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 ...

11 years ago
A fund has been established for the family of an Assaria man who was critically injured in a farming accident South of Salina Saturday afternoon. 24-year-old Zachary Short is in critical condition after receiving an electrical shock. After cutting a soybean field, an auger boom that would have transferred the soybeans into a semi came in ...

11 years ago
Kansas City, Kansas police are investigating the death of a 10-year-old girl in a drive-by shooting. Police say in a news release that the girl died Sunday evening when she was hit by bullet while standing in front of a house. Three to seven people were on the property when the occurred. The girl's name was not ...

11 years ago
Junction City police are investigating the shooting death of a 27-year-old man. Police say in a news release that Elza Evans was found dead in a parking lot early Saturday. He had been shot several times. Lt. Jeff Childs said in the release that police are asking anyone with information about the death to contact the police ...

11 years ago
Republican Sen. Pat Roberts isn't saying much about his long record of advocating for the farmers that drive Kansas' economy. That worries some supporters of the three-term senator as he scrambles for re-election against a self-styled independent candidate, businessman Greg Orman, who's become a real threat. Roberts instead is banking on antipathy toward President Barack Obama, which ...

11 years ago
A new report says the on-time immunization rate for Kansas children dropped sharply during the last school year after several years of improvement. The report compiled for the annual Kansas Kids Count report says only 61 percent of Kansas children who were kindergartners during the 2012-13 school year received recommended immunizations by age 2. That was ...

11 years ago
A new poll suggests the Kansas governor's race is a toss-up. The poll released Sunday by NBC News and Marist College in Poughkeepsie, New York, showed Democratic challenger Paul Davis as the choice of 45 percent of the likely voters surveyed. Republican Gov. Sam Brownback was the choice of 44 percent. Libertarian candidate Keen Umbehr was chosen by ...

11 years ago
Hunting and fishing is big business in Kansas. According to the Kansasa Department of Wildlife, Parks, and Tourism there’s no place like Kansas for an excellent hunting and fishing experience. Both activities have a substantial impact on the Kansas economy, generating over a half billion dollar annually. Here are some numbers the department released: Hunting - $401+ million ...

11 years ago
A former Manhattan mayor little known to rural western Kansas voters is giving Congressman Tim Huelskamp an aggressive re-election challenge. Democrat Jim Sherow has mounted a hard-fought challenge in the sprawling 1st District of Kansas despite seemingly overwhelming odds in a heavily Republican district against a well-funded incumbent. Sherow has crisscrossed the mostly rural district on ...