12 years ago
The Agriculture Department says it's making permanent rules that allow schools to serve larger portions of lean meat and whole grains in school lunches and other meals. Guidelines restricting portion size were originally intended to combat childhood obesity, but many parents complained their kids weren't getting enough to eat. School administrators say that rules establishing maximums ...

12 years ago
Flu season is ramping up, with illness widespread in at least 35 states including Kansas. That's up from 25 in the previous week. A flu expert with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the agency's weekly report released Friday shows "We're in the thick of flu season." The CDC's Lyn Finelli says the season likely ...

12 years ago
The Kansas Supreme Court has ordered a new trial for a former police chief convicted of 15 counts of sexually molesting three girls. Forty-two-year-old Michael Akins Jr. was convicted in 2011 and sentenced to two life terms. He was police chief in the central Kansas town of Inman when he was charged. The Supreme Court reversed the ...

12 years ago
The first government forecast of the growing season shows U.S. farmers planted fewer acres of winter wheat for harvest this year. The National Agricultural Statistics Service reported Friday that the 41.9 million planted acres are down 2 percent from last year. Seeding for the 2014 winter wheat crop began in August. Plantings of hard red winter wheat, ...

12 years ago
Two Salina teens are arrested for arson after an investigation that dates back to November of 2013. Salina Police on Thursday, arrested 17-year-old Micah Wylie on 1 count of arson. On Friday, police arrested 19-year-old Zachary Gordon on the same charge. Both arrests are in connection to a fire that was intentionally set on the exterior of ...

12 years ago
Two suspects have pleaded not guilty to charges arising from the death of a 27-year-old Salina mother of four. The Salina Journal reports 25-year-old Joel Heil and 33-year-old Dane C. DeWeese, of Abilene, entered their pleas Friday and had dates set for their trials in Saline County District Court. The men are charged with first-degree murder and ...

12 years ago
A car verses train accident leaves a Salina man with minor injuries and charges of DUI. According to Police Captain Mike Sweeney, a 2007 PT Cruiser was eastbound on North Street when it collided with a Union Pacific train near the intersection of North and 3rd Street at about 10:25pm on Thursday evening. Police say the driver, ...

12 years ago
Three teens are arrested after a woman returns home to see three suspects fleeing from inside. Salina Police arrested 17-year-old Rolando Rocha, 17-year-old Brandon LaBarge and 16-year-old Joshua Blake, all of Salina after they allegedly stole items from inside a home at 807 Willis. Police say Leigh Ann Johnson pulled up to her home around 8:15am on ...

12 years ago
The new guide for legislative interns at the Capitol does not contain proposed restrictions ranging from the amount of perfume and the number of earrings interns can wear. Numerous rules suggested last week for inclusion in the 2014 intern handbook by Rep. Peggy Mast, an Emporia Republican, were edited out. Also removed from the document ...

12 years ago
Is there any evidence that the mythical creature Bigfoot is in Kansas, or in the Salina area? You can find out Sunday night. Last January a television crew was in Kansas looking for Bigfoot. At the time, Saline County sheriff's deputies got a call of suspicious vehicles near a rural residence. Sheriff Glen Kochanowski ...

12 years ago
A thief suspected of stealing a wallet is caught on video. According to Salina Police, on December 27th a woman accidentally left her wallet in the restroom at Casey's, 2404 S. 9th. The white female in the video is suspected of taking the wallet. If you can identify the men in the video, or if you ...