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Boyd Gaming to acquire Kansas Star Casino managing company

Today at 5:10 p.m.

Boyd Gaming Corp. said today it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Peninsula Gaming, which manages the Kansas Star Casino in Mulvane, for a total consideration of $1.45 billion.

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Videos

  • Tinker building 3001 tanker move

  • Former Wranglers manager Frank White with the KC T-Bones

  • VarsityKansas Big Show (May 14)

    Maize/Maize South swimming coach Hussein Yassine joins Joanna Chadwick on the Big Show.

  • Andover Central senior excited for graduation from hospital bed

  • VarsityKansas Big Show (May 8)

    Joanna Chadwick's guest is Conway Springs tennis coach Chris Bellar.

  • VarsityKansas Big Show (April 30)

    Kapaun soccer coach Alan Shepherd joins Joanna Chadwick on the Big Show.

  • Industrial fire at Viking

    Firefighters battle a blaze at Viking Blast & Wash Systems, 3810 North Toben, near 37th and Rock Road in Wichita, Kan. Tuesday, Apr. 24, 2012. (MIke Hutmacher, The Wichita Eagle.)

  • Pinaire Mobile Home Park debris collected and hauled off

    Local and county crews and volunteers pick up debris from the Pinaire Mobile Home Park to take to area landfills Monday, Apr. 23, 2012. The United Way of the Plains asked for fewer volunteers on Monday to allow more waste-disposal trucks easier access into the storm-damaged areas. (MIke Hutmacher, The Wichita Eagle.)

  • Tornado brush & tree limbs hauled to burn pit

    Local and county crews and work to move downed tree limbs from the Oaklawn neighborhood to a large burn pile west of the community Monday, Apr. 23, 2012. The United Way of the Plains asked for fewer volunteers on Monday to allow more waste-disposal trucks easier access into the storm-damaged areas. (Mike Hutmacher, The Wichita Eagle.)

  • VarsityKansas Big Show (April 23)

    Bishop Carroll baseball coach Charlie Ebright joins Joanna Chadwick on the Big Show.

  • Tanner Wilson Special Olympics Hays Ks. Mar. 2012

    Tanner Wilson grew up with 13 cousins who never gave him a break on the basketball court. So he learned to make 3-pointers by shooting over their heads, even though he was short. Like a lot of students at Northwest High School, he loves basketball. Most Friday nights found him shooting hoops at the central YMCA branch in downtown Wichita. “For him, it was always a way to connect with people and the world,” his father, Mike, said. Tanner is 19 and has Down syndrome. (Video courtesy the Wilson Family)

  • Tanner shooting the three-pointer during the NW Bear Buddies basketball game

    Tanner Wilson grew up with 13 cousins who never gave him a break on the basketball court. So he learned to make 3-pointers by shooting over their heads, even though he was short. Like a lot of students at Northwest High School, he loves basketball. Most Friday nights found him shooting hoops at the central YMCA branch in downtown Wichita. “For him, it was always a way to connect with people and the world,” his father, Mike, said. Tanner is 19 and has Down syndrome. (Video Courtesy of the Wilson Familly)

  • Spirit AeroSystems: Everyone back to work by Monday

    Spirit AeroSystems President & CEO Jeff Turner said Friday, Apr. 20, 2012, that the company is already back online in many departments following the tornado that hit the facility in south Wichia, Kan., last Saturday night and he expects the comppany to be ramping up to full production Monday when all employees will return to work. A lot of effort this week has gone into Spirit AeroSystems facilities to get them ready for employees to return on Monday, he said. About 1,000 people have been cleaning up debris, working on roofs, testing equipment and putting some temporary fixes in place so Spirit's 10,800 people can come back to work. Some production returned Friday. (Mike Hutmacher, The Wichita Eagle.)

  • Spirit Aerosystems works around the clock to bring the plant back on line.

    Spirit Aerosystems works around the clock to bring the plant back on line. 1. Employees sweeping and cleaning 2. Testing overhead crane for operational capability 3. Temporary patches on the side of one of our buildings 4. Overhead and aerial photos of the facility showing primary damage to the SE corner of the facility 5. Overnight workers supporting 24/7 recovery efforts to support production re-start on Monday, April 23 (Video Courtesy Spirit AeroSystems) April 19, 2012

  • 88 year old Pearl Sipult talks about riding out the tornado Saturday night in her Oaklawn home.  Sipult's home was destroyed as she stood in the hallway. Bruised and bloody a neighbor found her.

    How 88-year-old Pearl Sipult survived a tornado that blew apart her house

    But it hit so fast, she didn’t have time to brace herself. (April 17, 2012)

  • Piglet befriends dog

    Mu Shu, a piglet that fell off a livestock truck and was rescued by Stacie and veterinarian husband Shane Tonn of Newton, has been befriended by the Tonns' yellow Labrador retriever, Hunter. (Video by Deb Gruver/The Wichita Eagle, Kansas.com) April 17, 2012

  • VarsityKansas Big Show (April 16)

    Mulvane softball coach Charlie Mason joins Joanna Chadwick on the Big Show.

  • Governor tours tornado ravaged area

    Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback addresses the media in Oaklawn on Sunday, the day after an EF3 tornado tore through south Wichita. (Video by Travis Heying/The Wichita Eagle, Kansas.com) April 15, 2012

  • Tornado rakes through Oaklawn mobile home park

    Nearly100 trailers in Pinaire Mobile Home Park were damaged in the Oaklawn area when a tornado swept through east Wichita overnight Saturday, Apr. 14, 2012. (Mike Hutmacher, The Wichita Eagle.)

  • Cleanup begins in Oaklawn

    Chrissy Hart was away from her home on Saturday night when a tornado struck it and ripped off a wall. (Video by Jaime Green/The Wichita Eagle, Kansas.com) April 15, 2012

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