12 years ago
The new State Senator in the 35th District of Kansas is Clark Shultz. The 35th District is comprised of all of McPherson County and portions of six other Central Kansas counties. Until recently, it had been represented for several years by Jay Emler. Emler resigned the seat to take an appointment by Governor Sam Brownback to ...

12 years ago
A Junction City man was sentenced to one year of probation for killing his girlfriend's cat by stuffing cigarettes and cotton swabs down its throat. William Lemieux Jr., who had pleaded no contest to animal cruelty in November, was sentenced Friday in Geary County District Court. Lemieux also was ordered to pay costs and not to contact ...

12 years ago
A new report from the U.S. State Department on the Keystone XL pipeline has drawn varying reactions in Kansas, where a separate section of the Keystone pipeline is operating. The State Department on Friday raised no major environmental objections to the $7 billion pipeline from Canada, though the report stops short of recommending its approval. ...

12 years ago
The 25th Annual Caps Celebrity Benefit Auction is Saturday - Executive Director Carolee Jones tells KSAL News the spotlight shines on local donors, "It was much easier to get celebrity stuff by contacting them directly twenty years ago," she said. "That's gone by the wayside, now we've got great local donors that provide most of our ...

12 years ago
A Wichita high school assistant basketball coach has been suspended amid allegations by parents that he bullied their children. Lance Deckinger, athletic director of Northwest High School, told The Wichita Eagle that assistant coach Carl Caldwell is indefinitely suspended while Northwest investigates concerns about him. Deckinger says those concerns are confidential because they involve a ...

12 years ago
A Clyde resident says he plans to run as a Republican against incumbent Congressman Tim Huelskamp. Alan LaPolice, who grew up on a dairy farm in north-central Kansas, plans to kick off his campaign for the 1st Congressional District on Feb. 22 in Concordia. Huelskamp, also a Republican, won the seat in the strongly GOP U.S. ...

12 years ago
Rolling Hills Zoo is one of a half-dozen organizations to receive state tourism grant money. The Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism has awarded Attraction Development Grants totaling $83,520 to six Kansas organizations. According to the agency, the following organizations are receiving funding: * Rolling Hills Zoo, Salina, will receive $20,000 to help market “REPTILES: The ...

12 years ago
A Salina South High School senior wins at $52,000 Wichita State University scholarship. According to WSU, Kevin Kraus is one of two Harry Gore Memorial Scholarship recipients. He will receive $13,000 a year for four years to attend Wichita State, a total of $52,000 each. To be considered for the Gore Scholarship, Kraus competed in the Distinguished ...

12 years ago
A crash leaves a Jeep on its top on a Saline County road Thursday evening. The Saline County Sheriff's Office told KSAL News at the scene that the Jeep was headed north on Gypsum Valley Road. At a curve, the driver hit the raised edge of the gravel road. The Jeep flipped, coming to rest on ...

12 years ago
A woman who was driving the wrong way on Interstate 70 in downtown Topeka collided head-on with a police car. No one was seriously injured. Topeka police say the woman drove east for about 9 miles in the westbound lanes of the interstate early Friday. She eventually hit a semi-trailer truck on its side and then ...

12 years ago
The leading gay-rights group in Kansas is asking legislators to repeal a state law and a provision in the state constitution that both ban same-sex marriage. The Kansas House Federal and State Affairs Committee agreed to sponsor both measures at the request of Equality Kansas executive director Tom Witt. But committee Chairman Steve Brunk hasn't decided whether ...