12 years ago
A Topeka woman has died after the car she was in hit a horse in northeast Kansas. 58-year-old Vicki Barbara Self was killed in the accident in Jackson County on Thursday night. Jackson County Sheriff Tim Morse says the accident occurred when car she was in struck a horse along U.S. 75 north of Holton. Self ...

12 years ago
While the crowd may have been large at the Festival Jam in Salina Thursday night, the problems were not. Police say that there were no major incidents during the event, and that no arrests were made. Only one arrest was made during a DUI check lane afterward the concert. Officers on routine patrol made two other ...

12 years ago
Salina Police are looking for a stolen motorycle. Police say that sometime between June 10th and June 12th, a 2003 Kawasaki was stolen from in front of a home at 142 North 11th Street. The motorcycle is black, with taillights in the shape of skulls. It has a cracked oil pan that leaks. The motorcyce had Kansas license ...

12 years ago
The University of Denver is welcoming its new chancellor. Rebecca Chopp, who most recently served as president of Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania, is scheduled to be at the school Friday morning to meet with the campus community. The university announced Thursday that Chopp would succeed Robert Coombe, who is retiring after 33 years in office. ...

12 years ago
A Hutchinson inmate who has been missing since Saturday has been recaptured in Wichita. The Kansas Department of Corrections says 43-year-old Christopher Ward was arrested Thursday evening by Kansas Department of Corrections agents, K-9 officers and U.S. Deputy Marshals. Further details of his arrest were not released. He walked away from his work site ...

12 years ago
A large crowd gathered in Salina's Oakdale Park Thursday night to be a part of the official opening event of the 2014 Smoky Hill River Festival. The Festival Jam officially started the annual party in the park, in front of nearly 11,000 people. Steve Hansen organized the first Jam 28 years ago, and is still going ...

12 years ago
New federal statistics show Kansas' gross domestic product grew slightly faster than the national average last year but still lagged behind most other states in the region. The U.S. Department of Commerce says Kansas' gross domestic product grew 1.9 percent in 2013. GDP is the value of finished goods and services and is considered ...

12 years ago
From Best Work in Progress - to Best in Show, Dad's Day at Rolling Hills Zoo promises plenty of chrome and cruisers to look at. Vickee Spicer with the Zoo stopped into the KSAL Morning News with a look at Sunday's event. "It's neat to see it translating into generations," she said. "We have fathers and sons ...

12 years ago
A leader in the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation in northeast Kansas has died in a traffic accident. Suzanne Heck, editor for the tribe's newspaper and website, said Thursday that James M. Potter, who was tribal council secretary, died after the accident Wednesday evening west of Mayetta. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports Potter's term as secretary was to end ...

12 years ago
Every year, the need for scholarships is greater than the available resources. As tuition continues to rise, support of scholarships becomes even more invaluable. The Greater Salina Community Foundation is pleased to administer 24 different scholarship funds. These scholarships were established by donors who believe in the youth of our area and ...

12 years ago
A Wichita man is jailed in Saline County for cashing a counterfeit check. Salina Police requested a warrant for 46-year-old Brent Jones last year after investigators say he cashed a fake check in the amount of $594.70 that was marked as a business check from Kansasland Tire in Salina. Police in Wichita arrested Jones on Wednesday, he's ...