11 years ago
A Kansas House committee is working on a proposal to expand the state's Medicaid program to capture additional federal dollars promised by the federal health care overhaul. The Vision 2020 Committee heard testimony Monday in favor of expanding Medicaid from the Kansas Hospital Association and the state's largest health system, Via Christi. Committee Chairman and Lawrence Republican ...

11 years ago
Police are hoping a business surveillance video will help them catch a man suspected in multiple break-ins. Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that video from the Little Angels Playground, located at 200 W. Key, shows a white male in a dark jacket and ski mask shattering the glass door early Saturday morning. Investigators believe he's tied ...

11 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff's Office is looking for a known suspect in a theft case. According to Lt. Sean Kochanowski, numerous items were removed from a home in the 7400 block of W. Frontier Road during a time frame that spanned several months between November 15, 2014 and January 18, 2015. Deputies say a laptop computer, a ...

11 years ago
A man and woman are transported to the hospital after a motorcycle collides with a car. Lt. Russ Lamer tells KSAL News that 22-year-old Timothy J. Smith and 21-year-old Alejandra Browne were taken to Salina Regional Health Center after a two vehicle crash near the Bicentennial Center on Saturday night. Police say Smith had leg injuries while ...

11 years ago
The University of Kansas received nearly twice as many sexual assault complaints in 2014 than the year before. School officials attribute the increase to improved awareness of the crime. The school's Office of Institutional Opportunity and Access says it received 169 complaints last year, compared with 85 in 2013. IOA Executive Director Jane McQueeny says 120 of ...

11 years ago
Some members of a class that donated a Thomas Hart Benton painting to a Shawnee Mission school in the 1950s are wondering where the gift is being kept. The district says it has the painting, called "Utah Highlands," but it isn't saying where. The district's spokeswoman says the location is being kept secret for security reasons ...

11 years ago
As the east coast prepares for a blizzard that is expected to drop record snowfall amounts in some areas, record warmth is possible in the midwest. According to the National Weather Service, record setting high temperatures will overspread the area Monday and Tuesday. Highs in the 70s will be possible for locations along and west of Interstate ...

11 years ago
A southwest Kansas roadside museum about a gang of bank and train robbers is among the newest properties added to the National Register of Historic Places. The Kansas Historical Society said in a news release that the Dalton Gang Hideout & Museum in Meade County is one of six new Kansas listings. The attraction was built ...

11 years ago
The Kansas Highway Patrol says a pedestrian is dead after being hit by a semi-trailer in Cowley County. Troopers say the deceased is 23-year-old Vance Lee Oliver of Winfield. The accident happened Sunday morning near the intersection of Kansas Highway 360 and U.S. 77. The state highway patrol says Oliver was killed after stepping in front of ...

11 years ago
Kansas legislative committees are preparing to consider proposals for closing a projected $279 million shortfall in the state's current budget. House Appropriations Committee Chairman Ron Ryckman Jr. says the panel will begin hearings Wednesday on budget-balancing legislation. The Senate Ways and Means Committee has scheduled debates on budget-balancing proposals for Wednesday and Thursday. Republican Gov. Sam Brownback's proposals ...

11 years ago
A National Park Service feasibility study/environmental assessment for the Chisholm and Great Western National Historic Trail is complete and is available for public comment. This has been a four year project. In 2010 the National Park Service conducted 12 public meetings along the trails to receive feedback. After receiving this feedback the park service began ...