10 years ago
A Brookville teenager was transported to the hospital after a two vehicle crash involving an ambulance from Lindsborg. Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that 17-year-old Tel Phelps of Brookville was ejected from the car he was driving Sunday evening around 8:20pm, when he turned left in front of an ambulance that was headed eastbound on ...

10 years ago
Another one of Salina's Most Wanted has been caught. According to the Saline County Sheriff's Office, 11 people on the latest list have now been caught. The latest arrest is Donald Smith. He was wanted for felony drug crimes and criminal use of a weapon. Those on the list this month are wanted for crimes that include ...

10 years ago
Fort Hays State University is saying that a banner put up by students is disturbing and a form of gender violence. A photo circulating online last week showed a group of Fort Hays State University students displaying a banner that reads "Freshman Daughter Drop-off" at their off-campus residence. In a statement, Fort Hays State President Mirta Martin ...

10 years ago
  The July employment report is raising concerns in Topeka after the state Department of Labor reported the state shed 5,600 jobs last month. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports private-sector jobs fell by 4,600 jobs in July, with the biggest drop in professional and business services. For the year, Kansas has lost 700 private-sector jobs, despite assurances from ...

10 years ago
  The search continues for a Wichita, Kansas, man whose pickup truck was swept away by floodwaters. Sixty-two-year-old Richard Lowery went missing after torrential storms dropped up to 7 inches of rain in southern Kansas on Friday night. Butler County Sheriff Kelly Herzet says Lowery and his son were in their truck near a creek south of Rose ...

10 years ago
Fifty-seven percent of Americans are dissatisfied with the choice between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, according to the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll earlier this month. But, can third-party presidential candidates Jill Stein and Gary Johnson turn that dissatisfaction into votes this November? Asked how they would vote in a four-way race including Johnson and Stein, ...

10 years ago
A lesbian pastor will leave her United Methodist Church in Edgerton at the end of August to avoid a church trial to determine if she should be ousted. Methodist officials and pastor Cynthia Meyer agreed in early August that she would give up her duties and go on involuntary leave. Her leave will begin Sept. 1. The ...

10 years ago
A motorcyclist who fled from law enforcement at speeds well over 130 mph has been taken into custody after a 10-minute pursuit that ended at the man's home. The man, who appeared to be in his 20s, was taken into custody around 1 p.m. Saturday after he went into his home as troopers in a helicopter ...

10 years ago
Bethany College will welcome five new professors to campus when classes begin on August 25. Two new professors will join the Bethany College Art Department. Nelson Smith, assistant professor of painting and drawing, will serve as the department’s new chair. Professor Smith most recent experience is as a professor in the Department of Art at Kansas ...

10 years ago
The July employment report is raising concerns in Topeka after the state Department of Labor reported the state shed 5,600 jobs last month. The Topeka Capital-Journal (http://bit.ly/2b8kZ0n) reports private-sector jobs fell by 4,600 jobs in July, with the biggest drop in professional and business services. For the year, Kansas has lost 700 private-sector jobs, despite assurances ...

10 years ago
Three people were hurt when a car crashed into a horse drawn trailer in rural Dickinson County Friday afternoon. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 26-year-old Bridgette Warnke of Abilene was driving a 2010 Nissan Versa, headed north on K43 Highway. She struck a horse drawn trailer that was also headed north. Warnke, who was buckled up, ...