9 years ago
(AP) — Kansas legislators have sent Gov. Sam Brownback an education funding plan designed to meet a state Supreme Court order to help poor districts and prevent the justices from shutting down public schools in July. The House approved the bill Thursday on a 93-31 vote. The Senate approved the bill hours earlier on a ...

9 years ago
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas legislators have started their annual spring break and will be out of session for nearly five weeks. The House and Senate adjourned Thursday afternoon after both approved a Republican education funding plan. The measure avoids increasing state spending while attempting to meet a state Supreme Court order to improve aid ...

9 years ago
A world of strings is coming to Salina. For a second year Kansas Wesleyan University will host the International String Festival March 29 through the 31st. Dr. Jesse Henkensiefken, KWU Director of Orchestras and String Studies tells KSAL News that they began on a small scale last year, "The public really ate it up - I thought ...

9 years ago
This weekend will close the door on the play space known as 'One Keepers Place' at the Smoky Hill Museum. "A lot of people have played and learned over the past 25 years," said Museum Executive Director Susan Hawksworth during the KSAL Morning News Thursday. After this weekend 'One Keepers Place' will be closed and re-invented with ...

9 years ago
A man has been arrested in connection with alleged sex crimes involving a child. Police say that 54-year-old David McCaughtry was arrested Wednesday for an alleged sexual assault against a female preteen acquaintance. The alleged assault happened in west Salina sometime after July 2015. A different law enforcement agency notified Salina Police about the incident. McCaughtry could face ...

9 years ago
A homeless man was arrested Wednesday after allegedly battering an elderly woman. Salina Police say that at around 3:5 in the afternoon, 83-year-old Dortha Pace confronted a man about being on a property at 1200 W. Crawford. The property is a trailer park. The man, identified as 59-year-old Randy Shelinbarger, allegedly struck her over the head with ...

9 years ago
Salina Regional Health Center has been honored with an award. According to the hospital, Salina Regional Health Center has received the 2016 Women’s Choice Award® as one of America’s Best Hospitals for Emergency Care . This evidence-based designation is the only Emergency Care award that identifies the country’s best healthcare institutions based on robust criteria that considers ...

9 years ago
The Republican-dominated Kansas Senate has approved a GOP school funding bill that would avoid an increase in state spending while trying to meet a state Supreme Court order to help poor school districts. The vote Thursday was 32-5. The measure goes next to the House. GOP leaders there hoped to take a vote on it later Thursday. The ...

9 years ago
The Kansas Department of Agriculture promotes public safety by regulating the production and sale of food products in Kansas. The Food Safety and Lodging program is responsible for food safety inspections of food establishments, food processors and lodging establishments. Food establishments are operations that provide food directly to the end consumer, with or without charge. Food establishments ...

9 years ago
The Latest on a wildfire in Kansas and Oklahoma 8:20 a.m. A wildfire has reignited in a Kansas county where it was briefly brought under control. Comanche County Emergency Management coordinator John Lehman says crews have been sent back out Thursday morning to resume the firefight. The blaze had been under control Wednesday night. Lehman says the blaze reignited ...

9 years ago
An effort to determine what impact a troop reduction at Fort Riley would have on the area is underway. The first of several kickoff meetings was held Wednesday as part of a Regional Community Economic Impact Analysis. Florida based Matrix Design Group, funded through a grant from the Department of Defense's Office of Economic Adjustment, is ...