13 years ago
The year's second Kansas Honor Flight is scheduled to take 24 World War II veterans and their guardians to Washington, D.C., where they will spend two days visiting various memorials. The group plans to leave Wichita at 6:25 a.m. Wednesday and return Friday afternoon. The trip is organized by Kansas Honor Flight Inc., whose mission is ...

13 years ago
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - The Kansas Senate plans to debate Governor Sam Brownback's proposal to authorize an additional $202 million for a new national biodefense lab. Brownback has said the measure on Tuesday's agenda in the Senate will fulfill the state's commitment to fund part of the cost of the National Bio-and Agro-Defense Facility at Kansas ...

13 years ago
OTTAWA, Kan. (AP) - A man charged with killing four people on an eastern Kansas farm has made an appearance in a packed courtroom, but stayed mostly quiet. Twenty seven year old Kyle Flack is being held on $10 million bond. He is charged with murder in the deaths of 18 month old Lana Leigh Bailey, ...

13 years ago
A top Kansas Democrat is criticizing Republican Gov. Sam Brownback and GOP legislative leaders for holding private talks to resolve tax issues. House Minority Leader Paul Davis says discussions of tax issues should occur during public meetings of negotiators appointed by House and Senate leaders to resolve the chambers' differences. Davis, of Lawrence, issued a statement Monday ...

13 years ago
A Salina man has been sentenced to 78 months in federal prison on drug trafficking and firearms charges. According to U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom's office 46-year-old Chris Alan Martin pleaded guilty to one count of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, one count of possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking and one count ...

13 years ago
It's May, and another severe weather season has arrived for Kansas. Many Kansan’s think of storms as a terrible thing and wish they'd never happen. Other Kansan’s have a strong interest in these storms and want to learn more and experience them. KSAL's Justin Dean has had a lifelong interest in weather and remembers watching ...

13 years ago
It's time to get your hands dirty - with some good clean fun in the ceramic studio of Memorial Hall. The second annual SculptureTour Salina Symposium is giving people a chance to touch art this week. Phyll Klema, Executive Director of Salina Downtown Inc., stopped into the KSAL Morning News with a look at what's coming up ...

13 years ago
Burglars hit a Salina business early Monday morning. Officers responded to an alarm that sounded just after 1am at B & K Prescriptions, 601 E. Iron, after someone threw a concrete block through a large double pane window. Police are reviewing video from inside the store and say that two males, who were wearing ski masks and ...

13 years ago
A vehicle that was washed away in a flash flood last week is found in four feet of standing water. The Saline County Sheriff's Office reports that the 2008 Chevy Malibu is probably a total loss after being carried away by rushing water sometime late Wednesday into Thursday morning. Owner, Emily Hensley of Salina told deputies she ...

13 years ago
Deputies arrest seven suspects after thousands of dollars of guns, camping gear and tools are stolen from a rural home. According to Saline County Sheriff Glen Kochanowski, burglars entered a home in the 3000 block of N. Lightville Road, numerous times between May 3rd and May 8th and removed at least 8 guns, outdoor gear, cameras, ...

13 years ago
A deer running across an interstate highway on the northern edge of Kansas City is blamed for the death of a motorcyclist and injuries to his son after a chain-reaction crash. 41-year-old Anthony Dunster of Kansas City was killed after a collision around 7 p.m. Saturday in the southbound lanes of Interstate 435 near Missouri Highway ...