12 years ago
Hundreds of motorcycle riders will cross Kansas on Interstate 70 beginning Saturday on their way to a massive gathering in the nation's capital to honor military veterans. The annual "Run for the Wall" begins in California and ends at the Vietnam Memorial in Washington, D.C. The riders take three different routes before joining back together in ...

12 years ago
Kansas is doubling the presumed prison sentence for premeditated first-degree murder to life with no chance of parole for at least 50 years. Gov. Sam Brownback announced Wednesday that he signed a bill this week to make the so-called "Hard 50" the presumed sentence for premeditated first-degree murder. The provision will apply to killings committed after ...

12 years ago
A group of Salina area law enforcement officers teamed up Wednesday to run through the streets of Salina. The Saline County leg of the Special Olympics Torch Run weaved through town Wednesday afternoon. Saline County Sheriff Deputy Scott Trembley, who organizes the event, tells KSAL News that 19 runners participated. Officers from the Salina Police Department, ...

12 years ago
A 24-year-old woman is dead after being shot while walking in a south Wichita neighborhood with her husband, a documented gang member. The Wichita Eagle  reports the couple were walking at 11:45 p.m. Tuesday when several shots were fired toward them. Police Lt. Todd Ojile says both the man and the woman began running, but one ...

12 years ago
Police are investigating after a stolen car hits a fire hydrant and road signs. Officers were called to the 1400 block of Marymount Road early Tuesday morning after an unidentified driver jumped a curb in a Chevy Cavalier and tore through five 'Curve' street signs and came to rest after bending a fire hydrant. Police found the ...

12 years ago
A boy who found $10,000 in a Kansas City hotel room won't get to keep the cash even though it remains unclaimed. Tyler Schaefer stumbled upon the neatly stacked bills in a hotel drawer last May 25 and handed it over to two uniformed off-duty police officers working at the hotel. The Police Department is ...

12 years ago
Salina South High School's Principal is leaving the school to take another job in the district. According to USD 305, Linn Exline will become the new Executive Director of School Improvement. Exline has been a public educator for 22 years, most recently serving as the principal of Salina South High School since 2008. She has also ...

12 years ago
In an unprecedented move, the Pentagon is trying to transfer convicted national security leaker Pvt. Chelsea Manning to a civilian prison so she can get treatment for her gender disorder, defense officials said. Manning, formerly named Bradley, was convicted of sending classified documents to anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks. The soldier has asked for hormone therapy and to ...

12 years ago
The year's third Kansas Honor Flight is headed to Washington, D.C., to give veterans a chance to visit memorials to their wars and others. The flight was scheduled to leave Wichita on Wednesday carrying four World War II veterans and 23 Korean War vets, along with their guardians, to the nation's capital. The trip is organized by ...

12 years ago
State Board of Education members are struggling with applications from the first two Kansas school districts seeking innovative status under a 2013 state law, and with the law's implications for the board's authority. The board created a subcommittee Tuesday to meet with the Concordia and McPherson school districts to discuss their applications and resolve several questions. ...

12 years ago
Former U.S. Senator and Republican Presidential Candidate Bob Dole stopped in Salina Tuesday afternoon. The 90-year-old former Senate majority leader, who currently is in the middle of three planned tours of his home state, was greeted by a large group of friends and well-wishers. Dole gave a statement, before taking questions from the crowd.  He brought ...