9 years ago
A Kansas fast food restaurant employee is out of a job after leaving an insensitive remark on an order for a police officer and his fiance. The officer and his fiance went to a Taco Bell in Newton on Saturday night and when they received their order they found the word "pig" written on two burrito ...

9 years ago
A 9-year-old bat boy has died after he was accidentally hit in the head during a National Baseball Congress World Series game in Kansas. The general manager of the Liberal Bee Jays team, Mike Carlile, confirmed late on Sunday the death of Kaiser Carlile. The boy was struck by a follow-through swing near the on-deck circle on ...

9 years ago
The University of Kansas has announced that it received a $2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to help recruit and support migrant students. The school made the announcement last week. The five-year grant is to be used to establish a Heartland College Assistance Migrant Program at the school. The program aims to recruit and ...

9 years ago
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback's latest efforts to prevent a state budget deficit were assisted by a well-timed decision on health care funding from federal officials and better-than-expected news about teacher pensions. The Republican governor's administration outlined $63 million in budget adjustments last week. The changes capture savings from lower-than-anticipated spending, book favorable revisions in cost estimates, ...

9 years ago
Two people were hurt, including a man from Salina, in a crash late Saturday night in Western Kansas. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 27 year-old Alexis L. Snyder of Montezuma was driving a 2003 Toyota Tundra. She turned east from U.S. 183 Highway onto East Plains Road. Snyder lost control of the vehicle, and it rolled multiple ...

9 years ago
It's a sure sign that summer is winding down. Salina's Kenwood Cove Water Park is scaling back its hours, in preparation of closing for the season. Because the majority of the lifeguards on staff are highs school and college students, this week beginning Monday will be the last full week of normal hours at the facility. ...

9 years ago
There were no serious injuries in a  three-vehicle crash that briefly closed a major intersection in Salina Saturday afternoon. Master Patrol Officer Rande Repp told KSAL News at the scene that the crash involved three vehicles, an SUV and two pickup trucks. Repp says that 35-year-old Atanacia Ortega was headed south on Broadway in a Honda Pilot ...

9 years ago
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - The state mistakenly notified thousands of Kansans this week that their Medicaid coverage had been canceled. The Kansas Department of Children and Families said a computer glitch caused the incorrect letters to be sent out. DCF spokeswoman Theresa Freed says the error happened as the department switches to a new computer system that ...

9 years ago
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - A suburban Wichita police officer who fatally shot a man last year will not face charges. Sedgwick County District Attorney Marc Bennett said Friday the officer who shot 40-year-old Chad Leichhardt at a Haysville apartment was lawfully defending a woman being threatened by Leichhardt. Investigators say Leichhardt was holding his girlfriend with a ...

9 years ago
A major credit agency is rating $1 billion in bonds that Kansas hopes to sell to bolster its pension system for teachers and government works in line with the state's existing rating. Moody's Investors Service this week assigned a rating of Aa3 to the bonds, which the state hopes to sell next month. That's one notch ...

9 years ago
Two Kansas inmates who are accused of nearly beating a fellow prisoner to death last year have appeared in court on the charges. The Hutchinson News reports 31-year-old Juan Garza and 22-year-old Jerrod Green appeared Thursday on charges of aggravated battery or in the alternate attempted capital murder. He's also charged with conspiracy to commit aggravated ...