11 years ago
A proposal to merge Dodge City Community College into Fort Hays State University apparently has collapsed. The merger had sparked controversy since it was first announced this spring. Supporters said it would help the Dodge City-area economy and provide more educational opportunities. Opponents were concerned the merger would hurt the community college's educational mission and its ...

11 years ago
Riley County police have charged a man with attempted murder after a woman was stabbed and he then was in a standoff with police. The woman was found injured Thursday at the Manhattan Public Library, about four blocks from where police believe she was stabbed. Thirty-year-old Samuel Dartez of Manhattan was arrested after a four-hour standoff with ...

11 years ago
During World War I, Kansas sent flour to Belgium in cotton sacks to help the relief efforts during the war. Belgium women embroidered the sacks and sent them back to Kansas as a thank you gift. Now 100 years later, one of those embroidered flour sacks is returning to Belgium for an exhibit commemorating the 100th anniversary ...

11 years ago
A quick moving storm system is expected to move across the region on Saturday, bringing accumulating snowfall. Most areas could receive 2” to 4” of snow by Saturday evening. Snow will begin early Saturday morning and persist through the day. The heaviest snowfall is likely between 5am and noon Saturday, tapering off through the afternoon. Travel conditions ...

11 years ago
The Kansas Supreme Court has announced plans to begin deliberating a same-sex marriage case on the same day that a mass wedding was planned in Wichita. The hearing planned for Monday stems from a petition that Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt filed after a Johnson County judge directed that marriage licenses be issued to same-sex couples. ...

11 years ago
Judges in at least four Kansas counties were issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples a day after the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling allowing them to wed. Clerks in other counties were giving applications to gay couples but requiring them to abide by the state's three-day waiting period before they can get a license. As of ...

11 years ago
The current director of the Medicaid program in the Kansas Department of Health and Environment will become interim secretary of the state agency. Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback Thursday named Dr. Susan Mosier to replace Dr. Robert Moser, who plans to resign at the end of the month. Mosier has been director of the Division of Health Care ...

11 years ago
A mysterious boom rattled doors and windows in parts of Salina Thursday afternoon. KSAL received numerous reports from listeners who heard, and felt it. So far, there is no explanation for it. Salina Police tell KSAL News that dispatch did receive several calls about it. But, they have been unable to determine a source. Saline County Emergency Management, the ...

11 years ago
The superintendent of a rural central Kansas school district has been picked as the state's next education commissioner. The Kansas State Board of Education named Randy Watson to the role Thursday. Besides leading the McPherson school district, Watson is chairman of a new innovative districts program. Under a 2013 law, up to 29 of the state's ...

11 years ago
With snow in the forecast later this week, the Kansas Department of Transportation is ready. This year KDOT has implemented new snow fighter training courses to better educate new equipment operators on all aspects of roadway snow and ice control as well as how to maintain their equipment. KDOT has a staff of 1,200 ready for winter ...

11 years ago
A Salina man is facing charges for promoting obscenity. A father and his 16-year-old daughter drove to police headquarters on Wednesday after the girl received a sexually explicit picture on her Facebook account from a man she used to work with. Police arrested 25-year-old Jonathan Lewis of Salina Wednesday, on charges of distributing obscene material to a ...