9 years ago
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach says county election offices are sorting through thousands of records to identify voters affected by a recent federal court order. The Wichita Eagle reports that the effort stems from last week's ruling blocking Kansas and two other states from requiring proof of citizenship from people who register to vote using ...

9 years ago
A small earthquake, centered near Lindsborg, shook Central Kansas late Wednesday night. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, a 2.5 magnitude earthquake was felt.  The earthquake, which happened at 10:55 Wednesday night, was centered 13.7 miles east / northeast of Lindsborg. There are reports of the quake being felt in Salina, Wichita, Hays, Lawrence, and as far ...

9 years ago
Salina Police are looking for a known suspect who strangled a woman and threatened to kill her during a domestic dispute. Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that the woman who is in her 30's ran to a neighbors home for help after the suspect left. Police say the incident began in an east Salina home on ...

9 years ago
The Kansas Board of Regents is urging the governor and lawmakers to restore higher education funding. The regents took the stance Wednesday unanimously and without comment. For fiscal years 2018 and 2019, their proposal calls for reinstating about $30 million per year sliced from the fiscal 2017 budget. The cuts announced in May represented a 4 percent ...

9 years ago
Plans to restrict smoking to specific areas of the Kansas State Fair burned out for this year's fair. After much debate, the fair board voted in May 2015 to establish designated smoking areas across the fairgrounds for this year's fair. The effort was led by a Reno County youth organization called Communities that Care. The designated smoking ...

9 years ago
Rolling Hills Zoo will be hosting Salina’s only Plein Air event during Art Gone Wild on Saturday, September 17th.  During this one-day explosion of art in the park, thirty regional artists will be set up on the Zoo grounds where they will be drawing their inspiration from the diverse beauty around them. “We have artists coming ...

9 years ago
The American Saddlebred Association of Kansas is holding its annual charity horse show this weekend at Agriculture Hall iat Kenwood Park in Salina. According to the organization, they are celebrating the 75th  year of the show. It has been held in Salina every one of those 75 years. There will be over 200 horses at the show, ...

9 years ago
A small earthquake shook parts of north central Kansas Wednesday morning. According to the  U.S. Geological Survey, the 3.5 magnitude earthquake was felt Wednesday morning in Ellis County. The earthquake, which happened at 7:12 in the morning, was centered 4.3 miles north of Ellis. The USGS says a quake of 3.5 magnitude causes weak to light shaking. No ...

9 years ago
Scientists say in ancient times, it leaped out of the Kansas Sea to breath air and hunted its prey underwater with a burst of speed. The swimming reptile known as Mosasaurs will be the featured topic Thursday night during a free presentation at Kansas Wesleyan University. "We have a nearly complete skeleton at the museum," said Ian ...

9 years ago
The man convicted of killing abortion provider George Tiller will face a new jury which will be tasked this fall with deciding how long he must stay in prison before he is eligible for parole. Sedgwick County District Court records show resentencing procedures for Scott Roeder have been set to begin Nov. 28. A status conference ...

9 years ago
A Salina man was arrested on burglary and theft charges. Police took 36-year-old Robert Hewitt into custody on Tuesday after recovering several stolen item that were found in his house. Police say sometime between 10am Friday and noon on Saturday, Hewitt entered the home of an acquaintance in the 300 block of N. Kansas and took an ...