13 years ago
A central Kansas co-op is planning a $42 million grain storage and loading facility that it hopes will create 18 permanent jobs. The plant will be built in McPherson County, just outside Canton. Officials with Mid Kansas Co-op say the project will take about 10 years, with more than 150 construction jobs. The co-op says on its ...

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The Kansas Highway Patrol says four people who died Tuesday in an accident in Ellsworth County were from Colorado. The patrol identified the victims Wednesday as 54-year-old Kevin J. Dorrell; 51-year-old Debra M. Dorrell; 15-year-old Justin Turner; and 11-year-old Joe Turner, all of Aurora, Colo. Nine-year-old Jonah Turner survived the crash when an Ellsworth man pulled him ...

13 years ago
UPDATED 7:45 AM 5-30-13 A 10-year-old girl was transported to a Wichita hospital after she suffered an electrical shock Wednesday evening in Salina. The girl and three other children were playing outside, in the Campbell Plaza area, downtown in the 100 Block of South Santa Fe as a thunderstorm over Salina. After receiving the shock the girl was ...

13 years ago
Gov. Sam Brownback believes Kansas lawmakers are making progress in resolving tax issues even though the House and Senate have suspended negotiations for now. Brownback told reporters Wednesday that legislators are starting to work through their differences. He said, "It's going to happen." The biggest disagreement among Brownback's fellow Republicans is over the 6.3 percent state sales tax, ...

13 years ago
Top Democrats in the Kansas Legislature are criticizing what they describe as "gridlock" among Republicans on tax issues and suggest administrative problems could result. Senate Minority Leader Anthony Hensley of Topeka and House Minority Leader Paul Davis of Lawrence said Wednesday that the Legislature's research staff sees potential complications if the 2013 session drags into June. Republican ...

13 years ago
An Ellsworth woman is facing federal drug charges. According to U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom's Office, 35-year-old Melissa Jo Brachter is charged with one count of possession with intent to distribute marijuana and one count of distributing marijuana within 1,000 feet of a school. The crimes are alleged to have occurred on April 15th in Ellsworth within 1,000 ...

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Investigators are still working to identify four people killed in a traffic accident in Ellsworth County on Tuesday. Patrol trooper Ben Gardner said Wednesday the victims are believed to be from Colorado and authorities in that state are helping to obtain identities. Gardner says the victims' SUV hit a semi-trailer truck that parked along Interstate 70 about ...

13 years ago
Spools of copper wire are taken from a work site. Sheriff Glen Kochanowski tells KSAL News that tools and thousands of dollars worth of copper wire were stolen from a trailer - while it was parked at Westar Electric sub-power station southeast of Salina. Deputies say someone cut the padlock on the trailer owned by Capital Electric, ...

13 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a vehicle burglary. Police say there was no sign of forced entry into a 2005 Dodge Caravan that is owned by Key Office Equipment, and was parked in a lot behind the business at 214 S. Santa Fe. Someone apparently entered the van sometime between Friday afternoon and Tuesday morning and removed a ...

13 years ago
There were no injuries or loss of human life, but a tornado in rural Ottawa County killed over 100 head of cattle Tuesday evening. A severe thunderstorm rapidly intensified into a super cell, and dropped a large tornado in a rural part of the county. The half-mile wide twister was initially on a direct path to Bennington. ...

13 years ago
Saline County enters into an agreement to house juvenile offenders in Junction City. The Saline County Commission Tuesday entered into an inter-local agreement with the North Central Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Junction City. In becoming a member in the program, Saline County must pay a $10,000 fee, which all counties have paid in the past for ...