11 years ago
A Kansas Senate committee is considering a proposed $15.5 billion state budget that wouldn't balance without tax increases. The Ways and Means Committee's scheduled debate Thursday was part of a crowded agenda for state lawmakers. The Senate Commerce Committee expected to vote on a bill limiting collective bargaining between state agencies and public employee unions. Lawmakers must ...

11 years ago
Salina's Kansas Wesleyan University has received a million dollar donation. According to the school, the Salina Regional Health Foundation has provided a $1,000,000 gift to the Kansas Wesleyan University Foundation to establish the Salina Regional Health Center Chair in Nursing Education. The recipient of the Chair is the current Chair of Nursing/Director of Nursing, Dr. Debra ...

11 years ago
A  man was killed in a rollover crash near Kanopolis Lake Wednesday morning. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol the crash happened in rural Ellsworth County, on K-141 Highway. A Chevrolet Suburban was headed north when the driver fell asleep. The SUV entered the southbound lane, hit a cement guard rail, then rolled about 27 feet down ...

11 years ago
The Hope Rural Fire Department has received a $2,500 donation from Dickinson County farmer Candice Rock and America’s Farmers Grow Communities, sponsored by the Monsanto Fund. The donation will help the organization update their equipment. The department is made up completely of volunteers and serves around 1200 people locally. Rock, who recently signed on as a ...

11 years ago
Each spring, a nationwide, high-school arts competition is sponsored by the Members of the U.S. House of Representatives. The Artistic Discovery Contest is an opportunity to recognize and encourage the artistic talent across the U.S. as well as in each congressional district. The contest is open to all high school students in the 1st District. The ...

11 years ago
Twenty-seven more people have tested positive for tuberculosis at an eastern Kansas high school. State and county health officials made the announcement Wednesday after tests were conducted on more than 300 Olathe Northwest High School students and staff members who came into contact with an infected student. Officials began calling people who test positive on Monday. People ...

11 years ago
A traffic stop leads to drug and child endangerment charges for a Salina man. Police arrested 21-year-old Macio Domingo Palacio on Tuesday evening after an officer pulled him over in the 600 block of Viemont for driving a car without a seat belt on. The officer noticed a strong odor of marijuana coming from inside the vehicle ...

11 years ago
A Salina man is arrested after a woman calls her mom for help. Sheriff Glen Kochanowski tells KSAL News that  deputies arrested 21-year-old Allen J. Marlow on Tuesday after an interview with a 26-year-old female victim. The woman had multiple bruises on her face, arms, legs and ribs after she was allegedly beaten by Marlow - at ...

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 ...