12 years ago
Police announce more charges against a man who is already in jail for his role in stealing over 100 guns from Cleve's Marine & Sporting Goods Store. According to Captain Mike Sweeney, 32-year-old Matthew Hewitt is now facing 16 counts of criminal use of a financial card, forgery and theft charges after an investigation revealed Hewitt ...

12 years ago
For more than seven decades, farmers and other industries have depended on the Ogallala Aquifer to provide the lifeblood of the western Kansas economy. There has been concern that irrigation and other uses have depleted the aquifer faster than it can be recharged. It's been declining each year since irrigation began in the 1940s and 1950s. The ...

12 years ago
Open carry of weapons will not be allowed in city-owned buildings in Salina. The Salina City Commission voted on Monday to ban open carry in public buildings. The action mirrors Salina's concealed carry police. While the state allows concealed carry in public buildings, Salina was granted a four year exemption from that law last year. The Salina ...

12 years ago
The 2014 Kansas wheat harvest is finally almost over. The National Agricultural Statistics Service reported Monday that 95 percent of the wheat is now in the bin. Usually by this late in the year, all the wheat has been cut. All the recent rains have ...

12 years ago
A federal judge is encouraging government lawyers to review what he calls "substantial" blacked-out material given to defense attorneys for a man accused of plotting a suicide bombing at Wichita's airport. U.S. District Judge Monti Belot told attorneys Monday he wants to move along as rapidly as possible the case of Terry Loewen, an avionics technician ...

12 years ago
Former Republican congresswoman Jan Meyers has formally endorsed Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback's re-election, six days after being listed among GOP moderates endorsing his Democratic challenger. Brownback's campaign released a statement Monday from Meyers saying that she's pleased with Brownback's efforts to reduce the state's personal income taxes. She also said it's important for Republicans to rally ...

12 years ago
A Washington-area group backing tea party challenger Milton Wolf's bid to unseat Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts is spending more than $423,000 on radio and television ads ahead of the Republican primary. The ads from a political action committee tied to the Senate Conservatives Fund also are mixing with the candidates' own statewide spots. Senate Conservatives Fund President ...

12 years ago
With a Heat Advisory in effect until noon on Tuesday throughout central Kansas - triple digit temperatures mean extreme danger for animals left in vehicles. Vanessa Cowie, Animal Services Supervisor at the Salina Animal Shelter stopped by the KSAL Morning News with a look at taking care of our four-legged friends. "If you see a dog ...

12 years ago
The Kansas Attorney General's Office says the state received the second highest number of concealed carry applications in the last fiscal year. The attorney general announced in a news release Monday that more than 14,205 applications were received between July 1, 2013, and June 30 this year. The highest number of applications in one fiscal year came ...

12 years ago
A golf bag with a dozen clubs inside were stolen from a residence on the evening of July 17th. A 67-year old man who lives in the 100 block E. Kirwin reported the missing Adams Hybrid clubs from his garage. There was no sign of forced entry. Total loss is valued at $600.

12 years ago
A U.S. Treasury Department program brought $31.8 million to Kansas last year, and that number could grow in the future. The Treasury Offset Program helps states collect debts owed by tax deadbeats and welfare cheats. The Wichita Eagle reports Kansas plans to join a part of the program that helps states recover improperly paid unemployment benefits. The ...