12 years ago
A former chairman of the Kansas Board of Regents says $2 million earmarked for a stem cell center at KU Medical Center could have been used to offset some of the Legislature's $66 million in cuts to higher education. Regent Ed McKetchnie of Arcadia says stem cell research is good, but maybe now isn't the time ...

12 years ago
Just a few weeks shy of the 1st birthday of their first set of twins, Lilly and Eddy are once again proud parents of two cotton-top tamarins. The two healthy babies were born Sunday, June 2nd. The sexes of the twin new world monkeys have not yet been determined. They are the 3rd and 4th ...

12 years ago
Gov. Sam Brownback says his office is reviewing budget legislation sent to him by Kansas legislators to determine if he can veto cuts in higher education spending. Brownback told reporters Friday he's not sure he can use the governor's power to veto individual line-items to eliminate the cuts approved by lawmakers. The Legislature cut funding for state ...

12 years ago
Wichita police say an 18-month-old boy tripped before he was run over by a family friend's truck. The victim was identified Friday as Abraham Rostro. Police say he died Thursday evening after he was dropped off with his father and three other children by a family friend. Police say as the children crossed the street, Abraham apparently ...

12 years ago
There is an "unspoken rule" that is understood about art according to artist, Juniper Tangpuz from Kansas City and that is that it is not to be touched. Tangpuz's sculpture's for this year's River Festival, however, were built to defy that rule. "I try to imagine myself as a kid," Tangpuz said. "I used to imagine ...

12 years ago
Artists Fred and Taya Conlon met in college - but followed their hearts after graduation to an Army Navy Surplus Store, "The first time we saw a mass pile of helmets, the gears started really moving in our heads," Taya said. Now they use those gears and a welder to make metal come to life. "The alligator ...

12 years ago
Salina Police stayed busy following the Smoky Hill River Festival Jam Thursday night looking for drunk drivers. Officers worked a DUI check lane in the area of Front and Crawford Streets, and one in the area of Broadway and Dover. Officers made one DUI arrest, along with issuing severe other citations. Thursday night DUI check lane statistics: 1 DUI ...

12 years ago
A GPS locator on a cellular telephone leads Salina police to a suspected thief. Police say that during the noon hour on Thursday an Apple iPhone and a charger were stolen from a car parked behind the Stiefel Theatre in a public parking lot in Downtown Salina. Police used a GPS application on the phone to locate ...

12 years ago
Vandals cause damage at Salina Central High School. According to Salina Police, sometime late Wednesday or early Thursday vandals used spray paint to damage two school vans, the east side of the art and Heartland buildings, and a street sign. Sequences of the letters F,W,G,K,and T were painted. Total damage is estiamted at $500.

12 years ago
The most visible member of Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback's staff is leaving next month to become the state Lottery's deputy director. Brownback announced Friday that Communications Director Sherriene Jones-Sontag will be joining the lottery July 8. Jones-Sontag has overseen Brownback's communications and served as his press secretary and chief spokeswoman since he took office in January 2011. ...

12 years ago
A building in Minneapolis partially collapses early Friday morning. Minneapolis City Administrator Barry Hodges tells KSAL News that the northeast section of the historic Parker Hotel collapsed at around 6:00 Friday morning. There was no one inside the vacant building, which is located at the east end of Downtown Minneapolis, at the corner of 2nd and ...