9 years ago
Authorities have charged a teenager in connection with a reported sexual assault at a high school in suburban Kansas City. The Johnson County district attorney's office said Wednesday that the 15-year-old male is charged with aggravated indecent liberties with a child, which is a felony, and lewd and lascivious behavior, a misdemeanor. A female freshman at Shawnee ...

9 years ago
A fraternity at the University of Missouri has been suspended while officials investigate reports of racial and sexist slurs. The Delta Upsilon national organization suspended its chapter at the university Wednesday after an incident in which members were accused of shouting slurs at black students late Tuesday. The university is investigating after two black female students said ...

9 years ago
A civilian employee accused of setting a co-worker on fire at a health center at Kansas' Fort Leavenworth is facing an additional charge in a new federal indictment. Grand jurors on Wednesday in Kansas City, Kansas, indicted 54-year-old Clifford Currie of Leavenworth with one count each of assault with intent to commit murder and of assault ...

9 years ago
Another mountain lion has been documented in Kansas. According to the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks, and Tourism, a hunter  in Rawlins County had quite the surprise this month when checking his trail cam photos. A lone mountain lion was caught in a couple frames. The clarity of the shots provide a crystal clear image of the ...

9 years ago
Their smiles are captured in time - as they serve time in Kansas prisons. The Faces of Change exhibition by photographer Nick Vedros, now at the Salina Art Center is a collection of black and white portraits, taken of inmates that shine far beyond a mugshot. "He has humanized his subjects," said Bill North, Executive Director Salina ...

9 years ago
Authorities say a 12-year-old driver has struck a convenience store worker with a pickup truck, knocking the 71-year-old employee through a plate glass window. The employee was sent to a Wichita hospital with a possible leg fracture after being hit Tuesday while picking up trash outside the store in the small town of Walton. The young driver ...

9 years ago
A Kansas judge has ordered Secretary of State Kris Kobach to notify thousands of people who hadn't provided documents proving their citizenship that they will be allowed to vote for all offices in the November election. Shawnee County District Judge Larry Hendricks' order affects more than 19,545 voters who registered at motor vehicle offices or with ...

9 years ago
Salina Police are investigating after an argument turned violent on a porch. Police say a group of people were having a disagreement at a home located in the 2000 block of Page on Sunday , when a known suspect kicked an exterior door and shattered the glass window. Damage is estimated at $500.

9 years ago
The Salina Fire Department responded to a blaze that was sparked by a container of solvent at a business on Tuesday afternoon. According to Saline County Undersheriff Roger Soldan, firefighters were called to the distribution center at Advance Auto, 3633 S.9th at 3:55pm Tuesday. Soldan says a five gallon bucket of solvent dropped off a pallet while ...

9 years ago
No one was hurt after shots were fired at an occupied home in Salina early Wednesday. Police Sergeant Jim Feldman tells KSAL News that three adults were awakened by bullets hitting their house located at 2136 Huntington just after 2am Wednesday morning. Police say the shots were fired from a vehicle that then drove away from the ...

9 years ago
A Salina area man involved in a racist incident at Bethany College has been trying to gain a foothold in state politics. Chalk outlines of bodies and messages, including “Make Lindsborg White Again,” scrawled on Bethany College sidewalks earlier this month rattled the campus and surrounding community. A police report of the chalkings from Sept. 3 names ...