11 years ago
The University of Kansas is seeking dismissal of a lawsuit by a former professor who claims its School of Medicine retaliated for his assertion that the university misappropriated federal research grants. The university and the Kansas Board of Regents argued in court filings Wednesday that they are protected from lawsuit under sovereign immunity. The university also ...

11 years ago
Secretary of State Kris Kobach says a Kansas House committee has taken the teeth out of legislation to protest the federal government's listing of the lesser prairie chicken as a threatened species. Kobach on Wednesday described the bill as being "gutted." The measure still declares that the federal government has no authority to regulate prairie chickens or ...

11 years ago
A bill aimed at bringing a state-owned casino to southeast Kansas has cleared the state Legislature and is going to Governor Sam Brownback. The House approved the proposal Wednesday on an 84-36 vote. The Senate approved it last week. The bill lowers the investment required for a southeast Kansas casino from $225 million to $50 million. The ...

11 years ago
Along with the annual work that makes the River Festival a reality, Salina Arts & Humanities announces the creation of a new endowment fund to support the Festival long-term and provide additional support over time to Salina's arts and cultural programs. Key to the early success of the newly approved Smoky Hill River Festival Legacy Fund ...

11 years ago
Documentary filmmaker and storyteller Audrey Kalivoda is coming back to Salina with a look at her new project. Kalivoda will be on hand at the Smoky Hill Museum on Thursday afternoon for her presentation of the making of "Kansas: The Center of it All" Kalivoda joined in on the KSAL Morning News Wednesday and says the film ...

11 years ago
A refrigerator is stolen from a vacant rental home. Larry Mattison of New Cambria contacted the Saline County Sheriff's Office after discovering a GE side by side refrigerator was removed from a property he oversees and rents out in the 3000 block of E. Old 40 Highway. Deputies say someone stole the appliance sometime between Monday and ...

11 years ago
A burglar is chased away from a Salina business. Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that a maintenance person at All-Star Lanes, 624 S. Broadway, confronted a burglar early Wednesday morning just before 5am. Police are looking for a white male who pried open a door at the bowling alley and then tried to open the safe. The ...

11 years ago
One person is hurt in a single-vehicle rollover crash west of Salina Wednesday morning. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, first responders were called to a crash on Interstate 70, about 3 miles west of Interstate 135. They found a small SUV on its top, in the median. Troopers say that 59-year-old Samuel Shannon of Denver was ...

11 years ago
A suspected burglar is caught on video. According to Salina Police, on March 31st at approximately 2:30 in the monring the unknown suspect in the video was observed exiting a business in the area of the 900 block of East Prescott. Several business burglaries were reported in the area. If you can identify the person in ...

11 years ago
The company that hired a Colorado man who died when he hit a toll plaza on the Kansas Turnpike says it appears the man was asleep at the wheel. However, The Kansas Highway Patrol says the cause of the accident is still under investigation. Thirty-year-old Sergiy Angelchev of Auroro, Colo., died Saturday when his ...

11 years ago
A statewide group seeking to legalize marijuana in Kansas has launched a petition drive in Wichita to remove criminal penalties for possessing an ounce or less of the substance. Members of the group Kansas for Change told City Council members Tuesday they would be back with at least 4,300 verified signatures on the petitions. It will ...