11 years ago
For at the last 15 months, Kansas geologist Rex Buchanan estimates, he's spent 90 percent of his time studying something once relatively rare in the state - earthquakes. He has learned a lot, said the director of the Kansas Geological Survey, whose focus in the past was primarily on water and geologic formations, including just how ...

11 years ago
Salina Police make an arrest and recover a stolen safe after a traffic stop. According to Captain Mike Sweeney, an officer on patrol stopped a car driven by 31-year-old Justin Rortina of Salina, at Ohio and Pacific on Thursday night for a broken headlight. The officer recognized Rortina as a suspect in the Ray Avenue Baptist Church ...

11 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff's Office is looking for the driver of a car found wrecked and abandoned north of Salina. Sheriff Glen Kochanowski tells KSAL News that a 1999 Toyota Camry apparently flipped over several times in the 3100 block of North Gerard Road sometime between Thursday night at 9pm and 5am Friday morning before the ...

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Republican Gov. Sam Brownback and Kansas legislators are planning to attend a town hall meeting on the future of Fort Riley. The meeting on Feb. 9 was called to allow Army officials to hear from the community about how possible troop reductions at Fort Riley would affect them. Fort Riley employs more than 25,000 people in the ...

11 years ago
The Kansas Senate is considering a bill that would allow officials to prohibit concealed weapons in some areas of public buildings. Currently, people carrying concealed weapons must be allowed to go anywhere in public buildings where the guns are allowed. Legislation submitted by Republican Sen. Forrest Knox of Altoona would allow officials to ban weapons from some ...

11 years ago
Gov. Sam Brownback says a high school's purchase of a new grand piano illustrates that Kansas' formula for funding its public schools is flawed. The Republican governor on Thursday mentioned the new piano at Sumner Academy in Kansas City, Kansas, in announcing plans to cut $28 million in aid to public schools from the current budget. The ...

11 years ago
Olympic gold medalist skater, and cancer survivor Scott Hamilton brought a message of perseverance, and hope, to Salina Thursday evening. Hamilton was the featured speaker at the Salina Area Chamber of Commerce's annual banquet and membership meeting . Hamilton met with the media prior to the banquet. He touched on topics ranging from the 1980 Olympic ...

11 years ago
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback says he's going to cut nearly $45 million in funding for public schools and higher education in March. But the governor also suggested that lawmakers could head off the reductions by withholding $54 million from public schools instead. The Republican governor announced his plans for the current budget cycle Thursday just ahead of ...

11 years ago
The wife of a state representative from Wichita died after being struck and dragged by a vehicle in a supermarket parking lot. Rachel Whitten, spokeswoman for House Speaker Ray Merrick, confirmed the victim of Thursday's accident was 60-year-old Annette Hedke, wife of Republican Dennis Hedke, a three-term state representative from Wichita. Police say she fell near her ...

11 years ago
A police investigation ends with additional charges for a man already in the Saline County Jail. Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that 30-year-old Jeffrey McLemore is being charged with vehicle burglary, damage to property and theft for a crime that occurred in September. Police used interviews and surveillance video from Crossroads Collision on North Ohio to ...

11 years ago
Salina Police are looking for a known female suspect who allegedly stole a purse. Police say the woman walked into a home in the 1400 block of Kingston around midnight on Tuesday and removed a purse from where a small group of people had gathered inside. The purse and contents are valued at $70. ...