13 years ago
Combines are rolling in central Kansas and KSAL Radio's "Harvest Fest" is in full swing. KSAL's Rich Alexander was in Lindsborg yesterday at the Mid Kansas Co-op elevator celebrating an on-air tradition that continues to reach out to Kansas producers and families as the wheat harvest comes in. Field crews can enjoy a cold drink and a ...

13 years ago
The Kansas Corporation Commission will ask the state's attorney general to defend it against a charge of violating the Kansas Open Meetings Act. The commission also decided Tuesday to ask Attorney General Derek Schmidt's office to assess the agency's open meetings practices but not to issue an opinion. Shawnee County District Attorney Chad Taylor sued the commission ...

13 years ago
More than 100 Kansas school districts have been rewarded for their efforts to get more students certified in technical education specialties. Gov. Sam Brownback presented checks totaling $703,000 to 111 school districts on Tuesday for helping high school students improve their skills. The state awards districts $1,000 for each student who completes a technical education program and ...

13 years ago
GREAT BEND, Kan. (AP) - A central Kansas man has died after the ultralight aircraft he was flying crashed at Great Bend Municipal Airport. The Kansas Highway Patrol identifies the victim as 26 year old Lucas Campbell of Great Bend. Investigators and witnesses said Campbell was flying slowly across the airport just after 1 p.m. Tuesday when ...

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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - The Army says it will eliminate one infantry brigade at Fort Riley as the military reduces its overall number of soldiers by September 2017. Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond Odierno said Tuesday the 4th Brigade Combat Team of the 1st Infantry Division will be inactivated. The move is part of the Army's plans ...

13 years ago
"It's Chinese German," 95 year-old Cleo Wessling said about his last name with a chuckle. In his broken-in overalls, Wessling watched as his farming partners worked to fix one of their three combines that had broken earlier that day. Wessling has been farming since the age of 16; born into a family of farmers. He currently ...

13 years ago
Salina Police handed out 18 citations for seat belt violations over the weekend. According to Lt. Russ Lamer, four officers and one spotter worked city wide Friday night into early Saturday morning, looking for seat belt violations. Lt. Lamer tells KSAL News that 22 vehicles were stopped, and 18 tickets were issued. Officers handed out fifteen citations for ...

13 years ago
Kansas expects to rely less heavily on internal borrowing to pay its bills on time during the fiscal year starting in July. Gov. Sam Brownback and legislative leaders on Tuesday unanimously approved $300 million in loans to the state's general fund from other accounts. By law, the loan must be paid by the end of June ...

13 years ago
A UTV is stolen from a Salina car lot. According to Lt. Scott Siemsen, someone stole a Kawasaki Mule UTV from Womack Sunshine Motors, 632 S. Ohio, over the weekend. Police say thieves cut a cable and chain and drove the mule off the lot sometime between Saturday at 5pm and Monday morning around 10am. The building was ...

13 years ago
A computer is stolen from the hospital. Salina Police are investigating the theft of a lap top from a 4th floor office at Salina Regional Health Center, 400 S. Santa Fe. Police report sometime Thursday between 4:15pm and 4:45pm, someone entered a speech therapist office and removed a Panasonic lap top. The hospital says no patient information was ...

13 years ago
Kansas State University veterinarians are warning pet owners to watch out for ticks carrying a disease that could kill household cats. The scientific name is Cytauxzoon Felis but more simply people are calling it bobcat fever. “Bobcat fever is a blood parasite that affects our domestic cats and it spreads through a tick bite,” said Susan ...