10 years ago
Kansas lawmakers want to bar local governments from regulating the sale of firearms with new fees or taxes. The Kansas House Federal and State Affairs Committee held a hearing on a bill Wednesday that would ban counties and municipalities from regulating gun sales through zoning or any new fees or taxes. The provision would still allow ...

10 years ago
Two hunting guides were sentenced Wednesday for violating the Migratory Bird Treaty Act during hunts in Reno County. According to , U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom's office, each of them pleaded guilty to violating the Migratory Bird Treaty Act by exceeding the daily bag limit. They were sentenced to one year unsupervised probation and a fine of ...

10 years ago
 Four hunters were sentenced Wednesday for violating the federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act when they took more than 260 mourning doves during a hunt in western Kansas. According to U.S attorney Barry Grissom's Office, each of the four pleaded guilty to one count of violating the Migratory Bird Treaty Act by exceeding the daily bag ...

10 years ago
A man escapes a fiery wreck with help from a neighbor. Sheriff  Glen Kochanowski tells KSAL News that Hershel Sanders stepped outside to walk his dog Wednesday night around 8:40pm - and immediately noticed a truck in his yard that was on fire. Deputies say just moments before, 55-year-old Ricky Leister's pickup had smashed into a hedgerow ...

10 years ago
A student at Salina South High School is facing assault charges after allegedly pointing a knife at a female student. Salina Police Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that 17-year-old Bradford Settle is facing charges of aggravated assault for two incidents that occurred in a classroom setting. Police say last Friday, Settle pointed a pocket knife at ...

10 years ago
A McPherson man walks away from a rollover crash on I-135. The Saline County Sheriff's Office reports Seth Sterling of McPherson was driving a 2002 Toyota Tacoma pickup truck southbound on I-135 early Wednesday morning when he swerved to miss a raccoon in the roadway. Deputies say the vehicle flipped multiple times near milepost 83 before coming ...

10 years ago
Fort Riley is holding a meeting to hear from the community about how possible personnel reductions on the base could affect them. Fort Riley employs more than 25,000 people in the Junction City area. In a news release, Fort Riley said as many as 16,000 could be dismissed or redeployed. The base is one of 30 military ...

10 years ago
County authorities say a juvenile was arrested after a bomb threat caused the evacuation of a school and hospital in Onaga. Sheriff Greg Riat says a boy under the age of 14 was arrested then released to his parents after being booked. Riat says someone called the sheriff's office Tuesday morning and made a bomb threat against ...

10 years ago
Two groups are sponsoring workshops in Lawrence designed to teach rural landowners how to restore native prairie habitats. The workshops are Feb. 26, March 12 and April 9 at the Lawrence Public Library. They're sponsored by the Douglas County Conservation District and the Grassland Heritage Foundation. The workshops are designed to help landowners identify what plants already are ...

10 years ago
Kansas House members are moving to ban post-midnight sessions of their chamber and make it harder for their leaders to bundle multiple bills into a single piece of legislation. The House gave first-round approval Tuesday to rules for the chamber that say it can't be in session from midnight to 8 a.m., unless two-thirds of its ...

10 years ago
Wichita voters will get the opportunity to vote on easing marijuana penalties for first-time offenders. The Wichita City Council agreed 6-1 to place the measure to amend the city's ordinance on the April 7 ballot. But it remains unclear what will happen even if the issue passes because state law still makes marijuana possession illegal. Action came ...