11 years ago
Kansas Governor Sam Brownback and his administration are investing $9.5 million in state and federal funds to expand mental health services and agency coordination. Brownback said Tuesday the goal is to address the causes of mental health problems and provide treatment to people who use state services or are in the corrections system. The governor said the ...

11 years ago
Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt is convening a meeting Wednesday to discuss new regulations for signs that business owners and others must post to keep guns off their premises. Schmidt's office said Tuesday it is soliciting public input about what should be required for no-gun signs under a new state law taking effect in July. The new ...

11 years ago
A woman returns home to find her door open and electronics stolen. Salina Police made one arrest and are looking for another suspect after being contacted by a woman in the 500 block of E. Crawford. Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that on Sunday, the victim saw two females leaving the area. She then noticed her ...

11 years ago
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation wraps up its look at a shooting incident between Salina Police and a man who was wounded after firing at officers last week. According to Police Captain Mike Sweeney, Detective Scott Hogeland, and Master Patrol Officers Mike Miller and Gary Hanus were all exonerated in a May 21st shooting near Centennial ...

11 years ago
An El Dorado man is arrested after alleged indecent acts with a teenage girl. Police arrested 19-year-old Dakota DeWitt on Tuesday after a 14-year-old girl's mother found him in her daughter's bedroom. Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that investigators learned that DeWitt had been communicating with the girl via the internet then met her at the ...

11 years ago
Junction City Police are investigating the shooting death of a Ft. Riley soldier. The 26-year-old soldier was found dead inside an apartment in the 1700 block of north Park Dr. Monday morning. Police say he died from a single gunshot wound, and that an autopsy has been scheduled, but would not release any other details The name of ...

11 years ago
The summer lunch program in Salina begins this week. Each summer USD 305 serves free lunches for anyone 18 or young. Anyone over the age of 18 can eat for $3.50. Last year over 3,900 breakfast and over 25,000 lunches were served in Salina. USD 305 Food and Nutrition Services Director Cindy Foley says they hope more ...

11 years ago
A north Wichita home is no longer buzzing. The homeowner, who is planning to renovate the house, discovered a large bee hive and called professional beekeeper Wes Wolken. Wolken spent most of Sunday removing an estimated 50,000 bees from under the home. KAKE-TV reports Wolken found a network of honeycomb that extended 18 feet long, with almost 50 ...

11 years ago
Soldiers of the Army's 1st Infantry Division at Fort Riley are converting to a new model of the M4 carbine used in combat. The division is the first in the Army to begin converting to the new weapons. The Army expects to replace about 500,000 carbines through 2020. Fort Riley soldiers are expected to continue converting ...

11 years ago
Staff members at the Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum in Abilene are gearing up for two days of activities to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landing in France. The events June 6-7 are an extension of a three-year exhibit at the complex to tell the story of World War II. President Dwight D. Eisenhower was ...

11 years ago
Geary County officials say a man apparently drowned in Milford Lake after going overboard while trying to retrieve a fishing pole. Sheriff Tony Wolf says the man, about 65 years old, fell in Sunday in the West Rolling Hills area of the lake. He never resurfaced. The victim's name has not been released.