11 years ago
A Wichita couple who left their 18-month-old son in an apartment closet have been sentenced to one year of probation. 18-year-old Destiny Lee and 19-year-old Donivan Turner pleaded guilty to misdemeanor child endangerment charges. A maintenance worker repairing an air conditioner in May found the boy inside a closet in the couple's apartment. Police say the temperature ...

11 years ago
Two women who are seeking the first same-sex marriage license in the most populous county in Kansas say they already feel married because they've been together nine years. Angela and Jennifer Schaefer, of Gardner, went to the Johnson County Courthouse in Olathe on Wednesday to sign up for a marriage license. They did so shortly after Johnson ...

11 years ago
Three-term Republican Sen. Pat Roberts is insisting that his stronger-than-expected independent opponent is a liberal Democrat in disguise. But Greg Orman has donated to both Democrats, including Hillary Rodham Clinton, and Republicans, such as former Sen. Scott Brown. Orman pitched domestic policy ideas during the debate that both parties have championed, and again refused to say which ...

11 years ago
Democratic challenger Paul Davis is proposing to reverse a piece of Republican Gov. Sam Brownback's overhaul of the Kansas Medicaid program opposed by some advocates for the mentally disabled. The plan Davis outlined Wednesday during a Statehouse news conference would end three private health insurance companies' management of in-home support services for the mentally disabled. Brownback's administration ...

11 years ago
A judge in a northeast Kansas county has ordered it to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples following actions earlier this week by the U.S. Supreme Court. Johnson County Chief District Judge Kevin Moriarty issued the order Wednesday, saying the order was meant to avoid confusion about the legal climate surrounding same-sex marriages. The U.S. ...

11 years ago
A speeding ticket leads to three arrests. According to Captain Mike Sweeney, a traffic officer on Tuesday clocked a vehicle going 31-mph in a 20-mph school zone near Heusner Elementary just before noon. Police say as the car pulled over a passenger jumped out and ran. Dustin Tyler, 30 of Carlton, KS was found a short time ...

11 years ago
An upcoming drawing to win a 50-inch TV will help a Brookville area infant get the medical care he needs. Caron Kipp, the Community Outreach Director with Accessible Home Health joined in on the KSAL Morning News with an update on 18-month old Chance Betzner. Chance was born prematurely at his rural home and has had health ...

11 years ago
Workers at an eastern Kansas nuclear power plant are working to repair fire-damaged equipment and avoid a shutdown. The damage occurred Monday when a fire broke out in a room that houses a backup generator. Federal law requires that the generator is operational within 72 hours or the Wolf Creek plant will have to be taken ...

11 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a couple of burglaries - after items are taken from a car and an enclosed trailer. Police say someone removed a purse and a tote bag containing perfume, greeting cards and breast pump from a Ford sedan that was left unlocked on a driveway in the 1800 block of Highland sometime between ...

11 years ago
Attorneys for Kansas and Nebraska are scheduled to make their cases before the U.S. Supreme Court next week in a longstanding dispute over water use in the Republican River. A special master appointed by the Supreme Court concluded last year that Nebraska owes Kansas a combined $5.5 million for overusing water in 2005 and 2006. The Topeka ...

11 years ago
A Salina man is charged with rape after a woman is held against her will. Officers arrested 35-year-old Jack A. Kelley on Tuesday after a woman contacted police about alleged abuse that occurred in an east Salina home. According to Captain Mike Sweeney, the female victim who is in her 30's, told police the incidents took place ...