11 years ago
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback's budget director says he's not planning to back off cuts in funding for public schools and state universities even though tax collections were better than expected last month. Budget Director Shawn Sullivan said Wednesday that the state's revenue picture is still too uncertain. The state collected $22 million more in taxes ...

11 years ago
Wyandotte County officials say an off-duty deputy was shot and critically wounded when he walked into a convenience store early Wednesday during an armed robbery. Local media report the deputy underwent surgery and is in critical condition. The deputy was shot at a 7-Eleven in Kansas City, Kansas about 1 a.m. Wednesday. Officials are looking ...

11 years ago
A former U.S. poet laureate has shared with an audience at the University of Kansas her experience of having parents of different races and being raised in the South. Natasha Tretheway spoke Tuesday in Woodruff Auditorium, focusing on race and gender issues. Tretheway was born to a white father and a black mother. She described memories of ...

11 years ago
Kansas legislators are returning to the Statehouse for the second part of their annual session. Lawmakers reconvened Wednesday, the 47th day of their 90-day session, after a five-day weekend tied to their "turnaround" deadline. That's when many bills must clear their chamber of origin to be considered further this year. Going forward, the biggest task for the ...

11 years ago
Kansas is planning a series of public meetings across the state this month to set regional water supply goals and priorities. The state plans to hold 26 meetings hosted by water vision regional teams. The 14 leadership teams will draft water supply goals based on public input and available resources. That public input is expected to help ...

11 years ago
El Dorado police say they have arrested a man in connection with the death of a three-month-old girl. Deputy Chief Chad Young says officers on Tuesday were investigating and treating the baby's death as suspicious. Young says the man, who is related to the child, was arrested for obstruction and child endangerment. Further details weren't announced in ...

11 years ago
Police arrest a man for damaging electronics in a northeast Salina home after he had an argument with a female. Bradley Johnston, 31, was arrested on Monday after he allegedly ripped a 60-inch TV off a wall, threw a laptop computer against a wall and broke a cell phone. A woman in her 20's called ...

11 years ago
A traffic stop near the I-70 / I-135 junction leads to the arrest of three Texas men on drug charges and the confiscation of over $9,000 in cocaine and marijuana. Captain Roger Soldan with the Saline County Sheriff's Office tells KSAL News, that a deputy on patrol pulled over a Ford sedan on Monday night at ...

11 years ago
A police investigation leads to additional charges for a registered sex offender in Salina. Police arrested 61-year-old Rasikbhai Mody Monday evening, on charges of sexual battery and intimidation of a witness. Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that back on February 15th  Mr. Mody allegedly groped a woman's breast while she was a customer inside his store, ...

11 years ago
A man from Ohio was hurt Monday night when he rear-ended two semis, that were stopped in traffic due to another crash, on Interstate 70 near Abilene According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 51-year-old Jay Neal from New Richmond, Ohio, was driving a van headed west in the passing lane. He came upon two semis that ...

11 years ago
Salina Firefighters made quick work of a small house fire Tuesday morning. At around 8:00 in the morning crews were called to 813 N 4th Street to the report of black smoke coming from the back of the home. First responders discovered an active fire. Salina Fire Marshall Roger Williams told KSAL News at the scene ...