12 years ago
A computer is stolen from a lab room at Kansas Wesleyan University. Salina Police say sometime between January 31 and February 3, someone entered a lab on campus in Peters Science Hall and removed a Dell Optiplex 7010 computer tower with power cord. The hardware is valued at $988. A similar model was stolen from a classroom at ...

12 years ago
Health experts at the University of Kansas Hospital are warning people to avoid overtaxing their hearts while shoveling snow. With a winter storm bearing down on the region, the hospital said in a statement Monday that people clearing snow should be alert to dizziness, extreme fatigue, faintness and chest pains. Cardiologists say that even people in ...

12 years ago
The National Agricultural Statistics Service says declining stock water supplies and extreme weather swings were the biggest concerns for Kansas livestock producers last month. In its monthly wintertime update, the agency reported Monday that cattle and calf losses were 13 percent below normal, 85 percent normal and 2 percent above normal in January. The report also said ...

12 years ago
Kansas legislators are considering anti-terrorism legislation inspired partly by an alleged suicide bomb plot at a Wichita airport foiled in December. A bill heard Monday by the House Corrections and Juvenile Justice Committee would allow victims to sue convicted terrorists. The bill would let victims collect damages equal to three times their losses or $10,000, whichever ...

12 years ago
Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt has joined other states in appealing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's proposed regulation of nutrients in runoff from farms and lawns. Schmidt says he filed a brief Monday in a federal appeals court in Philadelphia in a lawsuit by the American Farm Bureau over the EPA's regulation of nutrient runoff in ...

12 years ago
Republicans in Congress say a 40-year-old law meant to protect animals and plants from extinction has become bogged down by litigation and is in desperate need of an overhaul. A group of 13 GOP lawmakers plans to release a report Tuesday detailing their proposed changes to the Endangered Species Act, one of the nation's cornerstone environmental ...

12 years ago
Snow than began to fall overnight will continue throughout the day Tuesday. According to the National Weather Service, snow will continue through the day and end tonight. The heaviest snowfall totals will be in the morning and early afternoon across the area. The highest snow totals will fall in an axis from Hutchinson to Topeka ...

12 years ago
Salina firefighters responded to the report of a possible fire in East Salina Monday evening. At around 7:00 crews responded to an apartment complex at 750 Fairdale. Salina Fire Marshal Roger Williams told KSAL News at the scene that crews responded to a report of smoke coming out of the soffits of the apartment. Williams says that though ...

12 years ago
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback has ordered state offices in the Topeka area to remain closed Tuesday and the Legislature has canceled its meetings because of an impending winter storm. Brownback said Monday that he's closing state offices in Shawnee County to keep roads as clear as possible of traffic once the storm hits. The National Weather ...

12 years ago
With a major winter storm system forecast to hit the state officials are urging all Kansans to make sure they are prepared. “This storm is looking to be the largest winter storm we have had in 2014,” said Governor Sam Brownback. “Although the storm will hit most of the state, the most affected areas will be ...

12 years ago
Maximum-security inmates at a northeast Kansas prison have been placed on restrictions after what officials called a weekend "disruption." Kansas Department of Corrections spokesman Jeremy Barclay said Monday that maximum-security inmates at the Lansing Correctional Facility were involved in a disruption in the yard Saturday night. Barclay says he doesn't know how many inmates were ...