9 years ago
Local service members and veterans will benefit from a unique event this weekend in Salina. A first of its kind cook-off for a cause and decorated tree event is planned for Saturday. It features a chili cook-off and decorated Christmas tree auction. Decorated trees up for auction include Kansas City Royals, Kansas State University Wildcats, University of ...

9 years ago
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Topeka city councilman has denied allegations that he physically abused his 12-year-old son. The Topeka Capital Journal reports that councilman Jonathan Schumm denied the accusations in answers filed by his attorney, Thomas Lemon, to a petition seeking to have Schumm removed from his post. The councilman and his wife have been ...

9 years ago
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Wichita State University student who died after trying to stop a suicide bomber in Saudi Arabia will receive an honorary degree. Wichita State officials announced Thursday that 22-year-old Abduljaleel Alarbash also will have a room in Jabara Hall on the college campus named for him. Alarbash, an electrical engineering student, was killed ...

9 years ago
Members of a legislative committee delayed approval of an audit of Department of Children and Families, which has been accused of discriminating against same-sex couples in foster care and adoptions. Instead, the Legislative Post Audit Committee on Thursday decided to appoint a subcommittee to develop a comprehensive proposal for the audit. The subcommittee's audit proposal is expected ...

9 years ago
Student leaders at the University of Kansas have passed legislation that seeks to improve inclusion on campus just hours after a student protest. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that the Student Senate unanimously approved a motion Wednesday night to create a wheelchair basketball team. The Student Senate also passed a bill to expand adoption of gender-neutral language. ...

9 years ago
Attorneys on both sides of a lawsuit dealing with the Kansas Supreme Court's administrative power are conceding that legislators have some say in judicial operations. The high court heard arguments Thursday about a 2014 law that strips it of its authority to appoint the chief judges in the state's 31 judicial districts and gives it to ...

9 years ago
A third person has been charged in connection with a double homicide outside a Wichita home last week. The Wichita Eagle reports (http://bit.ly/21R5BZm) that 19-year-old Jonathan Carter is charged with first-degree murder, criminal discharge of a firearm and criminal possession of a weapon by a convicted felon in the deaths of 55-year-old Betty Ann Holloman and ...

9 years ago
A young woman in Kansas City hopes to bring the gift of warmth to children in her metro area. Kadie Nugent, a 23-year-old resident of Kansas City, was working at the gym she manages when she began conversation with a vice-principal at a local school, "I was inspired by this vice-principal who was telling me ...

9 years ago
Westar Energy is alerting customers that impostors claiming to work for the electric company are calling with threats to disconnect service and demanding prepaid cards as payment. According to Westar, several customers have contacted the company's customer relations center after receiving suspicious phone calls. In many cases, the impostors are providing a toll-free phone number that ...

9 years ago
A group of Kansas Highway Patrol recruits had their badges pinned on Thursday afternoon in Salina and officially became troopers. The 20 new state troopers were part of KHP Recruit Class #55, the latest graduates from the Kansas Highway Patrol Training Academy. A large portion of the new troopers have a special bond with the agency. ...

9 years ago
Saline County Health Department Director Jason Tiller joined in on the KSAL Morning News Thursday to better define a local syphilis outbreak. On Tuesday, Tiller reported to the Health Advisory Council that 16 cases of syphilis in Saline County had been lab confirmed. According to Tiller data on those people who are infected is still being analyzed. He ...