11 years ago
The Kansas Highway Patrol says a pilot and his passenger escaped injury when a small, twin-engine plane made a crash landing near an airport. The incident happened shortly before 11 a.m. Wednesday at the El Dorado Airport in Butler County. Authorities say the pilot was doing touch-and-go takeoffs and landings when the plane lost power in one ...

11 years ago
Kansas Governor Sam Brownback visited a school in Salina on Wednesday. The governor made a stop at Salina Central High School to meet with students in the Jobs for America's Graduates, or JAG program. The program is dedicated to preventing dropouts among young people who are most at-risk. A group of students and faculty gathered ...

11 years ago
The Salina USD 305 School District honored its teachers of the year Tuesday evening. According to the district, Tiffany Wooten, adaptive special education teacher at Stewart Elementary, and Kelly Heizman, South High School English teacher, have been selected as USD 305 Teachers of the Year. They were honored by the Salina Board of Education. As part ...

11 years ago
A Salina man is arrested after waving a knife at three people on a porch. Officers were called to 600 block of Viemont Street on Tuesday night around 10:15pm, after a verbal confrontation turned violent. Police say 20-year-old Phillip Humphry was walking past a house when he and three people outside the home exchanged words. The victims told ...

11 years ago
A Minneapolis company is planning to award up to $25,000 to nonprofit organizations around the area. According to G.L. Huyett of Minneapolis, Project Drive will award up to $25,000 to nonprofit organizations to improve North Central Kansas communities. The company says that Project Drive was founded in 2007 as part of a comprehensive community improvement initiative. Grants ...

11 years ago
As student debt load grows, its doubled since 2007, most universities aren't offering sufficient financial education programs to help students understand this financial burden, according to a new report whose authors include two Kansas State University professors. "Financial issues are one of the top reasons, if not the No. 1 reason, that students drop out ...

11 years ago
A new event debuts in Salina early next year. KSAL.com is proud to announce The 2015 Salina Bridal & Prom Expo. On Sunday, January 11 , 2015 in Heritage Hall at The Salina Bicentennial Center Salina Media Group is bringing a new event to Salina. Attendees can meet with over 60 of the area's premier Bridal & ...

11 years ago
A grassroots group called Women for Kansas is planning a public rally to open its "Taking Back Kansas" convention. The group aims to unite women to defeat Gov. Sam Brownback and Secretary of State Kris Kobach in November. The rally takes place at 5:30 p.m. Friday on the west side of Century II in Wichita. Speakers will ...

11 years ago
Osage County officials say a 20-year-old man whose body was found along a highway during the weekend died in a hit-and-run. Sheriff Laurie Dunn said Tuesday an autopsy confirmed that Timothy Kemble of Carbondale was hit by a car before his body was found Sunday morning along U.S. 56. Authorities are still searching for the vehicle that ...

11 years ago
Law enforcement authorities are looking for a man who stole a Kansas City police cruiser, which was later found abandoned in northwest Missouri. Kansas City police say the man, who they described as emotionally disturbed, stole the cruiser about 2:30 a.m. Wednesday. Missouri Highway Patrol troopers found the vehicle about 4:20 a.m. on the side of Interstate ...

11 years ago
Members of a fraternity at the University of Kansas are moving back into their chapter house after a minor fire. 6NewsLawrence reports Lawrence-Douglas County firefighters were called to the Sigma Chi house around 11:30 a.m. Tuesday on a report of smoke coming from the third floor. The fire was under control at 12:30 p.m. and was contained ...