11 years ago
The latest government snapshot of Kansas crops shows 92 percent of the winter wheat has now emerged. The National Agricultural Statistics Service reported Tuesday that about 64 percent of the wheat is in excellent to good condition. About 33 percent is rated as fair, with just 3 percent rated in poor condition. The agency says the harvest ...

11 years ago
The Kansas Department of Education says overall scores by K-12 students on standardized math and reading tests have slipped this year. The department also reported Tuesday that 59 percent of the state's public and accredited private elementary and secondary schools failed to show progress this year in improving students' overall scores. Students took the tests in ...

11 years ago
A Minneapolis man is sentenced to nearly 13 years in prison in connection with sex crimes. According to Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt, 79-year-old Bernard Wallin was sentenced to 155 months in the Kansas Department of Corrections by Chief Judge Jerome P. Hellmer in Ottawa County District Court. An Ottawa County jury found Wallin guilty in August ...

11 years ago
A Salina woman returns home to find her wardrobe packed up and gone. According to Lt. Scott Siemsen, a 47-year-old woman came home to her apartment on W. Claflin to find clothes and accessories were stolen. Police say 4 leather coats, 32-pair of shoes, 20 women's' shirts, 20 watches, 5 pair of sunglasses and 5 purses were ...

11 years ago
A Salina man is arrested in connection to a burglary and theft case on South Burma Road. Deputies arrested 44-year-old Dennis D. Mathews, 701 W. Ash, over the weekend after an investigation that dates back to November 2nd. The Saline County Sheriff's Office says they recovered most of the items that were allegedly stolen from two sheds ...

11 years ago
Five RVs are damaged on a lot where they were being stored. The Saline County Sheriff's Office is investigating a burglary case after 5 recreational vehicles, stored on an open lot at Lorenson Industries, 461 E. Ave A, were broken into sometime between November 6th and November 8th. Deputies reported damage to doors and windows on the ...

11 years ago
An informational meeting on contamination cleanup in the Salina Airport Industrial Area is planned. According to the Salina Airport Authority, the Salina Public Entities - City of Salina, Salina Airport Authority, Salina Unified School District 305 and Kansas State University Salina - are scheduled to hold a public meeting to discuss the status of the former ...

11 years ago
The I-135 / I-70 Drug Task Force makes an arrest. Officers used a search warrant at 414 S. Delaware on November 8th and arrested 26-year-old Leroy J. Eblacas on charges that could include possession of marijuana with intent to sell. Officers confiscated 21.6 grams of pot along with drug paraphernalia. Police also found baggies tainted with residue ...

11 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff's Office is awaiting further autopsy results after a toddler dies. According to Sheriff Glen Kochanowski, deputies were called to Salina Regional Health Center last Wednesday after an 18-month old boy was brought to the hospital by his father with a head injury. Sheriff Kochanowski tells KSAL News that after surgery was performed in ...

11 years ago
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon is announcing a plan to end a business "border war" with Kansas over economic development. Both states have used economic incentives and bonds to compete for businesses to locate or expand. Missouri and Kansas have committed hundreds of millions of dollars to the efforts. Nixon planned to announce his proposal Tuesday ...

11 years ago
An Overland Park woman was forced out of her apartment after as much of 10 pounds of mercury spilled from an antique clock. Fire department spokesman Jason Rhodes says the liquid apparently spilled weeks ago on a back porch of the woman's apartment but she wasn't aware it was dangerous mercury until a relative saw ...