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The U.S. Agriculture Department is estimating the total value of Kansas crop production last year at $7.79 billion, a drop of 4 percent from 2012. The agency's National Agricultural Statistics Service calculates crop values by multiplying the average marketing price by the amount of production in each state. Friday's report said Kansas wheat production in 2013 was ...

11 years ago
Police are looking for a couple of suspected shoplifters who were caught on video. According to Salina Police, two subjects are suspected of committing a theft from Hobby Lobby in Salina's Mid State Plaza. The suspects are a white female wearing a white coat and black pants, and a white male wearing a white coat and blue ...

11 years ago
A former Lawrence man will get a new trial in the 2004 death of his wife. The Kansas Supreme Court on Friday overturned the murder conviction of Martin Miller. He was convicted of strangling his 46-year-old wife, Mary Miller, at their home because he was having an affair and wanted to collect $300,000 in life ...

11 years ago
An airplane ends up on its belly after landing at the Salina Regional Airport Friday morning. First responders were called to the airport at around 10:00. Airport officials tell KSAL News that a SeaPort Airlines plane landed mid-morning. The plane ended up on its belly, on the runway. There were no passengers on the airplane, just a ...

11 years ago
A Lawrence man who was the subject of a Silver Alert earlier this week was found dead inside his vehicle in the parking lot of Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Authorities said Thursday no foul play is suspected in the death of 65-year-old George Sundstrom. Lawrence police Sgt. Trent McKinley said officers found a man dead ...

11 years ago
A man driving a truck loaded with 90 head of cattle leads law enforcement on a pursuit through two counties. Dickinson County Sheriff Gareth Hoffman tells KSAL News the pursuit began at about 5:00 Thursday morning when an Abilene Police Officer attempted to make a traffic stop. The truck was going 75-miles-per-hour in a 55 miles-per-hour ...

11 years ago
The president of the Kansas Senate says her chamber is unlikely to pass a bill that would prevent lawsuits against someone who refuses, for religious reasons, to provide services to gay and lesbians. The bill passed the House on Wednesday, drawing strong reaction from across the country. It would prohibit government sanctions or lawsuits ...

11 years ago
A Wichita man will face a minimum sentence of life without parole for 25 years for killing a former Wichita high school football star. Twenty-one-year-old Kristofer JaQuinton Wright was convicted Thursday of premeditated first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder in the death of Jordan Turner. The former star at Wichita South High School was ...

11 years ago
Police say three suspects will be in court Friday to face charges in a case apparently involving a missing Junction City woman. Junction City police say a body found in rural Geary County Wednesday matches the description 24-year-old Amanda Clemons, although an official identification has not been confirmed. Clemons was last seen on Feb. 7. ...

11 years ago
A pilot walks away from a rough landing at the airport in Ellsworth. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 21-year-old Adam Martin from Baldwin City was landing a small Cessna airplane. The aircraft was on the center line and started to flare to land. The aircraft drifted to the left. The left rear tire caught a snow ...

11 years ago
A former Kansas Bureau of Investigation deputy director has been charged with sexual exploitation of a child and trying to destroy evidence. The Shawnee County prosecutor filed the charges Thursday against 57-year-old Kyle G. Smith, of Topeka. County jail officials said he was released around 5:20 p.m. after posting a $15,000 surety bond. Prosecutors allege Smith possessed ...