11 years ago
The Salina Public Library has received a $10,884 state grant. According to the library, the State Library of Kansas awarded Salina Public Library a grant in the amount of $10,884 to support the implementation of the "Checkup and Check Out" program in local well-child checkups, sending families home with an age-appropriate book (through the Kansas Pediatric ...

11 years ago
Two Fort Riley Soldiers are missing. PV2 Richard “Connor” Ferguson and PV2 Bradley Kappel went missing July 21. They were last seen together at the Blue Jasmine Hookah Bar in Junction City. A witness spotted Kappel the next day near the Double Tree Hotel in Denver. He was attempting to hitchhike and indicated he was trying to ...

11 years ago
An armed man holds up a clerk at a Salina convenience store. According to Captain Mike Sweeney, at about 12:20am Tuesday morning a white male with a slim build walked into Casey's at 500 North Ohio - flashed a silver pistol and demanded that the clerk hand over the money inside the register. The robber left the ...

11 years ago
A suburban Kansas City teenager who died last week while climbing one of Colorado's most popular peaks was a 2014 high school graduate who excelled in engineering. 18-year-old Nicholas Hellbusch of Lenexa, Kansas, died Friday morning after apparently falling while climbing above the standard route to the summit of Longs Peak in Rocky Mountain National ...

11 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 ...

11 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 ...

11 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 ...

11 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 ...

11 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 ...

11 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, ...

11 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 ...