11 years ago
A Kansas House panel is reviewing a bill to significantly increase penalties for scrap metal theft. The House Judiciary Committee had a hearing Monday on a bill to make damaging a building or other structure to steal scrap a felony punishable by up to 19 months in jail for a first offense. Farm and law enforcement groups ...

11 years ago
Gun rights advocates in Kansas are divided on a bill that would allow people to carry a concealed gun without a permit. If the bill passes, people will also be able to carry a concealed gun without the training that a permit requires. The bill will not extend to anyone under 21, unless they are on ...

11 years ago
The City of Salina Human Relations Commission and the Community Relations Department will recognize and honor Women’s History Month with an event centered on the theme “Weaving the stories of Women’s Lives.” The come and go event will last from 5:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 12 at the Salina Art Center, 242 S. Santa Fe ...

11 years ago
Police arrest a Salina man after an argument turned violent in the 400 block of S. Phillips. Police Captain Chris Trocheck tells KSAL News that 25-year-old Jason Potts allegedly rammed his van into a car with 3 occupants after arguing with a 37-year-old woman on Saturday evening. Police say Potts backed his van into a vehicle, ramming ...

11 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff's Office is investigating an online scam that bilked a teenager out of $1,530. Sheriff Glen Kochanowski tells KSAL News that a 16-year-old NW Saline County girl that worked and saved her money to buy a car - has learned a hard lesson. The Sheriff says she found a 2003 Honda Accord for sale ...

11 years ago
A Salina teen is arrested after allegedly shooting his neighbor's vehicle with a BB gun. Police arrested 17-year-old Antonio Cooper on Friday after the owner of a 2006 Nissan Xterra reported the teen had shot the back and side windows on his vehicle with a BB gun. The incident happened in the 600 block of S. 5th ...

11 years ago
A classic 90cc motorcycle is stolen from a warehouse. Salina Police are investigating after a 1966 Honda motorcycle was removed from a storage building in the 200 block of North 3rd Street. The owner told officers the bike was stolen sometime between June of 2014 and March 6th of this year. There was no sign of forced ...

11 years ago
A United States flag with 36 stars will fly again in western Kansas, 150 years after President Abraham Lincoln's death. Susan Schrader of Leoti donated the flag to the Museum of the Great Plains after her family owned it for five generations. Schrader and Karen Walk, the curator of the museum, believe the flag is ...

11 years ago
A Lawrence man is catching the eye of other motorists with his custom-built Batmobile. Rich Johnson has been restoring cars for more than 25 years and can be seen driving the car in parades or around Lawrence. Johnson, who used to watch Batman's adventures on TV when he was a kid, had begun working ...

11 years ago
A newspaper analysis has found that a proposal for changing how Kansas public schools are funded appears to cut money from most of the state's poorest school districts while protecting the wealthiest. The Topeka Capital-Journal examined the effect of a proposal to use block grants to distribute money instead of the state's existing per-student formula. The ...

11 years ago
Top Republican legislators in Kansas are hearing plenty of criticism of their proposal to overhaul how the state distributes aid to public schools, and they're likely to keep hearing it this week. But committee hearings also will give lawmakers a chance to take testimony from supporters of the GOP plan. The House Appropriations Committee was beginning its ...