11 years ago
Roads in Kansas are starting to fill with holiday travelers. According to AAA Kansas, the roads and skies will still be plenty stuffed. AAA Travel forecasts 46.9 million Americans will journey 50 miles or more from home during the Thanksgiving holiday, a 0.6 percent increase over the 46.6 million people who traveled last year and the most ...

11 years ago
DERBY, Kan. (AP) —  A new report says a plane crash that killed a California traveling pastor and his longtime pilot in 2013 near Derby was the result of the pilot attempting to navigate icy conditions with malfunctioning controls. The National Transportation Safety Board report also says 49-year-old pilot Mitchell Morgan had reported problematic equipment to ...

11 years ago
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Wichita Municipal Court is offering an amnesty program next month for drivers whose licenses have been suspended for failing to pay or go to court for a traffic citation. The program will run from Dec. 4 to Dec. 30, during which fees and traffic-related warrants will be waived. Applicants who can't afford ...

11 years ago
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - A lobbyist for a Kansas police association has expressed concerns over the way state social workers handle foster care. Ed Klumpp of the Kansas Association of Chiefs of Police told state lawmakers that social workers with the Department for Children ...

11 years ago
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Kansas is moving toward a goal of increasing the number of college graduates majoring in engineering. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that Kansas has a multiyear plan to increase college degrees in engineering to 1,365 annually by 2021. That compares with 875 ...

11 years ago
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - Sedgwick County District Attorney Marc Bennett has blocked a recall effort against a county commissioner who has refused to accept millions of dollars in grants for local health programs. Bennett announced Monday that the petition for an election seeking the recall ...

11 years ago
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Sen. Marco Rubio has filed for the Kansas Republican President caucus, making him the sixth presidential contender to file in the state. He joins former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, Ohio Gov. John Kasich, Sen. Ted Cruz, Donald Trump and Ben Carson. ...

11 years ago
A Salina man is arrested after an argument turned violent. Police arrested 24-year-old Sawyer A. Reinert on Saturday after officers were called to a disturbance in a south Salina home at about 12:40am. Police allege Reinert strangled a female acquaintance and broke a Scentsy pot during the fray. Police Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that the woman ...

11 years ago
The opening of Fort Riley's new hospital faces another delay. The new hospital would replace the Irwin Army Community Hospital, the oldest Army hospital in the nation. The Manhattan Mercury reports that the new hospital was originally scheduled to open in 2012 and was later scheduled to open in January 2016. The Kansas City District of the U.S. ...

11 years ago
U.S. Representative Tim Huelskamp was back in his home state Monday, hosting town hall meeting in Salina. A standing room only crowd of about 100 gathered to listen, and to ask questions. Topics ranged from things like foreign policy and refugees, veteran's issues, taxes, and health care. In talking about the recent controversy surrounding refugees from ...

11 years ago
Four children under the age of 10 are safe after their father abandoned them in a van at the scene of a crime in Salina. Police arrested 27-year-old Justin Kemmerer of Jewell, Kansas on Saturday after officers were called to the Ambassador Hotel, 1616 W. Crawford at about noon. Police say staff at the hotel observed Kemmerer ...