12 years ago
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A marathon spelling bee finally has a conclusion — after nearly 100 rounds and two weeks of anticipation. A seventh-grader and fifth-grader exhausted the Jackson County spelling bee's initial word list Feb. 22, forcing another day of competition. On Saturday, the seventh-grader was declared the winner after his opponent stumbled on "stifling" ...

12 years ago
A sure sign that spring is on the horizon: It's time to set the clocks forward for daylight saving time. Most Americans will set their clocks 60 minutes later before heading to bed Saturday night, but daylight saving time officially starts Sunday at 2 a.m. local time. You lose an hour of sleep, but daylight saving time ...

12 years ago
One of the most successful programs developed by K-State Research and Extension is about to start its 13th year. Walk Kansas, the eight-week program designed to promote activity and better health for Kansans, begins March 16. Registration information is available at county and district extension offices and at www.walkkansas.org . Walk ...

12 years ago
After spending his entire childhood being ill, a Salina teen is set to have a life-saving bone marrow transplant but unfortunately the procedure comes at a heavy price. 14-year-old Derek Gropp has had a long and hard journey since the day he was born. “He started getting sick when he was two days old and ...

12 years ago
An investigator from the Kansas fire marshal's office will help investigate an outbreak of fires in a rural northwestern county. The Ellis County Rural Fire Department responded Thursday night to five fires in four hours outside the Hays city limits. Rural Fire Director Dick Klaus said the first call involved a burning pile of ...

12 years ago
Salina USD 305 Superintendent Dr. Bill Hall says that Friday's supreme court ruling on school funding is a win for children across the state, but he cautions that it is a "partial win". Supreme court justices ordered the Legislature to boost two kinds of aid to school districts by July 1. It returned the case to ...

12 years ago
Nearly 30 Salina high school students spent Friday in the classroom, on what was supposed to be a day off from school. The Salina South High School Lab Chicks club hosted "Girls Day in the Lab". Club sponsor Nikki Chamberlain, a chemistry teacher at South, tells KSAL News that 122 female students in grades 4 ...

12 years ago
Jewelry and a pistol are taken from a Salina home. Officers were called to the 300 block of North Kansas Thursday after someone forced open the back gate on a fenced yard and entered a home sometime between 6:30am and 4:45pm. Police say someone removed a Black Hills Gold Jewelry collection, plus a box that contained an ...

12 years ago
Several Hutchinson students want to limit smoking at the Kansas state fairgrounds. About 25 members of Communities that Care, a Reno County youth organization, asked the Kansas State Fair board on Thursday to consider their proposal to make the grounds smoke-free, except for a few designated smoking areas. The Hutchinson News reports smoking isn't allowed now in ...

12 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff's Office is investigating after a homeowner returns to find his door open and gun collection missing. Deputies were called to a home in the 5400 block of East North Street after someone entered the house on Thursday and removed rifles, shotguns, pistols and knives from inside. Deputies say a small laptop computer with ...

12 years ago
A man is arrested for threatening a Salina woman with his car. Police arrested 48-year-old Aaron Koch for aggravated assault on Thursday after he allegedly used his 2003 Nissan Altima to scare a 45-year-old woman who is an acquaintance. Police say Koch backed his car out of her driveway after they had an argument in the 200 ...