13 years ago
The federal agency overseeing air travel has temporarily grounded drone use by a pair of Midwest journalism schools. Researchers at the University of Missouri in Columbia and the University of Nebraska in Lincoln were testing the flying robots as aerial photographers and video recorders from difficult-to-reach news scenes. The Federal Aviation Administration ordered the universities to stop ...

13 years ago
A University of Kansas graduate who invented a synthetic gel called "Superflab" for use in radiology clinics has donated $2 million to the university for a professorship and two scholarships. Gene Feaster, of Leawood, received his bachelor's degree in chemistry in 1940 and a doctorate in physics in 1953. The university said Thursday the gift includes $1 ...

13 years ago
Public health warnings have been issued for seven Kansas lakes because of dangerous levels of toxic blue-green algae. Less restrictive advisories have also been issued for two additional lakes. The warnings from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment prohibit swimming, wading, skiing or other direct contact with the water. Lakes now under warnings include Colwich Memorial ...

13 years ago
A man charged with shooting at Kansas troopers after robbing a bank took the stand in his own trial. Jason Gleason is accused of leading police on a chase that ended in gunfire in October 2012. Gleason is accused of firing his Emerson 9mm pistol at KHP Trooper Ryan Wolting. Wolting was attempting to stop Gleason’s ...

13 years ago
A former Fort Riley soldier has been convicted of first-degree murder in the death of a Kansas National Guard member outside a Manhattan motorcycle club. KAYS-AM reports a jury in Riley County District Court deliberated less than an hour Thursday before returning the verdict against 27-year-old Daniel Parker, of Junction City. Parker was accused of opening fire ...

13 years ago
A Wichita man has been charged with felony cruelty to animals in the beating death of a pit bull puppy. The Wichita Eagle reports 28-year-old Brian Jackson appeared in Sedgwick County District Court via a video hookup from jail Thursday afternoon to hear a formal reading of the charge. His bond was set at $25,000. Wichita police ...

13 years ago
A National Guard federal funding reduction will have a big impact on Salina and Fort Riley. Sharon Watson from the Kansas Adjutant General's Office tells KSAL News that the guard was recently notified of a significant reduction in federal funding that supports the Readiness Sustainment Maintenance Sites in Salina and Fort Riley. The current 2013 annual ...

13 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 ...

13 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 ...

13 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 ...

13 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 ...