11 years ago
Westar Energy is notifying its retired employees that they will have to find their own Medicare supplemental plans beginning Jan. 1. Previously, the employees had received group coverage through the company. Westar spokeswoman Gina Penzig says the change will affect about 1,700 retirees who are older than 65 and qualify for Medicare. She says the employees will ...

11 years ago
University of Kansas police officers have begun wearing body-mounted cameras this week. The department spent more than $7,000 to buy eight cameras this spring to outfit all officers on duty at any given time. Officers tested the new technology this summer before introducing it Monday. The department's captain, James Anguiano, says it's now department ...

11 years ago
A 64-year-old Salina man involved in a hit and run accident is convicted of two charges. Officials tell KSAL News that 64-year old Lewis Grider was found guilty Thursday of misdemeanor vehicular homicide and guilty of felony leaving the scene of an accident. Last year on May 31st Grider hit 49-year-old Gail Kline, who was hit ...

11 years ago
Between 9:30 PM on July 28, 2014 and 9:00 AM on July 29, 2014 two homes, under construction, were entered in the 600 Block of Quail Hollow. Unknown person or person(s) gained entry in to one residence by prying open the front door and the second residence was unsecured. Four rolls of copper wire, four-100’ extension ...

11 years ago
An employee is arrested for allegedly embezzling from the Salina retail store she worked for. Salina Police say that 50-year-old Verna Fowler was arrested on Thursday. She is accused of embezzling $1,150 from Target, 2939 Market Place. Police allege that Fowler stole money over a period of time, between August 3rd and August 28th, from the ...

11 years ago
Kansas has received a one-year extension of a waiver that gives it more flexibility in meeting some of the provisions of the federal No Child Left Behind education law. The U.S. Department of Education also granted an extension Thursday to Indiana. Kansas first was granted a waiver in 2012, but was told last August it was ...

11 years ago
Investigators say a fire at a University of Kansas fraternity house was caused by improperly disposed of smoking materials. No injuries were reported after the fire Tuesday at the Sigma Chi fraternity house. Lawrence-Douglas County Fire official Shaun Coffey said Thursday the fire caused an estimated $150,000 in damage. Flames were contained to the third floor but ...

11 years ago
Kansas State University has announced that a health and wellness course will be its first "massive open online course." The school joins dozens of leading universities that have begun offering free, digital versions of their most popular courses. The so-called MOOCs allow tens of thousands of students to take a class at the same time. But ...

11 years ago
With a squeeze on recreation space getting tighter, Salina City Commissioners were told this week that a new Fieldhouse in downtown would ease the bottleneck. Mayor Aaron Householter joined in on the KSAL Morning News with a look at a newly proposed multi-use recreation center for Salina. Householter told listeners on Thursday he believes taxpayers should spend ...

11 years ago
The Governor's Water Conference on the Future of Water in Kansas will highlight policy and research developments on water issues in the state. The Kansas Water Office announced Wednesday the conference will be held Nov. 12-13 at the Hilton Garden Inn in Manhattan. Among the conference topics are working with available resources, developing additional supply sources and ...

11 years ago
A panel of college leaders from Pakistan will speak at Johnson County Community College about the role of education in fighting terrorism in their country. The educators from the Sukkur Institute of Business Administration are scheduled to speak the evening of Sept. 18 at the Overland Park campus. The U.S. Embassy has provided the Kansas college ...