12 years ago
The Kansas Board of Regents is raising tuition and fees at state universities this fall by as much as 5.7 percent for some students. The board approved proposals Wednesday from the six state universities and the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City. But the regents said increases in the tuition ...

12 years ago
A Salina teen is in custody on drug charges. According to Captain Mike Sweeney, 17-year-old Quintavian Hill was arrested after police found marijuana and drug paraphernalia in his vehicle Tuesday evening during a stop for a traffic violation in the 600 block of West Crawford. Police say a traffic officer noticed the strong odor of marijuana coming ...

12 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a couple of vehicle burglaries. Police report that someone entered an unlocked 2006 Dodge Caravan that was parked in a drive in the 2500 block of Angus during the overnight hours between Monday and Tuesday, and stole numerous items. The owner told officers her Louis Vuitton purse valued at $1,300 plus a ...

12 years ago
A single vehicle crash in a construction zone on Interstate 70 in Dickinson County slowed traffic Wednesday morning. According to the Kansas Department of Transportation, shortly after 8:00 Wednesday morning a semi tractor-trailer lost control and went off the highway in the work zone on I-70 near the Jeep Road Interchange. Damaged guardrail was removed ...

12 years ago
Counterfeit bills are found in two recent bank deposits. Salina Police report that a counterfeit $20 bill was discovered by staff at the Sunflower Bank branch on North Santa Fe on Tuesday. The fake bill was used to purchase food at Burger King on E. Iron. Sunflower Bank employees on South Ohio also discovered a counterfeit $100 ...

12 years ago
A 14-year-old boy was hit by a car on a busy Salina street while riding his bicycle home from a football workout Wednesday morning. The accident happened just after 9:30 on South Ohio Street. Salina Police at the scene told KSAL News that the bicycle rider was on the west side of Ohio, headed east, crossing ...

12 years ago
A Manhattan man is hurt in a crash on Interstate 70 that was caught on video and has gone viral. According to the Kansas Higway Patrol, 41-year-old Greg Harris of Manhattan was driving a Jeep Grand Cherokee headed west. For an unknown reason he drove onto the north shoulder. He hit a trailer, and an unattended ...

12 years ago
A nonprofit group that supports small farms in Kansas will hold two public "Farm-to-Fork" summits next week. The Kansas Rural Center says the events will take place June 24 at the American Legion in Concordia and June 25 at the Colby Community Building in Colby. Both run from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Author Jane Marshall will ...

12 years ago
State university students could see their tuition and fees rise by as much as 5.7 percent this fall under proposals before the Kansas Board of Regents. The board was considering proposals Wednesday afternoon from the six state universities and the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City. The proposed increases in tuition and fees would provide ...

12 years ago
Governor Sam Brownback says a federal lawsuit by environmental groups over the lesser prairie chicken is an attempt to shut down agriculture and energy production in western Kansas. The lawsuit filed Tuesday in federal court in Washington argues the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is not doing enough to protect the bird. The agency in March listed ...

12 years ago
A Salina man and an Abilene woman are sentenced for their roles in the 2013 disappearance and murder of a Salina woman. On Tuesday afternoon in Saline County District Court Judge Jared Johnson sentenced 26-year-old Joel Heil to life in prison without the possibility of parole for 25 years. He sentenced 21-year-old Megan Wells to 8 ...