10 years ago
The Kansas Department of Agriculture is joining with farm groups to focus public attention on the state's role in feeding a growing global population. National Geographic photographer Jim Richardson is headlining an event March 18 at Kansas State University's Union Little Theatre with a visual journal that aims to highlight the topic "Feeding a Hungry Planet." ...

10 years ago
Authorities say two men who escaped from a southern Oklahoma correctional center have been arrested in Kansas. Oklahoma authorities said 40-year-old Lance Colbert and 54-year-old Dwayne Motsenbocker escaped through a hole in the fence of Mack Alford Correctional Center on Sunday. A U.S. Marshal says Motsenbocker was arrested early Wednesday after an altercation in a Wichita, Kansas, ...

10 years ago
Indictments have been handed down in the kidnapping and killing of a woman at Fort Riley. 26-year-old Larry Anderson of Manhattan, 23-year-old Marryssa Middleton of Colorado and 24-year-old Drexel Woody of Fort Riley have each been charged with kidnapping resulting in death. Prosecutors say that the victim, 24-year-old Amanda Clemons, was forced into a car outside of ...

10 years ago
Republican Gov. Sam Brownback is urging Kansas House members to support a plan from top GOP lawmakers ahead of the chamber's debate on overhauling school funding. Legislators who drafted the plan up for debate Thursday argue it gives schools predictable funding through the 2016-17 school year. The plan also would help the state control its costs by ...

10 years ago
A standing room only crowd looked on Wednesday night as Salina USD 305 Board of Education candidates and Salina City Commission candidates answered questions from the media, and from citizens. All were participating in a candidate forum sponsored by the League of Women Voters and the Salina Area Chamber of Commerce. School board candidates answered questions ...

10 years ago
Extra officers will be on Saline County roads looking for drunk drivers late Friday into early Saturday. The Saline County Sheriff’s Office is planning a saturation patrol. According to the agency, deputies participate in a DUI Task Force in an effort to decrease the amount of intoxicated drivers on the street. Deputies will be looking for people ...

10 years ago
A Dickinson County man was badly burned in an accident late Tuesday afternoon that caused a large grass fire. Officials tell KSAL News that at 4:14  in the afternoon Dickinson County Fire District #1 was called to Four Seasons RV Park at 2504 Mink Road for a burn victim. The victim, an 83-year -old man, had ...

10 years ago
A store video leads to the arrest of a Salina woman for allegedly stealing a purse. Salina Police Captain Chris Trochek says that a purse was stolen from a cart at Walmart late last week. Contents of the purse included $3,000 in cash. Trochek says that a suspect vehicle, and a suspect, were identified by using store ...

10 years ago
Salina Police are looking for a stolen car. Police say that a green 1998 Chevrolet Cavalier was stolen from a home at 1603 Beverly. The car, which was unlocked with the keys in it, was stolen sometime between Monday and Tuesday of this week. The car has Kansas license plate 270FZZ on it. Total loss is listed ...

10 years ago
Congressman Tim Huelskamp is postponing Town Halls previously scheduled for Wednesday March 11th in Lincoln, Osborne, Mitchell and Ottawa counties due to the death of his father on Tuesday. “I appreciate the thoughts and prayers of Kansans during this difficult time for my family.” - Rep. Tim Huelskamp The Congressman was in Salina on Tuesday to receive ...

10 years ago
Kansas Congressman Tim Huelskamp was presented with a prestigious award on Tuesday.  The 1st District Congressman was awarded the NAM Award for Manufacturing Legislative Excellence by the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM). NAM member, Hillenbrand Inc., hosted the event at their Coperion K-Tron facilities in Salina, Kansas. The event included a round table discussion where the ...