9 years ago
A new University of Kansas program that begins next fall will give a handful of students with intellectual disabilities a chance to take classes at the school for the first time. The KU Transition to Postsecondary Education for Youth with Intellectual Disabilities program is being funded through a $1.5 million, five year federal grant. The Lawrence ...

9 years ago
The U.S. Army is preparing to resume work removing pollutants on a 15-square-mile tract that's considered the largest potentially developable chunk of land in the Kansas City metropolitan area, but the project is expected to take far longer than officials had envisioned. Environmental cleanup at the Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant in Johnson County was halted five ...

9 years ago
Five people were taken to a hospital after a car fleeing from Kansas City police collided with another vehicle. The Kansas City Star reports the incident began around 2 p.m. Thursday when police officers spotted a black Chevrolet Impala they suspected of being carjacked. Police say the driver of the Impala fled and struck a GMC SUV ...

9 years ago
Authorities say a Kansas man has been killed in a south-central Nebraska highway crash. The accident was reported around 5 p.m. Wednesday on Nebraska Highway 78, east of Red Cloud in Webster County. The Lincoln Journal Star reports that the Webster County Sheriff's Office identified the victim as 75-year-old George Pfrimmer of Mankato, Kansas. ...

9 years ago
Officials at Clinton Wildlife Area say illegal off-road drivers are causing damage around Clinton Lake that has forced the closure of some roads. The Lawrence Journal-World reports the Rock Creek Boat Ramp on the southwest side of the lake and portions of Green Road on the wildlife area's western edge were closed because of damage. Justin Hamilton ...

9 years ago
A Kansas State University researcher says a rise in the number of rabid skunks in the state likely has contributed to an increase in cattle rabies cases. Gregg Hanzlicek is director of production animal field investigations for the university's Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory. He says 13 rabies cases were recorded this year, up from nine in 2014. The ...

9 years ago
A Kansas lawmaker is calling for an end to his state's privatized care system as its 20th anniversary nears and scrutiny of the agency in charge of it rises. Republican Representative Mike Kiegerl, an Olathe Republican, wrote a report that was among more than 100 pages of documents provided to the Legislature's Special Committee on Foster ...

9 years ago
For the 33rd year in a row Salina Chef Bill Fekas prepared the biggest Christmas dinner in Salina. A large crowd enjoyed the annual Bill Fekas Family Christmas Dinner. Fekas had a dream in 1982 to prepare and serve a free dinner for anyone who was alone on Christmas Day. Late Salina businessman Dean Evans told ...

9 years ago
It's another year in the books for the Georgetown Santas. The group of neighbors have become a popular mainstay in Salina in the days leading up to Christmas each year. Each year the Santas suit up on Georgetown Road in East Salina, handing out candy and popcorn and spreading Christmas cheer. The tradition began back in 1998, ...

9 years ago
It was a Christmas Q & A on the KSAL Morning News Thursday as two pastors jumped in studio during the third hour with Rich and Jeff to dig into the Christmas story and the birth of Jesus. Senior Pastor Shawn Deterding and Associate Pastor Dennis Kootz, both from Trinity Lutheran Church in Salina traveled through ...

9 years ago
Authorities say three people have been killed in a head-on crash in southwest Kansas. The Kansas Highway Patrol says the crash happened around 6 p.m. Wednesday when a westbound car attempted to pass multiple tractor-trailers and collided with an eastbound car on U.S. 54 in Ford County. All three people in the eastbound car that was hit ...