11 years ago
Records from the Kansas attorney general's office show taxpayers spent more than $34,000 in legal fees for the secretary of state's failed effort to force Kansas Democrats to field a candidate for U.S. Senate. Secretary of State Kris Kobach told The Wichita Eagle that's not a lot of money, in litigation terms. The state paid Wichita-based Hinkle ...

11 years ago
The Justice Planetarium at the Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center in Hutchinson will be renovated and upgraded next year, including installation of a new digital project system. The $400,000 renovation will be funded by contributions from the Walter E. & Velma G. Justice Fund for Reno County and from Dave and Dee Dillon. The Hutchinson News reports ...

11 years ago
Police in central Kansas say a woman has been arrested after leading officers on a high-speed chase. The woman faces charges of attempted felony fleeing and eluding, as well as possession of stolen property. Halstead police say the woman tried to cash a stolen check at an area bank and then fled in a Chevrolet Equinox. They ...

11 years ago
Whooping cranes will be passing over central Kansas as they leave their breeding grounds to migrate south from Canada to Texas. A few dozen of the rare birds are sighted each year in or near the Quivira National Wildlife Refuge. The massive cranes use Quivira's open salt flats and wetlands to roost during their visits, but ...

11 years ago
A man who leases his land in Pawnee County so children with life-threatening illnesses can hunt says some of the deer are being poached. Tim Schaller says he was upset earlier this month when he found a poached buck with meat, head and antlers intact. It was at least the fourth deer he's found poached on ...

11 years ago
A Kansas man has admitted stealing $62,000 in cash from an Army fund he managed at Fort Riley. The U.S. Attorney's office says 59-year-old Michael Steffens, of Junction City, pleaded guilty in federal court Monday to one count of stealing public money. Steffens was a business manager of the Army's Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation program ...

11 years ago
Salina City Commissioners Monday afternoon voted to support a community fieldhouse type recreation center. Fieldhouse Salina would be more than simply a recreation center. Rather, it would be a multi-use facility that would house basketball courts, volleyball courts, and indoor turf areas. The proposed $9 million facility, which has the support of the Salina Recreation Commission, ...

11 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a string of residential burglaries over the weekend. Police report that someone walked into an unlocked garage in the 1400 block of Teton and removed a debit card and credit card from a pickup sometime between Saturday night around 8pm and Sunday morning at 7am. During the same time frame police say someone ...

11 years ago
Two Junction City men are charged with drug possession after a traffic stop on Interstate-70. According to Saline County Sheriff Glen Kochanowski, a deputy on patrol pulled a vehicle over after clocking it traveling eastbound at 85-miles per hour in a 75-mph zone near the Ellsworth/Saline County line. The deputy noticed a strong odor of marijuana coming ...

11 years ago
A bullet from a drive-by shooter narrowly misses a woman in bed. Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that at least five shots were fired at a house on Sunday morning at the corner of Franklin and Custer, "One of the rounds went through a bedroom window in which the female victim was in bed," he ...

11 years ago
The City of Salina will begin collecting leaves next week. According to the City, the Annual Curbside Collection Program will be conducted from November 3 to December 31, weather permitting. Program Participant Guidelines and Information: Rake and pile leaves between the curb and sidewalk. If no sidewalk exists, pile leaves directly behind the curb. Do not place, rake ...