10 years ago
The 40th Smoky Hill River Festival got off to a rousing start Thursday night. KSAL's Clarke Sanders took the stage, in front of an overflow crowd surrounding the Eric Stein Stage in Oakdale Park, and announced the first band to kickoff the official opening event. The Festival Jam officially started the annual party in the ...

10 years ago
Weather conditions this year have been the perfect recipe to allow the Kansas winter wheat crop to mature to perfection. "Because we had the right kind of conditions for that wheat crop to finish out through May," said Justin Gilpin, CEO of the Kansas Wheat Commission. Gilpin tells KSAL News that a hint of green remains in ...

10 years ago
A top Republican legislator is drafting a proposed amendment to the Kansas Constitution to prevent courts from shutting down public schools in lawsuits over education funding. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Jeff King said he plans to have the panel review the proposal during a meeting next week. The Independence Republican also is Senate vice president. King's panel ...

10 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a damage to property case after a car window was smashed. Police report that just after midnight Thursday morning someone used a blunt object to shatter the rear passenger window on a 1995 Lexus that was parked at 2153 Tulane. Damage is estimated at $600.

10 years ago
A Bennington man is awaiting a court appearance in Salina to hear charges that he had sexual intercourse with a female victim without her consent. Officers arrested 29-year-old Jordan L. Brehm on Wednesday after the victim who is in her 20's called police. Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that Brehm was still inside the home located ...

10 years ago
After debuting its inaugural flight training course to unmanned aircraft systems students in January, the UAS program on Kansas State University’s Polytechnic Campus is expanding that offering to now include its first national professional client. Under the Section 333 exemption received from the Federal Aviation Administration in fall 2015, Kansas State Polytechnic’s UAS program is providing ...

10 years ago
The Wichita police department is investigating after about 30 egrets were found dead in a residential area. Egrets are protected by federal law and that it's illegal to kill or injure the birds. People are also not allowed to harass or move them once they've nested. The department has been working on the case with the Kansas ...

10 years ago
Junction City police say a 25-year-old Fort Riley soldier was shot during a disturbance at an apartment. Officers called to an apartment early Thursday found evidence a shooting had occurred. The victim then called officers to report he had been involved in the shooting. The solider was flown to a Topeka hospital, where he underwent surgery. A 32-year-old ...

10 years ago
A war of words is being waged at a Kansas military base after a highly decorated retired officer was disinvited from a prayer breakfast because of complaints about his outspoken Christian conservative views. Retired Lt. Gen. Jerry Boykin was scheduled to speak Monday at Fort Riley as part of the 1st Infantry Division's "Victory Week." Boykin spent ...

10 years ago
Kansas lawmakers will convene in Topeka for a special session on June 23rd to begin hammering out a plan to rewrite school finance on the order of Governor Sam Brownback. "I believe that whatever solution that the legislature comes up with is going to be very difficult to come up with something that's going to be ...

10 years ago
Gov. Sam Brownback is having the Kansas Legislature's special session on education funding start June 23. The Republican governor signed a proclamation Wednesday formally summoning the GOP-dominated Legislature back to the Statehouse. He wants lawmakers to respond to a state Supreme Court order last month declaring that public schools won't be able to open after June 30 ...