11 years ago
Twenty-seven more people have tested positive for tuberculosis at an eastern Kansas high school. State and county health officials made the announcement Wednesday after tests were conducted on more than 300 Olathe Northwest High School students and staff members who came into contact with an infected student. Officials began calling people who test positive on Monday. People ...

11 years ago
A traffic stop leads to drug and child endangerment charges for a Salina man. Police arrested 21-year-old Macio Domingo Palacio on Tuesday evening after an officer pulled him over in the 600 block of Viemont for driving a car without a seat belt on. The officer noticed a strong odor of marijuana coming from inside the vehicle ...

11 years ago
A Salina man is arrested after a woman calls her mom for help. Sheriff Glen Kochanowski tells KSAL News that  deputies arrested 21-year-old Allen J. Marlow on Tuesday after an interview with a 26-year-old female victim. The woman had multiple bruises on her face, arms, legs and ribs after she was allegedly beaten by Marlow - at ...

11 years ago
Kansas State University is leading an international, multimillion-dollar project that is looking at unmanned aerial systems, UAS, as a quick and efficient method to detect pest insects and diseases in food crops before outbreaks happen. Brian McCornack, associate professor of entomology, is the U.S. principal investigator on the $1.74 million three-year project, "Optimizing Surveillance Protocols Using ...

11 years ago
A garage and two homes were damaged by a fire early Wednesday morning. Officials tell KSAL News that at around 2:30 in the morning first responders were called to the 1900 block of Hageman to the report of a garage on fire. The fire involved not only the garage, but also homes at 1902 and 1908 Hageman, ...

11 years ago
A legislative committee in Kansas is considering a proposal to restrict collective bargaining between public employees and state and local government agencies. Chairwoman Julia Lynn said the Senate Commerce Committee will debate the measure during its meeting Wednesday. Lynn is an Olathe Republican and has said she believes the GOP-dominated panel supports the bill. The measure would ...

11 years ago
A former Topeka hospital employee says in a federal civil rights lawsuit that she was taunted and bullied at work because of her race. Pamela Banks, who is black, filed the lawsuit in a Kansas federal court last month against the St. Francis Health Center. She's seeking damages and backpay. St. Francis has declined to answer the ...

11 years ago
A Kansas House panel is planning to debate a bill that would freeze renewable energy mandates for utility companies. The House Energy and Environment Committee scheduled a vote on the measure for Wednesday. Current Kansas law requires that 10 percent of the electricity provided by utilities companies come from renewable energy sources. That mandate is set to ...

11 years ago
A judge heard testimony all day Tuesday in a case involving a Saline County teenage girl accused of stabbing her younger sister to death last summer. The Saline County Attorney's Office wants to prosecute the now 15-year-old , who is accused of stabbing her 13-year-old sister, as an adult. Sierra Niehuas was 14 at the time ...

11 years ago
University of Kansas officials have met with state legislators in Topeka to discuss the school's ownership and use of jets. Officials told the House Standing Committee on Education Budget that the jet expenditures of $1.5 million are more than offset by revenue that the aircrafts generate from donor relations and athletics. The university has owned planes for ...

11 years ago
Kansas legislators are moving closer to allowing residents 21 or older to carry concealed firearms without a state permit. The House Federal and State Affairs Committee approved a bill Tuesday ending the requirement for a permit. The committee's voice vote sends the measure to the full House for debate. The Senate approved the measure last month, and ...