion and assault that took place back in September. Captain Mike Sweeeny tells KSAL News that 28-year-old Thaddeus Hopkins was arrested Thursday and is now facing charges that include battery, aggravated assault and robbery for his part in a crime at a home in the 300 ...

9 years ago
Kansas congresswoman Lynn Jenkins and a fellow Republican candidate are not withdrawing previous endorsements of GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump over sexual assault allegations against him. Jenkins told The Associated Press on Thursday: "I'm not going to come out with a new statement on the presidential race every time a new headline hits the papers." The Republican ...

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Authorities are investigating a suspicious package found Friday morning on the grounds of the Statehouse in Topeka. Kansas Highway Patrol spokeswoman Andrea Nolte said in a press release that a man entered the Topeka Police Department to report that someone had left a barrel with a hazardous material label on it near the Capitol Building. He did ...

9 years ago
Four Kansas children have died in accidental shootings since January 2014, including the 3-year-old son of a sheriff's deputy who was less than a year into his law enforcement career when tragedy struck. Data compiled by The Associated Press and the USA TODAY Network over a 2 1/2-year span show three of the Kansas deaths involved ...