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Republican Gov. Sam Brownback and top legislators have approved $4.2 million in emergency aid for 25 public school districts after trimming back their requests. Brownback and eight top lawmakers reviewed the requests Monday under a school funding law enacted earlier this year. They approved a previous round of aid in August. The districts sought $6.5 million for ...

9 years ago
Responding to false alarms for Salina Police and Salina Fire crews eats up hours of time and productivity that could be used to fight crime and fire. Salina Fire Marshal Roger Williams tells KSAL News that at least twelve members of the fire department respond when an emergency alarm sounds. "We treat every alarm as if it's ...

9 years ago
A Salina bank is victim to a serious fraudulent attack that has been ongoing since July. First Bank of Kansas, located at 235 South Santa Fe, has had issues with an account opened in July. Checks have been written from one account, after a sum of money has been withdrawn from an ATM, leaving the account ...

9 years ago
The car theft bug hit Salina hard over the weekend. Four vehicles were reported missing and then were recovered throughout the city from Thursday night to Saturday morning. A 1995 silver Jimmy was stolen from the 800 block of West Iron and was found unharmed on the 300 block of South Broadway Saturday morning. A ...

9 years ago
A vehicle was burglarized in the Spangles parking lot at 2630 South 9th Street on Friday night. A stereo, amp and sub woofer were stolen from the red Jetta, a total loss of $950.

9 years ago
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Property taxes are expected to increase this year for patrons of most Kansas school districts. The projected increases come as the Kansas Supreme Court considers whether public schools are underfunded. Homeowners in most of the state's districts saw their bills for supporting schools shrink last school year after an influx of court-ordered aid ...

9 years ago
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Wichita students who aren't up to date on required immunizations will be excluded from school next week. Beginning Nov. 16, students in the Wichita school district will be pulled out of class and told they are not allowed to return to school until their immunizations are up to date. Wichita Public Schools Health ...

9 years ago
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Wichita is preparing to make the case that an Army chaplain from Kansas who died in a North Korean prisoner of war camp deserves to be granted sainthood. Bishop Carl Kemme is addressing the leadership of the Vatican's Congregation for the Causes of Saints in ...

9 years ago
A fire at the Tony's Pizza plant in southwest Salina was quickly extinguished Sunday evening. The Salina Fire Department tells KSAL News that crews were called at 5:44 in the evening to the report of a fire on the roof of the facility. There was initially flames, and heavy smoke. The fire was out by the ...

9 years ago
The U.S. Geological Survey reports a series of earthquakes along the Oklahoma-Kansas border - including magnitude 4.2 and 4.1 temblors near Medford. Emergency management and law enforcement officials say no injuries or damage are reported. The 4.2 quake was recorded at 12:29 p.m. Saturday nine miles northwest of Medford, the same area where a 4.1 magnitude quake ...

9 years ago
Three environmental groups want Lawrence to reduce the use of plastic grocery bags by imposing a ban or fining shoppers who use them. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that the Sustainability Action Network, the Sierra Wakarusa Group and the Lawrence Environmental Teams United for Sustainability are taking their proposal to a city advisory board next week. California and ...