13 years ago
A northeast Kansas man is in custody after a menagerie of wild cats was seized from private property in northeast Kansas. Atchison County Sheriff Jack Laurie says one tiger, two cougars, three bobcats, two lynx, one serval and two skunks were taken Sunday from land belonging to a relative of the suspect. Laurie says the animals ...

13 years ago
A northwest Kansas county is closer to having its own 70-megawatt wind farm. The Graham County Commission has approved a conditional use permit for the Ringneck Prairie Wind Farm 6 miles south of Hill City. The Hays Daily News reports that details remain to be worked out, but last week's approval of the conditional-use permit, as well ...

13 years ago
Sculpture Tour Salina continues to grow. Days after the removal of the 2012 pieces from their downtown pedestals, organizers are preparing to unveil an expanded lineup of creations on Saturday, May 18th. Mike Hoppock, Chairman of Sculpture Tour Salina - stopped into the KSAL Morning News on Monday with a look at what's ahead. "This year we have ...

13 years ago
Police are investigating after a commercial business is damaged. Police say a burglary may have been prevented by a strong steel door on a building at 1906 S. Broadway. The owner contacted SPD after noticing damage done to the door and frame of the structure. Police say someone tried to pry the door open sometime between April 26th ...

13 years ago
A new concert experience pairs circus veterans of Ringing Bros. and Barnum & Bailey and Cirque du Soleil with stunning symphonic music at the Salina Bicentennial Center on Sunday, September 29 at 5 p.m. Tickets for Cirque Musica go on sale to the public on Friday, May 10 at 10 a.m. Tickets priced at $25, $45, ...

13 years ago
In just a couple of days three of Salina's Most Wanted have been caught. The new list of Salina's Most Wanted went on-line Saturday. Already, three of them have been arrested. According to the Saline County Sheriff's Office Erica Broadfoot, Alexander Garay, and Curtis Metro have all been caught. Their crimes range from things like felony drug ...

13 years ago
A Leawood couple is relieved to know why Johnson County sheriff's deputies raided their home last year, but they are upset that the raid was based on what they call flimsy evidence. Deputies stormed Robert and Adlynn Harte's home last April looking for evidence the couple was growing marijuana. The couple wasn't charged and the sheriff's ...

13 years ago
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says recent precipitation brought Tuttle Creek Lake back to its normal elevation. Brian McNulty, the corps' operation manager, says the lake was at its normal elevation of 1075 feet by the end of the day Friday. That's more than 10 feet above the lake's level last fall. Last summer, water levels ...

13 years ago
A man has died after jumping into a suburban Wichita pond after leading police on a car chase. A Sedgwick County dispatch supervisor says that the unidentified man entered a local car dealership around 9:16 p.m. and was flashing some knives. The person who called 911 told dispatchers the man left the building, got into a ...

13 years ago
While seat belt usage drops off dramatically after toddlerhood, new research shows older children are involved in thousands of traffic crashes each year in Kansas. Kansas State University civil engineers worked with the Kansas Department of Transportation and a research program to analyze crash data. They found that children from 4 to 13 years of age ...

13 years ago
A group of middle school students will get a chance to fly over Wichita this week to mark the conclusion of a mentoring program. The program, called Flying Challenge, culminates Thursday at the National Center for Aviation Training. The agenda that includes flights over Wichita, a robotics lab, a paint lab and a radio controlled airplane ...