10 years ago
Negative publicity and low pay has Kansas law enforcement agencies struggling to recruit new officers at a time when agencies have hundreds of openings but not enough qualified applicants to fill them. With law enforcement feeling the heat of public scrutiny, some recruiters say young people are opting for better-paying careers that don't have so much ...

10 years ago
A fire Sunday evening badly damaged one half of a Central Salina duplex. First responders were called at around 6:00 to the report of a fire a 404 Rahm. Salina Fire Department Captain Jeff Rittel told KSAL News at the scene that one half of the duplex was fully involved when the first crews arrived. All ...

10 years ago
Freezing rain that has been persisting across portions Kansas since Thanksgiving Day has kept first responders busy. Slick roads have prompted numerous crashes and slide-offs throughout Central Kansas. Late Friday into Saturday the Salina Police Department, Saline County Sheriff's Office, Salina Fire Department and EMS, and rural firefighters worked over two dozen weather-related emergency calls. On ...

10 years ago
A winter storm  that began on Thanksgiving Day will continue to impact most of Kansas again on Sunday. According to the National Weather Service, ongoing freezing rain will continue to impact portions of central and south central Kansas through much of the day Sunday. Temperatures will gradually warm to above freezing this afternoon across portions of ...

10 years ago
Only 1,200 people live in Kansas' smallest county, Greeley, where using irrigation is no longer an option for many because the groundwater underneath the arid prairie is nearly exhausted due to decades of overuse. Economic development was at a standstill, so residents voted five years ago to allow the nation's second-largest hog-feeding operation to move in. ...

10 years ago
Authorities say wintery weather has killed four more people on Kansas roads. Harvey County Sheriff T. Walton blamed icy roads for a double fatality crash around 3 p.m. Friday about 10 miles southeast of Newton. Two others died a couple hours later when a truck jackknifed on an icy stretch of Interstate 35 near Andover, went through ...

10 years ago
A Kansas City, Kansas, man has been charged with child abuse after police responded to an armed disturbance that led them to discover human remains at a barn on his property. Forty-four-year-old Michael A. Jones also was charged Friday with aggravated battery and aggravated assault with a firearm. He is being held on $10 million bond. ...

10 years ago
Attorneys for a Kansas judge contend recent legislation changing judicial selection in Kansas is unconstitutional. But the state argues the law is a proper exercise of longstanding legislative authority. District Judge Larry Solomon of Kingman County has been challenging a 2014 law that says judges in the 31 judicial districts in Kansas pick their chief judges, ...

10 years ago
An annual Lawrence holiday tradition will be rescheduled because of a winter storm. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that firefighters had been scheduled to rescue Santa Claus on Friday night from a downtown rooftop using a ladder truck. The rescue is part of the town's Christmas lighting celebration. But Downtown Lawrence Incorporated director Sally Zogry says that with ...

10 years ago
FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — The Army has released the identities of four crew members who were killed when their helicopter crashed during a routine training exercise at Fort Hood in Texas. The Black Hawk went down about 6 p.m. Monday in the northeast portion of the sprawling military post about 60 miles north of Austin. ...

10 years ago
Freezing rain and high winds have hit Kansas, causing several accidents, including two fatalities. The National Weather Service issued a winter storm warning for sections of central and southern Kansas through early Saturday. The weather service says up to a quarter inch of sleet and ice are forecast by Friday night. KAKE-TV reports (http://bit.ly/1PfDUVY) that several accidents ...