12 years ago
A Kansas school that once was on the brink of closure has found new life as an agriculture-themed charter school. Students at the Walton 21st Century Rural Life Center now learn through projects that range from selling eggs to showing pigs at the county fair. The farm curriculum has been replicated elsewhere, including urban environments in Chicago ...

12 years ago
Authorities in south-central Kansas say they are seeing more burglaries at rural elevators, where thieves are mostly stealing tools and other equipment. Dustin Cooke, an investigator with the Kingman County Sheriff's Office, says at least 15 burglaries reported in recent months at elevators from the Colorado border to Kingman County have involved the theft of tire ...

12 years ago
The attorney for a former Kansas Bureau of Investigation deputy director charged with sexual exploitation of a child says no child was ever in danger. Thomas Haney told The Associated Press on Friday that his client, 57-year-old Kyle Smith, isn't accused of approaching, touching or having any communication with a child. Haney says the charge involves ...

12 years ago
A judge has set bond at $1 million for three people arrested after this week's discovery of a woman's body in rural northeast Kansas. KJCK-AM in Junction City reports a woman and two men made first appearances Friday in Geary County District Court. Formal charges have not been filed, but two suspects were arrested on suspicion ...

12 years ago
The U.S. Agriculture Department is estimating the total value of Kansas crop production last year at $7.79 billion, a drop of 4 percent from 2012. The agency's National Agricultural Statistics Service calculates crop values by multiplying the average marketing price by the amount of production in each state. Friday's report said Kansas wheat production in 2013 was ...

12 years ago
Police are looking for a couple of suspected shoplifters who were caught on video. According to Salina Police, two subjects are suspected of committing a theft from Hobby Lobby in Salina's Mid State Plaza. The suspects are a white female wearing a white coat and black pants, and a white male wearing a white coat and blue ...

12 years ago
A former Lawrence man will get a new trial in the 2004 death of his wife. The Kansas Supreme Court on Friday overturned the murder conviction of Martin Miller. He was convicted of strangling his 46-year-old wife, Mary Miller, at their home because he was having an affair and wanted to collect $300,000 in life ...

12 years ago
An airplane ends up on its belly after landing at the Salina Regional Airport Friday morning. First responders were called to the airport at around 10:00. Airport officials tell KSAL News that a SeaPort Airlines plane landed mid-morning. The plane ended up on its belly, on the runway. There were no passengers on the airplane, just a ...

12 years ago
A Lawrence man who was the subject of a Silver Alert earlier this week was found dead inside his vehicle in the parking lot of Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Authorities said Thursday no foul play is suspected in the death of 65-year-old George Sundstrom. Lawrence police Sgt. Trent McKinley said officers found a man dead ...

12 years ago
A man driving a truck loaded with 90 head of cattle leads law enforcement on a pursuit through two counties. Dickinson County Sheriff Gareth Hoffman tells KSAL News the pursuit began at about 5:00 Thursday morning when an Abilene Police Officer attempted to make a traffic stop. The truck was going 75-miles-per-hour in a 55 miles-per-hour ...

12 years ago
The president of the Kansas Senate says her chamber is unlikely to pass a bill that would prevent lawsuits against someone who refuses, for religious reasons, to provide services to gay and lesbians. The bill passed the House on Wednesday, drawing strong reaction from across the country. It would prohibit government sanctions or lawsuits ...