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BUXTON, N.C. — Hurricane Earl packed winds near 125 mph as it blew toward North Carolina on Thursday, putting the Eastern Seaboard all the way to Canada on alert for a Labor Day weekend pounding by waves, gales and rain.
South High custodian Bob Meyers retired Friday after 44 years with the school district. Before being a custodian for South High for the last 15 years he used to work in audio visual department. (Video by Fernando Salazar)
Joanna Chadwick and Chris Elliott open the 2010-11 school year with the first Prep Talk of the season. They'll discuss the opening week of high school football.
The Kansas Sports Hall of Fame celebrated it's grand opening in the Wichita Boathouse Monday, Aug. 30, 2010, with speeches and a ribbon cutting. (Mike Hutmacher, The Wichita Eagle.)
Kansas attorney general Steve Six said today that he's "confident murder charges will be filed" in the death of 14-year-old Alicia DeBolt. (Video by Jaime Green/The Wichita Eagle, Kansas.com) August 30, 2010
Adam Longoria, 36, walks into the Barton County District Court. He was given charges of vehicle burglary and theft. Judge Hannelore Kitts granted a motion to set Longoria's bail at $150,000. (Video by Jaime Green/The Wichita Eagle, Kansas.com) August 30, 2010
Thousands of people gathered on the plaza outside the Barton County Courthouse to remember the 14-year-old homicide victim Alicia DeBolt and to support her family. (Video by Jaime Green/The Wichita Eagle, Kansas.com) August 1, 2010
Downtown Wichita is alive with classic and custom cars and many believe that this weekend's Blacktop Nationals can do wonders to help bring interest to downtown Wichita and help revitalize the local economy. (Video by Travis Heying/The Wichita Eagle, Kansas.com) Aug. 27, 2010
Wichita Eagle writer Suzanne Tobias took a quick lap in a Shelby Cobra Mustang on Thursday during a promotional event for this weekend's Blacktop Nationals. (Video by Travis Heying and Bo Rader/The Wichita Eagle, Kansas.com) Aug. 26, 2010
The Wichita Eagle's Suzanne Tobias signed a waiver and strapped herself into a 2010 Ford Raptor F-150 to take a spin on an off-road track set up south of Century II. The ride-along was a media event to promote this weekend's Blacktop Nationals. (Video by Travis Heying and Bo Rader/The Wichita Eagle, Kansas.com) Aug. 26, 2010
Halfdan Oussoren, an organ builder from Denmark, has been in Wichita for a week to tune the organ inside Wiedemann Hall.(Video by Jaime Green/The Wichita Eagle, Kansas.com) August 26, 2010
A behind-the-scenes look at the making of the Eagle's fashion section. Look for the section in Friday's paper. (Video by Jaime Green/The Wichita Eagle, Kansas.com) August 25, 2010
Cars are already driving inside Century II in preparation for an auction this weekend. The auction is one of many events scheduled for the Blacktop Nationals, a three-day car festival downtown. (Video by Jaime Green/The Wichita Eagle, Kansas.com) August 23, 2010
The bomb squad has removed a live grenade found in a neighborhood near Friends University at 519 S. Elizabeth. The grenade was removed without incident and taken to the bomb range for disposal at about 2 p.m. (Video by Brian Corn/The Wichita Eagle, Kansas.com) August 23, 2010
Homeless advocate jason McKinley is convinced that the homeless is weathering a new police crackdown but police officials say that's not true. Officers do respond to complaints and it might seem like a crackdown to the target of those complaints officials said. McKinley feels so strongly about the issue that he has signed up to discuss it at the Sept. 14 Wichita City Council meeting.
The infestation of asian carp on the Kansas River has reached a critical point, according to Jason Goeckler of the Kansas Dept. of Wildlife and Parks. Goeckler is worried that people will mistake young carp as native bait fish and introduce the species to other bodies of water in Kansas. (Video by Travis Heying/The Wichita Eagle, Kansas.com) Aug. 19, 2010
This time-lapse video features hundreds of photographs, taken every 5 seconds, of the set-up, shoot and tear-down for our 2010 High School Football Preview photo at the Orpheum Theatre last Tuesday. (Video by Travis Heying/The Wichita Eagle, Kansas.com
Buster's Saloon, the popular bar/restaurant in Sun City has been remodeled and is now open. The previous owners were forced to close it in January. (Video by Jaime Green/The Wichita Eagle, Kansas.com) August 18, 2010
Hawker Beechcraft and the Machinists union officially opened negotiations with a meeting at Terradyne Country Club in Andover. Bill Boisture, CEO of Hawker Beechcraft, talks to union, company representatives and the media. (Video by Jaime Green/The Wichita Eagle, Kansas.com) Aug. 19, 2010
Hawker Beechcraft and the Machinists union officially opened negotiations with a meeting at Terradyne Country Club in Andover. Tom Buffenbarger, international president of the Machinists union, talks to union, company representatives and the media. (Video by Jaime Green/The Wichita Eagle, Kansas.com) Aug. 19, 2010
Workers with Another Installation Company of Kansas City, Mo., remove seats in the Century II Concert Hall Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010. Renovations to the facility will include new seats, paint and carpet. (Mike Hutmacher, The Wichita Eagle.)
View 880 photos from the BlackTop Nationals event in Wichita.
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The categories for this year's contest are: Appetizers; Side dishes; Entrees; Desserts; Mostly homemade; and Secret ingredient (ginger).
Special legal publication: Take a look at 2009 unpaid Sedgwick County real estate taxes
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TOPEKA — The backlog of DNA sampling in Kansas is being reduced thanks to $1 million in new state funding, state Attorney General Steve Six said Wednesday.
Wichita's opportunity to land Southwest Airlines is at a standstill, for now. The airline doesn't plan to add cities in 2011, other than those already announced, a Southwest official said Wednesday.
The Kapaun Mount Carmel football team has been relatively successful since Dan Adelhardt took over in 2005. It's had five consecutive playoff appearances and four seasons with six or more wins.
For Matthew Brogan of St. Paul, Minn., getting laid off last February turned out to be a "blessing in disguise." Armed with severance, he was able to spend time in Michigan helping his parents prepare to move from their longtime home, visit his sister who had surgery, and go to all of his daughter's fast-pitch games.
Last weekend's BlackTop Nationals enhanced Wichita's street cred as a hot town for hot cars, drawing national attention and perhaps 150,000 attendees. In the process, it raised hopes that the four-day event will be back next year and beyond, becoming an asset to Wichita's economy and quality of life for the long term.
The American Red Cross is coming off its slowest part of the year with a variety of incentives to get people in Wichita to give blood during Labor Day weekend.
Two young goats were rescued after spending two days stranded on the six-inch ledge of a railroad bridge 60 feet above a road in southern Montana.
Michael Douglas is vowing to beat cancer.
