11 years ago
A Kansas farmer has sued seed giant Monsanto over last week's discovery of genetically engineered experimental wheat in Oregon. The civil lawsuit filed Monday by Elkhart wheat grower Ernest Barnes alleges the finding of the unapproved wheat in an 80-acre field drove down wheat futures prices and caused a backlash from some international markets, which suspended ...

11 years ago
Salina Police are planning to crack down on drunk drivers following the Festival Jam Thursday evening. Two DUI checklanes are planned with seven officers and one supervisor participating. One lane will be set up to check for DUI's near Front and Crawford, then will rotate to Broadway and Dover. Lt. Russ Lamer tells KSAL News the program will ...

11 years ago
Kansas farmers have been planting row crops where field conditions allow amid the recent spate of heavy rain, high winds and tornadoes. Monday's weekly update from the Kansas Agricultural Statistics Service reports corn planting is about 96 percent finished. Seven percent of the emerging corn crop is rated in excellent condition. The agency says 54 percent is ...

11 years ago
Two people are hurt when a car strikes a truck that was protecting a crew working along Interstate 70 Monday evening. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, a car was headed west on the interstate when it struck the rear of a traffic attenuator truck. The truck was protecting a crew working on the shoulder ahead of ...

11 years ago
A northeast Kansas woman who left her 7-week-old son alone in an alley has been sentenced to 60 days in jail. The Leavenworth Times reports Elizabeth Michaud will also spend a year on probation under the sentence she recently received in Leavenworth County District Court. Michaud pleaded no contest earlier to child endangerment. The incident occurred in May ...

11 years ago
A northeast Kansas man who kept a tiger and other exotic animals on his property has pleaded guilty to numerous charges. Matthew Baker was arrested in early May after Atchison County authorities and the Humane Society seized several big cats and other wild animals from his rural property. KAIR-AM reports Baker pleaded guilty Monday to animal cruelty, ...

11 years ago
The budget approved by Kansas lawmakers over the weekend includes funding for two priorities of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation. KBI officials have been working for years to secure funding for a new crime lab in Topeka. The current lab is housed in the converted basement of an old school that was built in 1928. The new ...

11 years ago
The head of a group that represents Kansas emergency responders says it's time to consider rules for storm chasers in the wake of the deaths of three professional chasers in Oklahoma. Three veteran chasers were killed Friday when a tornado turned on them near El Reno, Okla. Officials say the men's deaths are believed to be ...

11 years ago
City crews continue to look for what caused a junction box to become electrified, shocking an 11-year-old Salina girl last Wednesday in Downtown Salina. City Manager Jason Gage joined in on the KSAL Morning News Monday with an update on the plan to check all eight junction boxes, that are placed along Santa Fe Avenue from ...

11 years ago
Police are investigating a burglary and theft from a storage locker. Officers were called to Broadway Mini Storage, 1314 Beverly Dr., after someone removed numerous items from a unit. Police say the burglary occurred sometime between May 29th and May 31st, and that numerous power tools, guitar and case, 47-inch flat screen TV and a grandfather clock ...

11 years ago
A Salina man is arrested after shots are fired into the air. According to Lt. Scott Siemsen, officers were called to an apartment at 737 Fairdale early Monday morning just after 3:15am. Lt. Siemsen tells KSAL News that police received several calls about shots being fired in the area. Officers found four spent shell casings from a small ...