11 years ago
A Salina man's bank account is hit by thieves. Police are investigating a fraud and theft case after someone acquired account information with corresponding routing numbers to an 84-year-old man's checking account at First Bank Kansas on South Sante Fe Ave. Police say someone created an electronic check payment to two different people in San Marcos, California ...

11 years ago
Former Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius says she was surprised and distressed by Gov. Sam Brownback's decision to rescind an executive order that offered protections for gay, lesbian and transgender state employees. In a speech at the Dole Institute in Lawrence Thursday, Sebelius also called Brownback's efforts to eliminate the state's income tax to increase business and ...

11 years ago
A New Cambria man finds his Mustang jacked up with a pair of wheels missing. The Saline County Sheriff's Office is investigating after someone stole 2 tires and rims off a 1996 Ford Mustang early Friday morning. Deputies say the owner parked his car behind his residence in the 200 block of E. 1st about 12:36am. When he ...

11 years ago
People in need of dental care had been in line since Wednesday, patiently waiting for the doors of the Salina Bicentennial Center to open early Friday morning for the Kansas Mission of Mercy free dental clinic. Dr. Cindy Reed helped organized the event. She told KSAL News early Friday morning that the first people in line ...

11 years ago
Between 12:00 PM on January 4, 2015 and 9:08 AM on January 28, 2015 a theft was committed at Kansas Wesleyan University, 100 E. Claflin. Unknown person or persons entered an unsecured room in the Fine Arts Building and took a silver 2006 MacBook Pro Notebook and a black Canon Vixia HFG10 Camcorder. Loss is estimated at ...

11 years ago
Gay rights supporters are planning a weekend rally at the Kansas Statehouse to protest the end of anti-discrimination protections for gay, lesbian and transgendered workers in much of state government. The event at noon Saturday is a response to Republican Gov. Sam Brownback's decision this week to narrow a policy that covers hiring and employment decisions ...

11 years ago
Kansas lawmakers want to keep money from being transferred away from transportation projects. The House Transportation Budget Committee voted Thursday to protect $280 million in infrastructure funds that would have been transferred away over the next two fiscal years under the governor's recommendations. Republican Gov. Sam Brownback recommended transferring a total of $724 million from transportation ...

11 years ago
Gun-rights groups in Kansas are telling legislators that the state should allow its residents to carry concealed firearms without a permit. The Kansas Senate Federal and State Affairs Committee heard testimony Thursday on a bill ending a requirement for people wanting to carry concealed to get a state permit. The panel took no action. A permit costs ...

11 years ago
A Canadian oil pipeline company is temporarily suspending efforts to seize Nebraska land for the Keystone Pipeline XL amid a legal challenge. A Holt County District judge issued a temporary injunction Thursday, keeping TransCanada from invoking eminent domain along the proposed Keystone Pipeline route in northern Nebraska. TransCanada agreed to the order, hoping to get an accelerated ...

11 years ago
Scientists warn the Southwest and Central Plains could face "megadroughts" during the second half of this century. And they could last for decades. The scientists write in a study in the journal Science Advances that global warming will lead to "unprecedented drought conditions" -- the worst in more than 1,000 years. The study is based on current ...

11 years ago
The leader of a Kansas commune that lived off the life insurance payouts of its dead members has taken the stand in his own defense. Fifty-five year old Daniel Perez testified Thursday about his time in Texas where he met the woman he is now accused of killing. He is charged with first-degree premeditated murder in ...