Kansas.com: Your Afternoon Briefing

October home sales rise

BY BILL WILSON, The Wichita Eagle

More homes were sold in the Wichita area in October than in the same month a year ago, the first year-over-year sales increase since the national economic collapse hit Wichita.

Intrust Bank Arena lands another rock act, this time of the Christian variety

Carrie Rengers, Have You Heard?

WICHITA — There’s another new musical act for Intrust Bank Arena, and it’s not a country artist.

KU Hospital reports record-setting year

BY KAREN SHIDELER, The Wichita Eagle

The University of Kansas Hospital in Kansas City had a record year in fiscal 2009, with operating revenue up 12 percent, to $750 million.

More than 2,000 homes in federal mortgage modification program

BY DAN VOORHIS, The Wichita Eagle

The owners of 2,006 homes in Kansas are currently enrolled in the federal government's Making Home Affordable loan modification program, according to a monthly report issued Tuesday by the government.

SPEEA protesting outsourcing of IT jobs at Spirit

BY MOLLY McMILLIN, The Wichita Eagle

Spirit AeroSystems' professional and technical union is asking members to contact the Kansas Congressional delegation to protest the company's outsourcing of jobs.
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