12 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 ...

12 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 ...

12 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 ...

12 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 ...

12 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 ...

12 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 ...

12 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 ...

12 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 ...

12 years ago
Snack cakes have been good for Emporia. The northeast Kansas town has seen jobs return and millions of dollars in investments since its Hostess Brands plant reopened last year and expanded this year. The company that makes Twinkies, Donettes and other cake products added $30 million in improvements to the plant. A ribbon cutting is ...

12 years ago
About 100 Boy Scouts are back at their southern Colorado camp after being evacuated because of flooding. The scouts left the Spanish Peaks Scout Ranch on school buses and sheriff's vehicles before dawn Tuesday after rain caused a creek on the property near Walsenburg to rise. They went to a Red Cross shelter in ...

12 years ago
It's been a quiet year for tornadoes in Kansas and weather experts are expecting that trend to continue. The National Weather Service says the state recorded 33 tornadoes by the end of June, the lowest number since 30 were recorded in 1994. Meteorologist Chance Hayes in Wichita says most of the Great Plains ...