11 years ago
Harper County officials say frequent earthquakes are adding to the cost of repairing the century-old county courthouse, which was already deteriorating because of age. The Hutchinson News reports the county was considering spending $400,000 to fix cracks in the courthouse's staircases. Then a sharp increase in earthquakes began hitting south-central Kansas, causing more damage. The latest ...

11 years ago
Police arrested a Salina teen in connection to a spree of recent grass fires. Officers arrested 15-year-old David Eklund on 6 counts of arson and 1 count of aggravated assault. Police say Eklund allegedly set numerous grass fires on February 13th and again on February 18th. Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that Eklund also threatened to ...

11 years ago
K-State Salina continues to be a trendsetter in the unmanned aircraft systems industry. According to the school, they are the first entity in the country to receive approval from the Federal Aviation Administration, or FAA, for statewide drone access. The university has received three Certificates of Authorization that will allow its unmanned aircraft systems, or UAS, ...

11 years ago
A family fund has been established for a child who was killed in a Monday fire. Family members tell KSAL News that 21 month old Sawyer White was killed when a fire swept through his home in Belleville. A sibling was inured, and hospitalized. An online account has been set up to help the family pay for ...

11 years ago
A central Kansas man serving his first term in the Kansas House says he plans to resign this week because of health problems. Rep. J. Basil Dannebohm, a Republican from Ellinwood, says he has early-onset Parkinson's disease. He says since being sworn in on Jan. 12, he has found the pace of the Legislature exhausting and ...

11 years ago
The Kansas Senate is expected to debate this week a bill to allow residents who are 21 or older to carry concealed guns without a state permit. Senate Majority Leader Terry Bruce's office says the debate should be Wednesday or Thursday. Bruce is a Nickerson Republican, and he's the measure's leading sponsor. The Senate Federal and State ...

11 years ago
Authorities say a small child was killed and another one hospitalized when fire swept through a north-central Kansas home. The children's names were not immediately released, though officials say both were younger than 5 years old. The medical status of the child who survived the Monday morning fire in 2,000-resident Belleville was not immediately clear. Officials say the ...

11 years ago
A 40-year-old woman is facing charges after authorities say she fatally struck a Newton teacher with her vehicle while the teacher was jogging last year. Kala Horton of Halstead is charged with one count of involuntary manslaughter and one count of vehicular homicide in the death of 28-year-old Crystal Stauffer. Stauffer was a physical education teacher at ...

11 years ago
Randy Berry, a 1987 graduate and member of the Bethany College board of directors, was named as the first-ever Special Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBT Persons by United States Secretary of State John Kerry. In a U.S. Department of State news release today, Secretary Kerry stated: “We looked far and wide to find the ...

11 years ago
A Newton woman is facing multiple theft and forgery charges. Police Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that 49-year-old Janette Sharp was arrested on Friday after investigators learned about the misuse of a financial card. Police allege that Sharp used a 78-year old Salina man's bank card without permission to make dozens of purchases at bars and ...

11 years ago
A lawn mower engine is stolen from a storage shed in southern Saline County. Deputies say a 20-horsepower engine was taken from an outbuilding at at farmstead in the 11000 block of S. Soderburg Road sometime between 9:30am and 4:30pm on Friday. Thieves apparently cut the lock on a gate to gain access to the property. Total loss ...