12 years ago
Salina Police arrest a couple of people from Wichita in connection with a copper wire theft. Police Captain Mike Sweeney says that a lock box on a pickup parked at Motel 6 on West Diamond Drive was broken into. Items taken include 150 feet of 2-0 copper wire, and 15 feet of #2 copper wire. Total loss ...

12 years ago
A Kansas House committee is considering a bill that would allow state residents to renew their driver's licenses for eight years, rather than the current six years. Members of the House Transportation Committee were supportive of the idea Thursday, saying it was partly in response to long lines at driver's license offices in the state. The bill ...

12 years ago
State health officials say this year's flu season is winding down in Kansas, and this season won't be as severe as last year. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports Kansas has gone from having widespread flu to regional flu. Robert Moser, secretary of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, says the ...

12 years ago
An 18-year-old student at an alternative school in Topeka is facing juvenile charges following an attack on a paraprofessional. The incident happened Wednesday at Capital City School, which serves students with behavioral and emotional issues. The victim, who is in her 60s, suffered rib and shoulder injuries when she was shoved against a wall. She remained hospitalized ...

12 years ago
Kansas legislators are considering changes in a state energy regulation to balance the interests of utility companies with those who use renewable fuel sources. At issue is a practice known as net metering, in which individuals or businesses generate their own electricity and sell excess power to a utility company. During periods of peak demand, credits earned ...

12 years ago
A Kansas Senate committee wants to limit the fees charged by state and local agencies when they fulfill requests to produce public records. The Federal and State Affairs Committee approved a records-fee bill on a voice vote Thursday, sending the measure to the full Senate for debate. The state's Open Records Act says agency fees must be ...

12 years ago
A group of citizens come together in support of the proposed USD 305 school bonds. Organizers say that the goal of the "Now is the Time" group is to help Salina citizens better understand the need for school improvements, and to understand the April 8, 2014, mail-in bond election. The committee is led by: Mindi Davidson, First Bank Kansas Samantha ...

12 years ago
Local law enforcement is heading back to school - to encourage students to buckle up. Saline County Sheriff's Office Prevention Deputy Scott Trembly tells KSAL News that beginning next week deputies will be extra vigilant when patrolling around schools. "We'll be looking for those occupants who are not wearing seatbelts," he said. Beginning Monday, February 24th and ...

12 years ago
Architect Frank Gehry is maintaining key elements of his design for a memorial honoring President Dwight D. Eisenhower in Washington, despite criticism from a federal arts panel and outside groups. Gehry's Los Angeles-based team presented revisions Thursday to the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts. But the changes were limited to the landscape, adding 74 trees ...

12 years ago
The newly released 2012 Census of Agriculture shows the number of Kansas farms has decreased but those that remain are larger. The National Agriculture Statistics Service reported Thursday that the average number of farms in Kansas in 2012 was 61,773. That is down 6 percent from the 2007 census. Kansas had 46.1 million acres of ...

12 years ago
Careless smoking is blamed as a cause to a fire early Thursday morning in Salina. According to the Salina Fire Department, at 5:15 in the morning crews responded to a house fire at 507 N. 12th. In a news release Fire Inspector Troy Long said “the occupants inside the home were alerted to the fire by a ...