8 years ago
A 9-year-old central Kansas boy has died after falling off a tractor that was pulling a mower. The Wichita Eagle reports that Cayden Avery died Friday night after falling off a Ford tractor driven by his father, Jon Avery. The accident happened near Inman in McPherson County. The sheriff's department says the tractor was pulling a mower ...

8 years ago
Police are investigating a burglary from a unit at Salina Mini Storage located at 2727 Centennial Road. Staff discovered the broken lock and notified the owner over the weekend of the crime. Deandre Finch told officers that sometime between March 15 and May 6, someone cut the lock on his rental and removed two, 32-inch televisions, one ...

8 years ago
A man accused of stealing a pickup while under the influence of drugs was taken into custody on Friday. Police Sergeant Jim Feldman tells KSAL News that a family member called SPD after 44-year-old William Schiffbauer drove home in a truck that was not his early Friday morning. Officers arrested Schiffbauer about 7am after he allegedly jumped ...

8 years ago
An attorney representing school districts that successfully sued Kansas over education funding says a school finance plan being considered by lawmakers is inadequate. John Robb made his comments Monday as a special House committee prepared to debate the proposal. Robb represents the Dodge City, Hutchinson, Wichita and Kansas City, Kansas, districts. The plan before the House committee ...

8 years ago
Police are asking people for information on a noose that was found on Kansas State University's campus. The Manhattan Mercury reports the Kansas State Office of Institutional Equity was notified of a noose hanging from a tree near King Hall on the Manhattan campus Friday. Jeff Morris, the university's vice president for communications and marketing, says he's ...

8 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a residential break in at 610 Duvall over the weekend. Police report sometime between 8pm Saturday and 10am Sunday, thieves forced open the front door and stole a 60-inch LG television worth $2,000. Police say owner Eric Walters is still working with officers in detailing the number of tools taken from his home ...

8 years ago
A Saline County Sheriff's deputy was transported to the hospital to be checked out for a possible concussion after a two car crash on Saturday afternoon. Police Sergeant Brent Rupert tells KSAL News that Deputy Eric Appel, 46 was driving northbound on N. Santa Fe in a Sheriff's patrol unit when it was struck by a ...

8 years ago
A Kansas man will be sentenced to life in prison for the killing of his 7-year-old son, who authorities say was subjected to horrific abuse and was "essentially starved to death" before his remains were found in the family's pig sty. Forty-six-year-old Michael Jones pleaded guilty in March to first-degree murder in the death of his ...

8 years ago
This week, through Friday, is National Travel and Tourism week. Established by a congressional resolution in 1983, this week of events serves to champion the power of the tourism industry across the country. Travel and tourism professionals work throughout the week to promote and highlight  contributions their travel markets and organizations make to the U.S. economy. The ...

8 years ago
Authorities are investigating what led to a 40-year-old man being shot during a confrontation with Labette County Sheriff's deputies. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation is reviewing that incident that happened in Mound Valley, Kansas, around 9:30 p.m. Saturday. Initial information says two deputies were called to a home because of a domestic incident where a 77-year-old man ...

8 years ago
Some Kansas lawmakers and animal welfare advocates are holding up a bill increasing fees on pet stores, breeders and kennels in hopes that they can also pass more stringent oversight of breeders. House and Senate negotiators couldn't agree last week on a bill increasing fees and oversight. They moved forward with only the fee increase. But ...