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Firefighters have rescued a dog that fell into a partially ice-covered lake in Kansas City, Kansas. Police saw the canine at Big Eleven Lake and called for the city's Fire Department's water rescue team. Two firefighters jumped into the frigid waters and used a lasso to capture the dog and pull it back to shore. The firefighters ...

10 years ago
The largest supplier of electricity in Kansas is asking state regulators to increase its rates by $152 million annually to cover upgrades at power plants and other costs. Westar Energy Inc. of Topeka said that the request it filed Monday with the Kansas Corporation Commission would increase its rates 8 percent. It said most residential customers ...

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Police Monday were back at a North Salina convenience store that has been a recent source of controversy. According to the department, officers Monday afternoon executed a search warrant related to an alleged sexual battery complaint at the Pump Mart at 1118 N. Ninth Street. Back in August two arrests were made at the store after a ...

10 years ago
Koch Industries Inc. will donate $2.6 million to Kansas State University. The university announced in a news release Monday that the funds will support diversity initiatives, research and creative inquiry. Koch has sponsored Project IMPACT at the university for eight years, and the latest gift renews that support and directs new money to other projects. Project IMPACT ...

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Weather officials in Kansas are worried that the state's lack of tornados last year will make citizens complacent going into tornado season this spring. The Wichita Eagle reports that officials are urging residents to not have a false sense of security since the state saw only 40 tornados last year. Kansas has averaged 100 tornados a ...

10 years ago
A 15-year-old central Kansas boy ordered to stand trial as an adult in the fire-related deaths of his mother and sister has pleaded not guilty to murder charges. KWCH-TV of Hutchinson reports that Buhler High School student Sam Vonachen was arraigned Monday in Reno County on two counts of premeditated first-degree murder. Vonachen also is charged with ...

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The University of Kansas has spent $3.5 million of taxpayer money flying coaches and university administrators on 641 trips on private jets. The university's planes were bought by donors but taxpayers pay the costs of their operation. About two-thirds of those expenses were for flights by Kansas coaches and athletic administrators, and basketball coach Bill Self ...

10 years ago
Salina Police are investigating the theft of a wood deck, metal trailer from Construction Rental, 515 N. Broadway. Staff recently contacted police to report a trailer that was rented back in December on a month-long contract that has not been returned. The trailer is valued at $5,475. An Apple laptop computer is reported stolen. Police say ...

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The Saline County Sheriff's Office in a joint effort with the Salina Police Department is getting set to host the Advanced Citizen's Academy training class this spring. Sheriff Glen Kochanowski tell KSAL News that officials will be reviewing applications for the 8 week course that begins on the last day of March. Graduation from a previous Citizen's ...

10 years ago
Though there is snow on the ground, severe weather comes to the forefront this week across Kansas. This week, March 2nd - 6th, is severe weather awareness week. It is a week where citizens are urged to become educated about severe weather, and about what to do when it threatens. In 2014 Kansas saw only 40 ...

10 years ago
Police in Kansas say a woman has died after falling through ice on a pond while trying to retrieve her dog. Sergeant John Ryan with the Wichita Police Department said Sunday afternoon that divers recovered the woman's body from the pond in park on the city's northeast side. Ryan told the Wichita Eagle that the woman had ...