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 ...

10 years ago
Authorities say a body found in a Kansas creek has been identified as that of an 11-year-old boy swept away by high waters late last month. Crews had been searching since May 27 when Devon Cooley went missing after he fell into fast-moving water from heavy rains. Authorities said the boy and some friends had been ...

10 years ago
Police are investigating a theft from a home at 2406 Pheasant that occurred sometime between May 6th and 7th. Deb Mullen told officers someone stole a 2 karat diamond ring with a white gold band and a Sterling silver/jasper bracelet. Loss is listed at $12,075.   Keith Penrey of Salina contacted police after discovering that a known ...

10 years ago
A Salina woman who was looking for work, is scammed online in a business franchise scheme. Police say the woman in her 40's was convinced she was buying a share of a franchise for a nation wide cleaning company - and sent $2,400 to secure the contract. Police Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that over the ...

10 years ago
A Lyons man suffers a possible broken arm following a rollover crash and a fall into a creek. Deputies spent the overnight hours searching for a 37-year-old Jeremy Fundenberger after they were called to the scene of a crash Tuesday night. Saline County Undersheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that Fundenberger apparently lost control of his 2015 ...

10 years ago
Gov. Sam Brownback is preparing to set the date for a special session of the Kansas Legislature on school funding. The Republican governor plans to sign a proclamation Wednesday afternoon formally calling the GOP-dominated Legislature into special session. He wants lawmakers to respond to a state Supreme Court order last month declaring that public schools won't be ...

10 years ago
According to some, it has been more than ten years since members of Saline County’s two employee bargaining units met openly with County Commissioners.  Nine representatives from the “correctional officers” and classified bargaining units met with Commissioners for 45 minutes. Spokesman Lieutenant Scott Anderson focused on the importance of retention, which he defined as “acquiring and ...

10 years ago
Combines are rolling across wheat fields in south-central Kansas. Elevators in in the Kiowa area as well as those in Cowley and Sumner counties are now receiving grain. Justin Gilpin, the executive director of the industry group Kansas Wheat, said Tuesday early reports show good test weights. He says people are anxious to get into the field ...

10 years ago
Elevated blood lead levels in over two-dozen Salina children have prompted an investigation by state officials, and an upcoming public meeting. According to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, the agency will hold a public information session on Tuesday, June 21st,  at 6:30 p.m. at the Salina Community Theatre. KDHE staff will discuss and take questions ...