11 years ago
A state group says a steep increase in earthquakes in south-central Kansas likely is caused by the disposal of waste water from an oil and gas extraction process often called fracking. The state recorded more than 120 earthquakes last year, up from zero in 2012. State officials have hesitated to link the earthquakes ...

11 years ago
Two earthquakes were felt in south-central Kansas early Monday. No major damage was reported from either quake. The U.S. Geological Survey says a 2.7 magnitude quake was reported about 3:50 a.m. Monday near Caldwell in Sumner County. A few minutes later a quake measuring 3.9 was reported about eight miles east-northeast of Anthony in Harper County. The ...

11 years ago
Gov. Sam Brownback is trying to reorganize the licensing of foster care homes and the state workers who determine whether people are eligible for Medicaid. Brownback issued an executive order last week to move foster home licensing to the state Department for Children and Families from the Department of Health and Environment, as of July. DCF already ...

11 years ago
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream is still alive and well in Central Kansas. Salinans gathered to celebrate the civil rights pioneer's life and legacy Sunday afternoon at Kansas Wesleyan University. KWU President Dr. Matthew Thompson said that it was appropriate that the event was held in Sam's Chapel at the Hall of Pioneers on the ...

11 years ago
Kansas' public universities are admitting few freshmen who don't meet admission standards. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that fewer than 5 percent of freshmen fell short of state-established academic benchmarks last year. Before 2000, Kansas had an open admissions policy that allowed virtually anyone with a diploma from an accredited high school to be admitted to any ...

11 years ago
Bethany College is planning a unique, 24-hour theatre event this spring. According to the school, six brand new short plays written, rehearsed and performed in just 24-hours might sound impossible, crazy perhaps, but it has been done, across the country, since 1995. On May 1-2, Bethany College will do it, at its first ever 24-Hour ...

11 years ago
President Barack Obama is planning to travel next week to the University of Kansas to make remarks only two days after he gives the annual State of the Union address. The White House and the university confirmed that Obama has scheduled a visit Thursday to the university's campus in Lawrence. Both said more details would be ...

11 years ago
The American League Champion Kansas City Royals are headed to Salina. KSAL Radio will welcome the 2015 Royals Caravan into town for an autograph session on Thursday, January 29th. The caravan is again this year traveling to communities throughout the Midwest. Royals players from past and present, as well as members of the Royals broadcast team, ...

11 years ago
Salina Police find a man wanted for assaulting a woman with a taser. On Thursday officers arrested 25-year-old Gary C. Fairbanks on charges of aggravated battery and assault. Police allege that on January 7th, Fairbanks hit a female acquaintance with his fists, used a taser on her leg and threatened her with a gun in a west ...

11 years ago
A father and daughter's late afternoon walk leads to the discovery of a man's body on the ice in Mulberry Creek. Sheriff Glen Kochanowski met with the media Friday morning with an update on the recovery efforts of a body that was discovered at about 5:30pm Thursday evening. Sheriff Kochanowski tells KSAL News that crews paused their ...

11 years ago
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback has proposed raising tobacco and liquor taxes and slowing down future income tax cuts to help close projected budget shortfalls. Brownback released a plan Friday to nearly triple the state's cigarette tax, to $2.29 a pack from 79 cents a pack. He also proposed raising the state's tax on ...