11 years ago
A Dodge City pastor will serve three years of probation for sexual battery in a plea deal that dropped six other felony charges, including rape. Eighty-year-old Jerrold Wayne Ketner was sentenced Tuesday. He was arrested in March after a woman who went to him for counseling reported she had been raped and molested for several months. Ketner ...

11 years ago
A Wichita man is going to prison for more than three years for abusing and battering his 3-month-old son. A Sedgwick County judge on Tuesday sentenced Aaron Piland to three years and five months for aggravated battery, plus 32 months for child abuse. The sentences will be served concurrently. Piland pleaded guilty in May. He and the baby's ...

11 years ago
People humiliated by online mugshots of their past arrests will soon have greater legal options. A new law makes it a misdemeanor to publish police booking photos on websites and then seek money to take them photos down. The new crime will be punishable by up to a year in jail and a $1,000 fine. The legislation, ...

11 years ago
Three Abilene residents were first in line to purchase legal marijuana in Washington. The state on Tuesday became the second state to allow people to buy marijuana legally in the U.S. without a doctor's note as eager customers who lined up outside stores made their purchases and savored the moment. People began buying marijuana at 8 ...

11 years ago
Kansas won't be issuing any report cards this year on how well its public school students performed on standardized reading and math tests after cyberattacks and other problems this spring. The State Board of Education decided Tuesday not to release any scores. The board's decision means there won't be a report on how students ...

11 years ago
After three delays, the world's tallest water slide is scheduled to open this week. Officials at Schlitterbahn water park in Kansas City, Kansas, said Tuesday that the public will be able to ride the Verrückt slide on Thursday. The ride was originally scheduled to open on May 23 when the water park's season began. The ...

11 years ago
Sarah Shultz is on a mission of mercy. The 22-year-old from Lindsborg is currently serving on a floating hospital ship off the coast of Africa aptly named the "Africa Mercy." Shultz joined in on the KSAL Morning News Tuesday through a live satellite call to talk about her experience on board a ship with 82 patient beds ...

11 years ago
The Kansas Highway Patrol released preliminary data from its Independence Day weekend holiday activity. The reporting period for the holiday weekend ran from 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, July 3, 2014, through 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, July 6, 2014. During that time, the Patrol worked one fatal crash, which was not alcohol-related, and resulted in one death. Information is ...

11 years ago
A citizen group hoping to expand the Saline County Commission from a three person board to a five person board turned in petitions on Tuesday morning. Members of the group Saline County Citizens For Responsible Government attended the televised county commission meeting at 11:00, and afterwards turned in their petition to put the issue on the ...

11 years ago
A Salina woman is charged with underage hosting. Officers were called to Salina Regional Health Center early Saturday morning, after a 17-year-old female from McPherson was transported to the ER for a possible head injury and strained shoulder. Police leaned she had been at a party where underage drinking was underway. Officers arrested 35-year-old Shanna Yocham, 303 E ...

11 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's help in identifying two men who stole 25-gallons of gas from a farmstead in south central Saline County. Sheriff Glen Kochanowski tells KSAL News that the land owner noticed extra fuel consumption and placed a camera near the tank. Saturday July 5th, the device recorded the thieves ...