12 years ago
A Washington-area group backing tea party challenger Milton Wolf's bid to unseat Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts is spending more than $423,000 on radio and television ads ahead of the Republican primary. The ads from a political action committee tied to the Senate Conservatives Fund also are mixing with the candidates' own statewide spots. Senate Conservatives Fund President ...

12 years ago
With a Heat Advisory in effect until noon on Tuesday throughout central Kansas - triple digit temperatures mean extreme danger for animals left in vehicles. Vanessa Cowie, Animal Services Supervisor at the Salina Animal Shelter stopped by the KSAL Morning News with a look at taking care of our four-legged friends. "If you see a dog ...

12 years ago
The Kansas Attorney General's Office says the state received the second highest number of concealed carry applications in the last fiscal year. The attorney general announced in a news release Monday that more than 14,205 applications were received between July 1, 2013, and June 30 this year. The highest number of applications in one fiscal year came ...

12 years ago
A golf bag with a dozen clubs inside were stolen from a residence on the evening of July 17th. A 67-year old man who lives in the 100 block E. Kirwin reported the missing Adams Hybrid clubs from his garage. There was no sign of forced entry. Total loss is valued at $600.

12 years ago
A U.S. Treasury Department program brought $31.8 million to Kansas last year, and that number could grow in the future. The Treasury Offset Program helps states collect debts owed by tax deadbeats and welfare cheats. The Wichita Eagle reports Kansas plans to join a part of the program that helps states recover improperly paid unemployment benefits. The ...

12 years ago
Salina Police arrested a man allegedly involved in the burglary of T&R Liquor. McCarver Lawson, 51, of Salina was arrested after witnesses saw a man break into the liquor store around 11 pm on July 18th. Lawson, allegedly, threw a rock threw the front door shattering the glass. He then took four bottles of Barton Vodka and ...

12 years ago
History has not been kind to candidates who've challenged Kansas governors in party primaries. Only two challengers have unseated governors in the August elections since the state started them in 1910. And both of them were Republicans who went on to lose in the November general election. This year, Gov. Sam Brownback faces Jennifer Winn in the ...

12 years ago
A group of Emporia residents is exploring the possibility of returning Amtrak to the northeast Kansas city. The Emporia Amtrak Task Force recently filed for nonprofit status with the Kansas Secretary of State's Office. It's trying to raise funds for an impact study to build a train depot to replace one that was destroyed by fire ...

12 years ago
A Hutchinson man convicted of putting two children in a hot clothes dryer as punishment will be resentenced for the third time. An appellate court has ordered the third sentencing hearing for Aaron Pritchard, who was convicted of child abuse in 2008 after he put his girlfriend's 2- and 3-year-old children in the dryer when the ...

12 years ago
Driver education instructors say they're concerned about a decline in school programs teaching youngsters how to drive at a time when distractions are growing. The Wichita Eagle reports about 200 members of the American Driver & Traffic Safety Education Association met in Wichita last week to discuss trends in driver training. They say one of the more ...

12 years ago
A widening rift in a key constituency courted by the two abortion opponents is unfolding in the GOP congressional primary race in Kansas. U.S. Rep. Mike Pompeo faces a tough GOP primary challenge from former congressman Todd Tiahrt, who held that position for 16 years before giving it up to run for the Senate. Both candidates ...