10 years ago
With only a week until Kansans head to the polls to vote in the 2014 Primary Elections, Saline County Clerk and Elections Officer Don Merriman is spreading the word about changes in where you vote. Merriman joined in on the KSAL Morning News Tuesday with a look at the changes brought on by USD 305 Board ...

10 years ago
Voters will be given the opportunity in the November general election to decide whether or not to expand the Saline County Commission from a three person board to a five person board. Back on July 8th, members of the group Saline County Citizens For Responsible Government turned in their petition to put the issue ...

10 years ago
An endangered gazelle at the Topeka Zoo is dead after beating its head against a gate until it broke its neck. A zoo visitor saw the 5-year-old Addra gazelle running from corner to corner before charging the gate three times. Zoo staff members ran to the scene but the gazelle, Raul, was already dead. Zoo staffers described the ...

10 years ago
The University of Kansas has been added to a list of colleges and universities under investigation for how they handled investigations into sexual assaults. 71 schools, including Washburn University, have been named by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights as part of a probe into sexual violence against women on campus. University of Kansas ...

10 years ago
The return of hot, dry conditions to Kansas has put stress on farm crops in many parts of the state. The National Agricultural Statistics Service says in its late crop report that temperatures averaged 2 to 6 degrees above normal in most of Kansas last week, with some areas seeing triple-digit highs. The agency rated 10 percent ...

10 years ago
The U.S. Geological Survey says an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.3 struck northern Oklahoma and Southern Kansas on Monday night. The USGS reports the quake with an epicenter about 15 miles west-southwest of Medford hit around 9:45 p.m. at a depth of about 4.7 miles. Angela Wilson, a dispatcher in the Grant County Sheriff's office, ...

10 years ago
Kansas Supreme Court decisions overturning two brothers' death sentences for a robbery, rape and killing spree in Wichita are likely to fuel another push by conservative Republicans to change how the justices are picked. Senate Majority Leader and Nickerson Republican Terry Bruce says the judicial selection process will be an issue when legislators reconvene in January. Bruce ...

10 years ago
A northeast Kansas businessman says his vigorous campaign for the U.S. Senate as an independent candidate makes him the true alternative to Republican incumbent Pat Roberts. Greg Orman of Olathe said Monday during a Statehouse news conference that his supporters gathered signatures from more than 10,000 registered voters to get him on the November general election ...

10 years ago
A Kansas inmate has been sentenced to more than 21 years in prison for attacking a county prosecutor in a Reno County courtroom. The Hutchinson News reports the sentence imposed Monday on Michael Sherman, of Hutchinson, will run consecutive to the nearly 14 years he is already serving for molesting a 4-month-old baby. Sherman apologized in court ...

10 years ago
Five vehicles in the same neighborhood were entered into on July 24th and 25th. Four vehicles had items taken from their vehicles. Two of them had windows shattered. These vehicles were all on the 2000 blocks of Applewood, Hillside and Village Ln. A white Buick's front passenger side window on Hillside was shattered and two CD's were ...

10 years ago
A man was arrested for aggravated battery on July 27th. 25-year old Matthew Levin of 2515 S. Ohio was arrested for allegedly hitting and cutting a 27-year old female around 2 am. She reported the incident around 6 pm. She told Salina Police that the two were arguing when he began to punch her and took a ...