11 years ago
Kansas State University is leading an international, multimillion-dollar project that is looking at unmanned aerial systems, UAS, as a quick and efficient method to detect pest insects and diseases in food crops before outbreaks happen. Brian McCornack, associate professor of entomology, is the U.S. principal investigator on the $1.74 million three-year project, "Optimizing Surveillance Protocols Using ...

11 years ago
A garage and two homes were damaged by a fire early Wednesday morning. Officials tell KSAL News that at around 2:30 in the morning first responders were called to the 1900 block of Hageman to the report of a garage on fire. The fire involved not only the garage, but also homes at 1902 and 1908 Hageman, ...

11 years ago
A legislative committee in Kansas is considering a proposal to restrict collective bargaining between public employees and state and local government agencies. Chairwoman Julia Lynn said the Senate Commerce Committee will debate the measure during its meeting Wednesday. Lynn is an Olathe Republican and has said she believes the GOP-dominated panel supports the bill. The measure would ...

11 years ago
A former Topeka hospital employee says in a federal civil rights lawsuit that she was taunted and bullied at work because of her race. Pamela Banks, who is black, filed the lawsuit in a Kansas federal court last month against the St. Francis Health Center. She's seeking damages and backpay. St. Francis has declined to answer the ...

11 years ago
A Kansas House panel is planning to debate a bill that would freeze renewable energy mandates for utility companies. The House Energy and Environment Committee scheduled a vote on the measure for Wednesday. Current Kansas law requires that 10 percent of the electricity provided by utilities companies come from renewable energy sources. That mandate is set to ...

11 years ago
A judge heard testimony all day Tuesday in a case involving a Saline County teenage girl accused of stabbing her younger sister to death last summer. The Saline County Attorney's Office wants to prosecute the now 15-year-old , who is accused of stabbing her 13-year-old sister, as an adult. Sierra Niehuas was 14 at the time ...

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University of Kansas officials have met with state legislators in Topeka to discuss the school's ownership and use of jets. Officials told the House Standing Committee on Education Budget that the jet expenditures of $1.5 million are more than offset by revenue that the aircrafts generate from donor relations and athletics. The university has owned planes for ...

11 years ago
Kansas legislators are moving closer to allowing residents 21 or older to carry concealed firearms without a state permit. The House Federal and State Affairs Committee approved a bill Tuesday ending the requirement for a permit. The committee's voice vote sends the measure to the full House for debate. The Senate approved the measure last month, and ...

11 years ago
Family and friends are trying to find a Salina teen who has been missing since late last week. 13-year-old Rebecca Jayne Hein has not been seen since Friday. She was last seen at the Starlite Skating Center with a 16-year-old female friend. The 16-year-old has a boyfriend in new Mexico. It's unknown if that's where the ...

11 years ago
A highly pathogenic avian influenza confirmed in four states can be very deadly for birds, but a Kansas State University poultry expert says humans don't need to worry about their own health or contaminated poultry products. The U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has confirmed the presence of H5N2 avian influenza in ...

11 years ago
A Salina man has been sentenced to three life sentences with no possibility of parole for 25 years for sex crimes against three small children. The crimes involved two girls and a boy, and occurred between July and September 2014. Court officials tell KSAL News that 72-year-old Gerald A. Jones was sentenced on Monday. Jones was arrested ...