11 years ago
Gov. Sam Brownback has signed a bill closing most of a projected $344 million shortfall in the state's current budget. Brownback announced his action Tuesday and said lawmakers worked hard in passing it last week. The bill mostly diverts money from highway projects and other special funds to general government spending. The state also is shorting contributions ...

11 years ago
A Salina man is arrested for sexual contact with a runaway teenage girl. Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that police located a 14-year-old girl who was listed as a runaway from another city. Interviews with the girl led to the arrest of 20-year-old Madison Marsh. Police allege he had sexual relations with the girl at his home ...

11 years ago
Now's the time to order your sweetheart a Singing Valentine, from KWU. Members of the Kansas Wesleyan Chorale got up early and performed live on the KSAL Morning News with Rich and Jeff. The 'singing telegrams' will be packaged with a card - plus a rose or balloon and presented to your sweetheart this Friday, February 13th ...

11 years ago
Police are investigating after someone stole a vehicle with a 5-month-old baby inside in Lenexa. The child is safe after authorities say the vehicle was found abandoned in Kansas City, Missouri on Monday night. The Kansas City Star says police were interviewing witnesses following the incident and plan to review surveillance camera images. Police say the child's ...

11 years ago
Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt's office says it has paid outside attorneys nearly $1.2 million to defend anti-abortion laws enacted since January 2011. The attorney general's office reported Monday that it has paid almost $770,000 to the Lawrence firm of Thompson, Ramsdell & Qualseth for fees and expenses in handling multiple federal and state lawsuits. Abortion providers ...

11 years ago
Three Salina Police Officers were honored during the opening moments of the City Commission meeting Monday - for their actions during a shooting incident last May. An overflow crowd gave the trio a standing ovation after Chief Brad Nelson shared comments and a short video that was captured on a police body camera of the event. Mayor ...

11 years ago
On overflow crowd of over 1,200 people showed up to voice support, and concern, for the future of Fort Riley. The Army hosted a public meeting to hear from the community about how possible personnel reductions on the base could affect them. Fort Riley employs more than 25,000 people in the Junction City area. In a ...

11 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a damage to property case. Police say someone punctured both passenger side tires on a Toyota Tacoma pickup that was parked in the 2200 block of S. 9th sometime between Sunday night and Monday morning around 3:30am. Damage is listed at $500. Salina Police are investigating after an internal audit at Western ...

11 years ago
An Ellsworth man is pulled from the wreckage of a stolen truck. Forty-Four year-old Larry Jones was transported to Salina Regional Health Center with a broken arm, broken scapula, bruised ribs and a punctured lung after he crashed a 2000 Nissan Frontier pickup at the Brookville Cemetery on Brownhill Road. Sheriff Glen Kochanowski tells KSAL News that ...

11 years ago
A Salina toddler is injured after a TV tip-over. Police Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that officers responded to a medical emergency on Saturday night around 6:20pm at an apartment in the 200 block of N. Oakdale after a 16-month old male pulled over a heavy box style television that was on a small nightstand. "Apparently ...

11 years ago
Two Republican state representatives are proposing a constitutional amendment that would guarantee the right to hunt, fish and trap in Kansas. Rep. Adam Lusker, of Frontenac, says the amendment is a reaction to bans or restrictions pushed by animal rights supporters in other states. For example, trapping is banned in Arizona, California, Colorado, Massachusetts and Washington. 18 ...