11 years ago
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - The Army says it will eliminate one infantry brigade at Fort Riley as the military reduces its overall number of soldiers by September 2017. Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond Odierno said Tuesday the 4th Brigade Combat Team of the 1st Infantry Division will be inactivated. The move is part of the Army's plans ...

11 years ago
"It's Chinese German," 95 year-old Cleo Wessling said about his last name with a chuckle. In his broken-in overalls, Wessling watched as his farming partners worked to fix one of their three combines that had broken earlier that day. Wessling has been farming since the age of 16; born into a family of farmers. He currently ...

11 years ago
Salina Police handed out 18 citations for seat belt violations over the weekend. According to Lt. Russ Lamer, four officers and one spotter worked city wide Friday night into early Saturday morning, looking for seat belt violations. Lt. Lamer tells KSAL News that 22 vehicles were stopped, and 18 tickets were issued. Officers handed out fifteen citations for ...

11 years ago
Kansas expects to rely less heavily on internal borrowing to pay its bills on time during the fiscal year starting in July. Gov. Sam Brownback and legislative leaders on Tuesday unanimously approved $300 million in loans to the state's general fund from other accounts. By law, the loan must be paid by the end of June ...

11 years ago
A UTV is stolen from a Salina car lot. According to Lt. Scott Siemsen, someone stole a Kawasaki Mule UTV from Womack Sunshine Motors, 632 S. Ohio, over the weekend. Police say thieves cut a cable and chain and drove the mule off the lot sometime between Saturday at 5pm and Monday morning around 10am. The building was ...

11 years ago
A computer is stolen from the hospital. Salina Police are investigating the theft of a lap top from a 4th floor office at Salina Regional Health Center, 400 S. Santa Fe. Police report sometime Thursday between 4:15pm and 4:45pm, someone entered a speech therapist office and removed a Panasonic lap top. The hospital says no patient information was ...

11 years ago
Kansas State University veterinarians are warning pet owners to watch out for ticks carrying a disease that could kill household cats. The scientific name is Cytauxzoon Felis but more simply people are calling it bobcat fever. “Bobcat fever is a blood parasite that affects our domestic cats and it spreads through a tick bite,” said Susan ...

11 years ago
A realtors association says home sales in Kansas in May were the highest in the state since 2007. The Kansas Association of Realtors says sales increased 14.2 percent in May, to 3,727 units sold to 3,265 in 2012. Nationwide sales rose 12.9 percent in May. The association's president, Steve McCullough, says another 3,418 sales were pending at ...

11 years ago
Salina City Commissioners vote to temporarily exempt the city from the Personal and Family Protection Act, which becomes law July 1st. Commissioners Monday voted to exempt Salina from the law through December 31st of this year. The new law allows concealed weapons in public buildings that do not have "adequate security". Generally, "adequate security" means airport-type ...

11 years ago
A former cadet leader accused of assaulting a younger student at a Kansas military school has struck a deal with prosecutors for a 45-day jail sentence. 18-year-old David J. Burke, of McLean, Va., entered an Alford plea Monday to a reduced charge of aggravated battery. Such a plea means he does not admit the act, but ...

11 years ago
The public is invited to attend the ribbon cutting celebration for Memorial Hospital, 511 NE 10th St in Abilene, this coming Saturday. The ceremony will be held under the hospital’s front canopy. Senator Jerry Moran will deliver remarks which will be followed by guided tours of the new building. Tours will be offered from approximately 9:45 ...