12 years ago
The Kansas Supreme Court is narrowly divided over whether two brothers needed to have separate capital murder trials for a robbery and rape spree that left four people dead in Wichita in December 2000. The court on Friday voided the death sentences for Jonathan and Reginald Carr and overturned three of each man's four capital murder ...

12 years ago
Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts has intensified his television advertising ahead of the Republican primary to run a new spot highlighting a state medical board investigation of tea party challenger Milton Wolf. The new ad began airing statewide Friday as part of what Roberts' said was a $350,000 push before the Aug. 5 election. Wolf spokesman Ben ...

12 years ago
Gov. Sam Brownback says he's stunned by Kansas Supreme Court decisions overturning the death sentences of two brothers for a December 2000 robbery, rape and kidnapping spree that ended with four fatal shootings in Wichita. Brownback said Friday that the decisions in the cases of Jonathan and Reginald Carr unnecessarily reopen the wounds from what he ...

12 years ago
Police have arrested the foster parent of a 10-month-old girl who died after being left inside a hot car in Wichita. Lt. Todd Ojile said Friday the 29-year-old man was booked on suspicion of aggravated endangerment but has not been charged. Ojile says the man had "somehow forgotten" leaving the girl in the back seat after picking ...

12 years ago
A 15-year old male was treated at Salina Regional Hospital after being attacked by two male suspects. The victim told police he was walking with a 15-year old female to Walgreens on W. Crawford around 11:30 pm on July 24th to get something to drink. They were approached by four individuals, two male and two females. The ...

12 years ago
Hot Rods and Star Power rolled into Salina on Friday - as the 2014 Leadsled Spectacular opened up in Oakdale Park with custom cars and Hollywood stars. KKOA President, Jerry Titus and Cindy Williams from "Laverne and Shirley" stopped into the KSAL Morning News with a look at the four day event. "The cars are art, like ...

12 years ago
CVS Pharmacy contacted Salina Police Department on July 24th to report a felony theft that scammed the company out of $20,880. A store employee at the S. Ohio location was contacted by phone around 7:30 pm by a male suspect portraying himself as an employee of CVS. The suspect told the employee on the phone to clear ...

12 years ago
The Kansas Supreme Court has overturned the death sentences of two brothers convicted of capital murder in the shooting deaths of four people whose bodies were found in a snow-covered Wichita soccer field in 2000. The state Supreme Court on Friday also struck down three of the four capital murder conviction each against Jonathan and Reginald ...

12 years ago
Two Minnesota residents have been killed in a two-vehicle crash in central Kansas. The Kansas Highway Patrol says 69-year-old Kay Dianne Pautz and 70-year-old Gary Walter Pautz died in the accident north of McPherson on Thursday. Both victims were from Alexandria, Minnesota. The patrol says the accident occurred when another car tried to pass the car the ...

12 years ago
Police say a 10-month-old girl died after being left in a hot car outside a house in south Wichita. Officers found the girl unresponsive inside the car Thursday evening. She was pronounced dead a short time later. Police say the child had been in the ...

12 years ago
Public university leaders in Kansas are being encouraged to start working on next year's tuition proposals now, rather than wait until the spring semester. Kansas Board of Regents chairman Kenny Wilk says the revenue stream from tuition is too significant to wait until the last minute to get it figured ...