11 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff's Office is investigating a home burglary. Deputies were called to the 2000 block of East Gray Road on Saturday afternoon, after the owner discovered a number of items were missing from his bedroom. Sheriff Glen Kochanowski tells KSAL News that the owner returned home in the early hours of Saturday morning and woke ...

11 years ago
The former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is speaking about military families at Kansas State University. Retired Gen. Richard Myers will speak at 4 p.m. Thursday at the Little Theatre in the Student Union. The university says the presentation is titled "A National Perspective on the Transitioning and Reintegration of Our Military and ...

11 years ago
A Swedish comedian will come back to life 72 years after his first appearance at the first Hyllningsfest. Multi-talented Steve Benson, educator, broadcaster, and performer, will bring Olle i Skratthult, the headline Swedish comedian at the first Hyllningsfest, back to life in Lindsborg during a number of events over the festival weekend. In his day ...

11 years ago
Hutchinson police have been dealing with some slimy creatures over the past few months, but not of the human kind. The latest encounter was with a 5-foot-long alligator last week that was found in a wooden crate in a garage. That reptile was taken to the Hutchinson Zoo, where it is being kept temporarily. A second, 2-foot-long ...

11 years ago
Pittsburg State University has announced it is doing away with its Spanish and French bachelor of arts degree programs because not enough students are seeking or completing those degrees. The southeast Kansas school told students already in those programs they will be allowed to finish their degrees, but no additional students will be allowed to declare ...

11 years ago
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says Cheyenne Bottoms, a central Kansas site that includes internationally recognized wetlands, aren't fully functioning and could be threatened by oil drilling. Heather Whitlaw, field supervisor for the Fish and Wildlife Service in Manhattan, says her agency opposes a recent request by a Kansas company to drill for oil in ...

11 years ago
Several flood-plagued Kansas counties are hoping temporary repairs to roads and bridges can withstand autumn rains until federal funds are available for more permanent fixes. Gov. Sam Brownback last week requested a federal disaster declaration for 47 counties because of storm damage and flooding that hit much of Kansas between July 22 and Aug. 16. The ...

11 years ago
April showers might bring May flowers, but fall brings neotropical migrants. According to the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks, and Tourism every year, hundreds of bird species fly south through Kansas during the fall migration, creating many unique birding opportunities throughout the state. Hummingbirds, shorebirds, waterfowl, and neotropical migrants such as warblers, flycatchers and orioles, are ...

11 years ago
More than a dozen University of Kansas professors have issued a statement criticizing school officials for putting a colleague on leave after he posted a controversial tweet following the deadly Navy Yard shootings in Washington last week. The Lawrence Journal-World reports 14 Anthropology Department professors and department chairwoman Jane Gibson signed the statement Friday in support ...

11 years ago
A crash involving a cow sends two people to the hospital in Abilene. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 15-year-old Allyson Neal of Longford was driving a Ford Ranger pickup truck north on K 15 Highway. She struck a cow that was on the road. Neal and a passenger, 45-year-old Kelly Neal also from Longford, were both ...

11 years ago
It was a perfect Autumn Saturday for Salina Autumnfest events. After a hot Friday with temperatures in the lower 90s, and overnight cold front cooled off things for Saturday. Autumnfest featured a full day of events. The day began with the Smoky Hill Museum Street Fair Parade down Santa Fe. A large crowd gathered along the route. ...