8 years ago
Now that Kansas voters have decided against removing any state Supreme Court justices, the court will turn its attention to cases involving education funding, capital punishment and abortion that led critics to try to remake the court. Efforts to remove four of the seven justices started with critics of past rulings overturning death sentences in capital ...

8 years ago
Authorities say they believe they have found the body of a missing Wichita. Sedgwick County Sheriff Jeff Easter told KSN-TV (http://j.mp/2fNp6Qs) that authorities "have every indication" law enforcement found the body of 33-year-old Scottie W. Goodpaster Jr. Saturday in rural Harvey County. Goodpaster was listed as missing person about a week ago. Prosecutors charged five people Thursday ...

8 years ago
Authorities have identified two men killed in south-central Kansas when the car they were in collided with a tractor-trailer during a police chase. Newton Police Chief Eric Murphy told The Hutchinson News (http://j.mp/2g0stHj) the two men were being pursued Friday on U.S. 50 because of a report that they shoplifted about $600 of merchandise from a ...

8 years ago
A conservative commission majority that has voted to cut recreation, the arts, culture and the health department in the state's second most populous county is uncertain after Tuesday's election. Because conservative Sedgwick County Commission incumbent Karl Peterjohn fell in the Aug. 2 primary, the majority likely would have crumbled if Democrat Tim Norton held onto his ...

8 years ago
Thousands of hunters are out in fields across Kansas for the biggest hunting weekend of the year and game wardens, state troopers, and sheriff deputies are mobilizing. With pheasant and quail season beginning Saturday, upland bird, deer and migratory bird seasons are all underway. According to the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks, and Tourism joint highway ...

8 years ago
Authorities say two suspected shoplifters in a stolen car were killed in south-central Kansas when they crashed into a tractor-trailer during a chase by police. Police say the crash happened shortly after 9 a.m. Friday near Hutchinson. The victims' names were not immediately released. Police say three people who used fraudulent credit cards to buy $1,100 worth ...

8 years ago
Salinans gathered on a bright, cool, Friday morning at the 11th hour, of the 11th day, of the 11th month to honor all veterans, and to honor one in particular. The annual Veterans Day Ceremony in Salina was the final one for a man who has participated for the last four decades.  After serving for 44 ...

8 years ago
Kansas faces a $349 million shortfall in its current budget and more gaps in the near future after officials issued a new, more pessimistic fiscal forecast for the state. The forecasters on Thursday slashed the state's previous projections for tax collections through June 2017 by 5.9 percent, or $355 million. They also issued the first projections for ...

8 years ago
Hundreds of area students jammed into the Stiefel Theatre Friday morning for a sneak peek of The Best of Broadway set for this Sunday. According to Executive Director Adrienne Allen with the Salina Symphony, about 1,200 4th graders from USD 305 schools, plus elementary students from Abilene, McPherson, Southeast of Saline and Lindsborg filled the seats ...

8 years ago
A Salina man was injured Friday morning after taking a crazy ride in the engine compartment of his driverless car. Police told KSAL News at the scene that 47-year-old Mark Owens was in a parking lot in the 1000 block of  East Crawford Street, working on his car. Owens had the hood up, working on the engine. ...

8 years ago
Salina will celebrate Veterans Day in several ways on Friday. The Salina Veterans of Foreign Wars and American Legion organizations will host a ceremony at the Saline County War Memorial in Sunset Park. It will include remarks by Legion Commander Stan Britt, a 21 gun salute, and the playing of taps. Following the event, which begins at ...