7 years ago
A woman has been charged with leaving a 3-year-old and an 11-month-old in a hot car at a suburban Kansas City mall. Neither child was seriously hurt. Thirty-two-year-old Sara Fite, of Olathe, Kansas, was charged Monday in Johnson County District Court with two felony counts of aggravated child endangerment. She appeared in court Monday afternoon and ...

7 years ago
Along with the Kansas heat index,  multiple Kansas lottery jackpots keep on rising. According to the Kansas Lottery, no ticket matched all numbers in Monday’s drawing, so the jackpot climbs to a new record of $3.44 million for Wednesday. The Super Kansas Cash jackpot has been rolling since September 21, 2016, when a Prairie Village player won ...

7 years ago
Two Republican senators Monday night dealt a fatal blow to the Senate Republican health care bill. Sens. Jerry Moran and Mike Lee joined two other senators in opposing the legislation, meaning there are not enough votes to move ahead. The implosion of the Senate Republican health care bill leaves a divided GOP with its flagship ...

7 years ago
A disciplinary agency that oversees attorneys has opened a formal investigation against Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach for alleged misconduct in voting rights cases. A letter obtained by The Associated Press shows the Office of Disciplinary Administration decided to investigate the Kansas Republican following a complaint brought by Washburn University student Keri Strahler. Kobach's office says ...

7 years ago
The deteriorating log cabin at the "Little House on the Prairie" site in Kansas is expected to soon get a makeover. The Wichita Eagle reports that the current cabin was re-created and built near Independence in 1977 at the television series' peak of popularity. The show is based off Laura Ingalls Wilder's books centered on her ...

7 years ago
A Salina woman who was arrested for drug possession is now facing additional charges for drug trafficking after jail staff discovered meth in her bra. Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that 29-year-old Amy Jo Hall was taken into custody on Sunday afternoon for possession of a narcotic drug. Sheriff Soldan says that Hall would ...

7 years ago
Bethany College is no longer on probation. According to the school, it received official notification Monday that the board of directors of the Higher Learning Commission has removed the college from probation and reaffirmed the college’s accreditation. “This is day to celebrate! This outcome is the successful culmination of two years of diligent, smart work to correct ...

7 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff's Office is investigating the theft of three ornate, steel gates from a cemetery northwest of Salina. Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that back on June 30th, a maintenance crew at Shiloh Cemetery removed the gates off their posts and placed them inside the grounds. Last Friday the crew discovered someone had taken ...

7 years ago
Five suspected shoplifters are caught headed back to Wichita after hitting several Salina stores. On Friday, staff at Dillard's alerted police around 5pm after witnessing several women walk out of the store with items they did not pay for. Deputies with the Saline County Sheriff's Office heard the description of the vehicle and stopped the 2004 Chevy ...

7 years ago
Some of the best known horses in the world are coming to perform in Salina. "Gala of the Royal Horses: Carousel of Dreams" will gallop into the Tony's Pizza Events Center. Follow a young girl and her fairy Godmother into an equine dreamland and experience the majesty, splendor, and amazement of the Gala of the Royal ...

7 years ago
State health officials are  concerned about a possible Measles exposures In Sedgwick county. A person with measles in Sedgwick County may have gotten the illness from someone in Butler County who had it a few weeks ago. The person with the disease in Sedgwick County may have exposed a number of people. The person is said to ...