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Congressman Tim Huelskamp will make a stop in Salina Monday for a town hall event. According to the Congressman's office, he is continuing the tradition of visiting each of the District’s 63 counties each year. So far Huelskamp has completed 221 town halls during his time in office. The Congressman will be in Salina on Monday, as ...

12 years ago
A father and daughter from Topeka are killed in a crash near Bennington late Friday afternoon as they were headed home after enrolling her in college. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, a vehicle was parked along the north edge of K 18 Highway, partially in the westbound lanes of travel. A pickup truck moved from ...

12 years ago
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius says the government is making "tremendous progress" toward fixing what she called a broken health system. Sebelius commented Friday after President Barack Obama announced her resignation after five years in his Cabinet. The former Kansas governor was blamed for the disastrous start to sign-ups for coverage under Obama's health care ...

12 years ago
Kansas officials working on a 50-year water plan say regional conservation efforts and the Missouri River are likely to be included. A six-member team developing the plan discussed the work Friday with reporters after a daylong meeting with about 150 state and local officials and members of the general public in Manhattan. Gov. Sam Brownback called in ...

12 years ago
Police have connected 12 shootings targeting vehicles on Kansas City-area roads and highways since early March. Three drivers have been wounded by gunfire, though none of the wounds was considered life-threatening. Police have said they were looking into as many as 20 reported highway shootings, but that number has fluctuated as investigators address new reports ...

12 years ago
Abby Harders can't remember when she started riding horses, "I've just always loved horses and rodeos," she said. The 16-year-old breakaway roper and barrel racer is riding into to the Saline County Mounted Patrol Rodeo as the 2014 Miss Teen Rodeo Kansas. Abby joined in on the KSAL Morning News Friday with a look at what is ...

12 years ago
The Kansas Supreme Court has reversed the "Hard 50" murder sentence of a Wichita man but refused to rule whether changes made by legislators to the law in 2013 can be applied. Justices ruled Friday that the sentence for Rogelio Soto in a 2009 stabbing must be vacated because his rights were violated when a judge, ...

12 years ago
A south-central Kansas woman faces two felony counts after a house fire killed her 23-month-old twin sons. Pratt County Attorney Ken Van Blaricum said Friday that Destry Ibarra is charged with two counts of aggravated endangering a child for the Dec. 23, 2013, fire that killed her sons, Jayce and Jasper. He says Ibarra was arrested ...

12 years ago
Tools and fencing items are stolen from an outbuilding in southeast Saline County. Saline County Sheriff's Deputies were called to the 6900 block of S. Simpson Road on Thursday afternoon after property owner, Glenn Skulborstad discovered his Morton Building had been burglarized. Deputies say someone forced open the door and removed numerous hand tools and power tools ...

12 years ago
Police are investigating a damage to property case. Officers were called to the 1800 block of S. Broadway after a 2001 Buick sedan was vandalized. The owner told police that someone punctured the radiator, tampered with fuses and stole the nuts from the vehicle's suspension sway bar. Damage is estimated at $900. Salina Police arrest a ...

12 years ago
Salina area high school senior basketball players will get an opportunity to square off against college seniors from Kansas State and Wichita State in May. The Collegiate All-Stars Barnstorming Tour will visit Salina Central High School on Wednesday, May 7. Scheduled to appear and play for the Collegiate All-Stars are Kansas State seniors Will Spradling, Shane ...