11 years ago
The leader of a conservative Kansas think tank and an attorney representing four school districts that sued the state disagree over the effects of Thursday's Kansas Supreme Court ruling on education funding. The court invalidated a school funding law enacted last year, saying it violated the Kansas Constitution and was unfair to poor school districts. The ...

11 years ago
With a mission to lend a hand to the homeless in Salina, Ashby House has been reaching out to families and individuals since 1992. Dana Cox is the Director of Operations at Ashby House and tells KSAL News that the number of people who find themselves without a place to sleep at night may surprise some. "On ...

11 years ago
Salina Police are looking for a motorcycle rider who escaped following a high speed pursuit. Police say that last Saturday evening an officer spotted a motorcycle driving reckless on the 600 block of South Broadway. The motorcycle did not pull over when the officer attempted a traffic stop. After successfully eluding the first officer, the motorcycle was ...

11 years ago
Police are investigating after a shot was allegedly fired in a Salina neighborhood. Police were notified of a possible unlawful discharge of a firearm in the 600 block of Montrose Wednesday night.  Officers could not find any evidence of a shooting. No damage or shell casings were found. Copyright © Alpha Media, 2016.  All Rights Reserved. No part ...

11 years ago
An arrest has been made in connection with a recent stabbing. Police allege that 25-year-old Darrion Upchurch stabbed an acquaintance during an argument. The stabbing incident happened back on November 28th of 2015. Upchurch is alleged to have went to 2130 E. Crawford, and after a heated argument stabbed the victim in the side of the neck. ...

11 years ago
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) -  The Kansas Supreme Court has struck down a stopgap law for funding the state's public schools, saying it left poor districts $54 million short. The justices ruled Thursday that the Republican-backed law enacted last year doesn't comply with the Kansas Constitution. The court gave lawmakers until the end of June to write ...

11 years ago
For over 65-years, men and boys have been gathering in Beloit to share a path to leadership and Christian living at the North Central Kansas Men & Boys Rally. Charley File and Kevin Marozas with the Beloit United Methodist Church joined in on the KSAL Morning News Thursday with a look at the event which boasts ...

11 years ago
Kansas' maximum speed limit could soon be on the rise. KAKE reports that a proposal in the Kansas House of Representatives is calling for raising the speed limit to 80-miles-per-hour on any separated, multi-lane highway.The measure was presented before a committee earlier this week. Critics of the proposal, including the Kansas Department of Transportation and the Kansas ...

11 years ago
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP)- The estate of a University of Kansas graduate who helped develop the atomic bomb has donated $1.8 million to establish a new professorship in physics. The KU Endowment announced Wednesday that the gift comes from Ernest Klema and his late wife Virginia Klema, who also was a scientist. He died in 2008, and ...

11 years ago
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) -  A former Fort Riley nurse has been indicted on federal charges of stealing fentanyl, a powerful painkiller. According to a statement Wednesday from U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom, 56-year-old Lana Pendergast is charged with one count of unlawfully obtaining a controlled substance. Prosecutors say that while Pendergast worked as a nurse at Irwin Army ...

11 years ago
The Kansas Senate has approved a bill designed to cut Kansas' costs in providing prescription drugs for poor and disabled residents. The chamber's vote Wednesday was 23-16, sending the measure to the House. The bill would allow the state's Medicaid program to use so-called step therapies for prescriptions that require patients to try less expensive drugs before ...