11 years ago
Kansas Gas Service has made a donation to a Salina area fund raising effort. According to the Central Kansas Foundation, Kansas Gas Service has awarded a $5,000 gift to CKF’s Pathfinder@50 Capital Campaign. This gift will expand CKF’s residential detox and treatment center, as well as help meet the challenge grant issued by the J.E. & ...

11 years ago
Kansas legislators are expected to debate a wide variety of issues after opening their annual 90-day session Jan. 12. They include: — Education standards: Opposition to multistate Common Core standards for reading and math remains strong among conservative Republicans. The State Board of Education adopted the guidelines in 2010. — Election fraud: Secretary of State Kris Kobach plans ...

11 years ago
Hunters have killed more than 11,000 Missouri deer this season with crossbows, spear-throwers and other alternative weapons. The Missouri Department of Conservation on Wednesday reported that hunters killed almost 1,000 fewer through alternative methods compared to the last deer hunting season. Alternative methods include using center-fire pistols, bows and muzzle-loading firearms. That portion of the season ran from ...

11 years ago
After a chilly, dry start to the New Year, the first inclement winter weather of 2015 is on the horizon. According to the National Weather Service, a strong low pressure system is expected to lift across the area on Friday through Saturday night. A wintry mix of precipitation is expected to begin Friday night and eventually change to ...

11 years ago
Coaches and players from both the K-State and UCLA offenses met with the media Wednesday as part of activities leading up to the Valero Alamo Bowl. Among other topics, KSU wide receiver Curry Sexton was asked about being just 45 yards shy of 1,000 on the season, and wide receiver / kick returner Tyler Lockett was asked ...

11 years ago
Friday night's Alamo Bowl football game will probably be the final time two friends from Abilene are on the field, on the same team together. K-State wide receiver Curry Sexton and offensive lineman Cody Whitehair have been teammates since childhood in Abilene. The duo experienced success on the field at Abilene High School, and then at ...

11 years ago
Two Wichita men have acquired the former Boeing Co. site in the southern part of the city and plan to fill it with new office and aviation tenants. The Wichita Eagle reports that Air Capital Flight Line closed Wednesday on the acquisition of the 413-acre site. In January 2012, Boeing announced it would close its Wichita facilities ...

11 years ago
Kansas says its tax collections in December fell $15 million short of expectations and the state's top revenue official is blaming lower-than-expected corporate income tax revenues. The Department of Revenue reported Wednesday that the state collected $553 million in taxes during the month when it expected to take in $568 million. The difference is 2.7 percent. Corporate ...

11 years ago
Salina Police are investigating after a vehicle is vandalized. Captain Mike Sweeney says a 1998 Pontiac Grand Prix was damaged after someone used blue spray paint on the doors,  windows and lights. The car was parked in the 300 block of E. Wilson early Wednesday morning when the crime occurred causing $1,500 in damage. ...

11 years ago
A federal judge has taken steps to speed up a ruling on the remaining legal issues in a lawsuit challenging Kansas' gay-marriage ban. U.S. District Judge Daniel Crabtree on Wednesday directed opposing attorneys to narrow factual disputes and to propose a schedule at the end of January for him to hear legal issues. Both the state's attorneys ...

11 years ago
A traffic stop leads to the arrest of a wanted man. Police Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that a Saline County Sheriff's Deputy made a stop Tuesday morning for a traffic violation and then identified the driver of the vehicle as a suspect wanted in the assault of a Salina woman. Authorities arrested 41-year-old Mark Kirkendall ...