11 years ago
The House has overwhelmingly passed a bill authorizing the Keystone XL oil pipeline despite a veto threat from the White House. The bill passed Friday on a 266-153 vote, one of the first pieces of legislation considered by the Republican-controlled Congress. It was the 10th vote the House had taken since July 2011 to advance the ...

11 years ago
The Justice Department's Civil Rights Division says it has reached a settlement with Kansas that aims to protect women prisoners at the state's Topeka facility from sexual abuse. The deal announced Friday in a news release resolves allegations that women held at the Topeka Correctional Facility are subjected to sexual victimization by jailers and other prisoners. ...

11 years ago
A leading bond-rating company says projected funding shortfalls and a recent court ruling that Kansas must spend more on its public schools appear to be creating growing budget problems. Standard & Poor's said Friday in a release that Gov. Sam Brownback's plan to address a $279 million shortfall in the current budget doesn't "appear to significantly ...

11 years ago
A federal judge has refused to order the government to disclose whether mass surveillance led investigators to a Wichita man accused of plotting a suicide bomb attack at a Kansas airport. The possible existence of that evidence has been an issue in the terrorism case against Terry Loewen. The former avionics technician has pleaded not guilty ...

11 years ago
A Kansas board won't reinstate a doctor after concluding she kept inadequate records about young patients whom she referred for late-term abortions. The State Board of Healing Arts on Friday upheld its 2012 revocation of the license allowing Dr. Ann Kristin Neuhaus of Nortonville to provide charity care. The board previously said she performed substandard mental health ...

11 years ago
An Abilene man wins a $25,000 lottery prize. According to the Kansas Lottery, the first full week of January has been very exciting for Terry Kiser of Abilene. On Monday the 44-year-old celebrated his birthday. Friday he ended the week by claiming a $25,000 top prize playing the Kansas Lottery’s $5 Cash Machine instant scratch game! “My ...

11 years ago
A leading bond-rating company says projected funding shortfalls and a recent court ruling that Kansas must spend more on its public schools appear to be creating growing budget problems. Standard & Poor's said Friday in a release that Gov. Sam Brownback's plan to address a $279 million shortfall in the current budget doesn't "appear to significantly ...

11 years ago
A Salina man writes a check for $4,000 to a group now charged with blackmail. The 57-year-old victim told police that two men and one woman threated to tell authorities that he sexually assaulted the woman back in September of 2014. Police have been investigating the false claims and arrested 39-year-old Jason Wooster of Salina on ...

11 years ago
Salina Police find a man wanted for choking a woman. Miguel Villefranc, 25 of Salina was arrested on Thursday for charges connected to an incident back on September 19, 2014. Police allege Villefranc choked a female acquaintance with his forearm before throwing her down in the parking lot at Sunset Billiards, 1215 W. Crawford, as the couple ...

11 years ago
A Saline County Sheriff's Deputy witnesses a rollover crash after the driver hit speeds of over 100-mph. Sheriff Glen Kochanowski tells KSAL News that a deputy began to trail a vehicle that rolled through a stop sign early Friday morning at the intersection of Waterwell and Burma Roads. The Sheriff says 23-year-old Leslie Rhodeman of Salina then ...

11 years ago
The Wichita Mid-Continent Airport has officially had a new name for several weeks, although it's not obvious at the airport. The Federal Aviation Administration began using the name Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport in November. The airport's signs, websites and other materials still don't carry the name. Victor While, Wichita's director of airports, says the FAA ...