11 years ago
An Abilene man wins a $25,000 lottery prize. According to the Kansas Lottery, the first full week of January has been very exciting for Terry Kiser of Abilene. On Monday the 44-year-old celebrated his birthday. Friday he ended the week by claiming a $25,000 top prize playing the Kansas Lottery’s $5 Cash Machine instant scratch game! “My ...

11 years ago
A leading bond-rating company says projected funding shortfalls and a recent court ruling that Kansas must spend more on its public schools appear to be creating growing budget problems. Standard & Poor's said Friday in a release that Gov. Sam Brownback's plan to address a $279 million shortfall in the current budget doesn't "appear to significantly ...

11 years ago
A Salina man writes a check for $4,000 to a group now charged with blackmail. The 57-year-old victim told police that two men and one woman threated to tell authorities that he sexually assaulted the woman back in September of 2014. Police have been investigating the false claims and arrested 39-year-old Jason Wooster of Salina on ...

11 years ago
Salina Police find a man wanted for choking a woman. Miguel Villefranc, 25 of Salina was arrested on Thursday for charges connected to an incident back on September 19, 2014. Police allege Villefranc choked a female acquaintance with his forearm before throwing her down in the parking lot at Sunset Billiards, 1215 W. Crawford, as the couple ...

11 years ago
A Saline County Sheriff's Deputy witnesses a rollover crash after the driver hit speeds of over 100-mph. Sheriff Glen Kochanowski tells KSAL News that a deputy began to trail a vehicle that rolled through a stop sign early Friday morning at the intersection of Waterwell and Burma Roads. The Sheriff says 23-year-old Leslie Rhodeman of Salina then ...

11 years ago
The Wichita Mid-Continent Airport has officially had a new name for several weeks, although it's not obvious at the airport. The Federal Aviation Administration began using the name Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport in November. The airport's signs, websites and other materials still don't carry the name. Victor While, Wichita's director of airports, says the FAA ...

11 years ago
A bill to approve the Keystone XL oil pipeline cleared a key Senate committee Thursday, setting up a floor debate next week as Majority Leader Mitch McConnell called on President Barack Obama to rescind his veto threat. The Energy and Natural Resources committee moved the bill closer to the floor by a 13-9 vote. Sen. Joe ...

11 years ago
A Wichita Democrat is sponsoring a bill that would raise the state's minimum wage by $3 dollars by 2017. Rep. Jim Ward's proposal would raise the wage by $1 - to $8.25 an hour- on July 1. The wage would then go up to $1 a year during the next two years. Ward says a full-time worker ...

11 years ago
Eleven Kansas hospitals are among hundreds nationwide that have been penalized for having high rates of infections or patient injuries. Medicare reimbursements at the hospitals will be reduced by 1 percent during the fiscal year that began Oct.1, 2014. The Hutchinson News reports Medicare evaluated 51 Kansas hospitals and 40, or 78.4 percent, were not penalized. Kansas hospitals ...

11 years ago
A subpoena obtained by The Associated Press shows a federal grand jury is looking into loans made to Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback's re-election campaign. The subpoena orders the executive director of the Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission to appear Wednesday in Topeka and to provide documents pertaining to loans Brownback's campaign received in 2013 and 2014. The Dec. ...

11 years ago
Sedgwick County authorities say a homeowner shot and killed a man who was trying to break into his home in Haysville. Sheriff's Capt. Greg Pollock said Wednesday the homeowner shot 27-year-old Cody Don Reid on Dec. 29. Pollock says authorities have no current plans to arrest the 57-year-old homeowner. Prosecutors will decide whether charges will be ...