10 years ago
HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) - For the first time in nearly six years, Kansas is officially considered drought-free. The Hutchinson News reports the current U.S. Drought Monitor map of Kansas says no drought exists in the state for the first time since July 13, 2010. One of the worst droughts in the state's history began in the summer ...

10 years ago
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - Protesters will come to Wichita this summer for the 25th anniversary of the tumultuous anti-abortion event called the Summer of Mercy. But since 1991, the broader anti-abortion movement has splintered into disaffected factions and its strategies have evolved with the shifting political and legal landscape. Growing restrictions placed by state legislatures on abortion ...

10 years ago
It appears that there will be at least a three person race for the Republican nomination for the 24th District of the Kansas Senate that encompasses the Salina area. The incumbent, a Salina City Commissioner, and a Saline County Commissioner are all vying for the position. At a legislative update session Saturday morning Senator Tom Arpke ...

10 years ago
The four Salina area lawmakers were back home Saturday to provide a warp-up on the 2016 Legislative Session in Topeka. A crowd of about 50 people participated in a question and answer session Saturday with Senator Tom Arpke and  State Representatives, Steven Johnson, Diana Dierks and J.R. Claeys. Much of the conversation centered on money and education. While ...

10 years ago
A restored World War II aircraft might be flying over Kansas in the next few weeks. The Federal Aviation Administration on Friday awarded a certificate of airworthiness for the B-29 bomber known as "Doc" to a nonprofit group based in Wichita that has worked for 16 years to restore it. The Wichita Eagle reports (http://bit.ly/1U5MoP6) the certificate ...

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The remains of a U.S. Navy member killed in the Pearl Harbor attack will be returned to be buried in his hometown in Kansas nearly 75 years after his death. The  remains of Navy Seaman 2nd Class Dale Pearce will be flown by military escort to Tulsa. Family members, escorted by the Oklahoma Highway Patrol and local ...

10 years ago
Salina Police will be out in force over the next two weeks looking for drunk drivers, texting drivers and seat belt violations. Police Captain Chris Trocheck tells KSAL News that beginning Monday, May 23rd through Saturday, June 4th extra officers will be on patrol city wide looking for drivers who are texting or drunk and occupants ...

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A former U.S. Army explosives expert has been charged with illegally possessing grenades after investigators found several explosives at his Kansas home. Forty-two-year-old John Panchalk of Overland Park, Kansas, was charged Friday with one count of possessing two fragmentation grenades unregistered to him in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record. Panchalk was initially charged by Kansas ...

10 years ago
Police are investigating a damage to property case after a couple of windows at Acoustic Sounds were shattered. Police say sometime between Monday evening at 6:30pm and 8am Tuesday morning, someone used a BB gun to shoot two windows at the sound business located at 605 West North Street. Damage is estimated at $1,200.   A 73-year-old ...

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A Salina student has won a full scholarship to study music theater at Wichita State University. Wichita State University's College of Fine Arts has named Xan Mattek the recipient of the 2016 Armstrong Scholarship. Mattek graduated from Salina Central High School last Sunday. She will begin studying music theater at Wichita State in the fall. A participant in ...

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Area law enforcement officers have your ticket to grill this summer - when you support Kansas Special Olympics at today's lunch you can also pitch in a donation and pick up a ticket to win a new Traeger Grill. Investigator Scott Trembley with the Saline County Sheriff's Office tells KSAL News that this week's Torch Run ...