12 years ago
Kansas health officials say the state's infant mortality rate has edged higher. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment said Thursday the number of infant deaths rose from 247 in 2011 to 254 in 2012. That works out to an infant mortality rate of 6.3 deaths per 1,000 live births last year, up from 6.2 ...

12 years ago
Officials at Fort Leavenworth say Bradley Manning has arrived at the U.S. Disciplinary Barracks to begin serving a 35-year prison term. A brief statement from the northeast Kansas post Thursday afternoon gave no other details about Manning's arrival or status. He previously spent nearly two years at an adjacent prison while awaiting court-martial. The ...

12 years ago
More than 200 Bethany College students, staff, and faculty volunteered for the inaugural “Swede Sweep,” a day devoted to group service projects around Lindsborg. Projects took place across the community as well as along Burma Road and Bethany Drive with McPherson County road crews. More than 170 incoming freshmen and 35 upperclassmen Pathfinder mentors participated. "It was ...

12 years ago
Saline County firefighting relief organizations are receiving over $300,000 in state insurance funds. According to Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger's office, they are currently making the annual funds distribution to state and local firefighter relief organizations. More than $11.6 million is being distributed among 577 local Firefighters Relief Associations (FRAs) across the state. The local association funds ...

12 years ago
A home on N 10th St. was broken into on Tuesday. There were signs of forced entry through a window of the home of Cheryl Palmer, 64. Palmer was away from her home when the burglary occurred and noticed that she was missing property soon after returning. From her home was stolen two rings, one sterling silver, ...

12 years ago
USD 305 Superintendent Bill Hall is inviting the public to a community meeting tonight at Salina South High School. Hall, now in his third year at the helm of Salina schools, stopped into the KSAL Morning News Thursday with a look at some of the challenges that lie ahead for the district. "We have some structural issues ...

12 years ago
A Kansas consumer advocate agency says Westar Energy Inc. can get by with a smaller rate increase and still be able to make necessary environmental improvements at its power plants. David Springe, an attorney for the Citizens Utility Ratepayers Board, filed testimony Wednesday with the Kansas Corporation Commission saying Westar could reduce its rate increase ...

12 years ago
A construction project will alter traffic at a busy South Salina intersection. According to the City of Salina, on Monday Pavers Inc. will begin removal and replacement of the pavement at the Magnolia Road and Belmont Boulevard intersection. The first phase of work will be to replace the north half of the intersection. Two-way traffic will ...

12 years ago
Members of co-ops in Nickerson and Sterling will vote next month on whether to merge. The merger of the Nickerson's Farmers Co-op and Farmers Co-op Union of Sterling requires a two-thirds vote of approval by both cooperatives. If approved, the new cooperative would be called Central Prairie Co-op. Nickerson members will vote Sept. 9 and Sterling members ...

12 years ago
There's good news and bad news for the Anthony City Lake. The good news — after two years of drought, recent rains have filled the lake again. The bad news — the lake smells. And weeds that grew while the lake was dry are raising concerns about safety for swimmers and boat propellers. The city is asking ...

12 years ago
Kansas residents will continue to have extended access to five driver's license stations in a state agency's effort to keep lines moving. The Department of Revenue's Division of Vehicles announced Wednesday that stations in Andover, Mission, Olathe, Topeka and Wichita will remain open Monday through Friday. The decision follows a practice this summer of keeping the ...