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Arena reviving River City Ribfest idea

Denise Neil, Dining with Denise Neil Today at 4:33 p.m.

People line up for their free lunch earlier today inside Intrust Bank Arena. Intrust Bank Arena is reviving its idea for the River City Ribfest, an outdoor barbecue festival originally scheduled for last August.

You don't say

Carrie Rengers, Have You Heard? Today at 4:33 p.m.

"The last time I gave you a quote, my wife nearly slapped me."

Charges filed in poaching of potential state-record deer

Michael Pearce, Michael Pearce's Kansas Outdoors Today at 6:27 p.m.

Charges have been filed against a Topeka man, accused of poaching a deer that could have broken a state record that has stood for more than 35 years, according to the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism.

The City League's best (11-20)

Bob, Lutz Today at 3:49 p.m.

Bob Lutz picks his best 50 players in City League history from the past 50 years.

Scholfield Honda's special relationship with women gets national attention

Carrie Rengers, Have You Heard? Today at 3:37 p.m.

WICHITA — You might call Roger Scholfield a ladies' man, though perhaps not in the traditional sense.

  • Universities don't want guns

    Phillip Brownlee, WE Blog | Today at 12:41 p.m.

    The police chiefs at Kansas universities oppose a proposed law that would force college campuses to allow permit holders to carry concealed guns. The university presidents also oppose the bill. So does the Kansas Board of Regents. So do student groups. The student government president at Fort Hays State University testified that students are seven times more likely to be killed by a snake while walking to class than to be killed by a school shooting. Yet the House Federal and State Affairs Committee approved the bill Wednesday. Maybe the full House – or at least the Kansas Senate – will actually care what the universities want.

  • Live dining chat with Denise Neil at 1:30 p.m. today

    Denise Neil, Dining with Denise Neil | Today at 10:36 a.m.

    Having trouble deciding where to eat for Valentine’s Day? Want to hear me gush about AVI’s polenta? Lonely and bored at 1:30 p.m. on a Thursday? The live dining chat is for you. Join me at 1:30 p.m. today, and tell your friends.

  • More disease in Kansas, Missouri deer

    Michael Pearce, Michael Pearce's Kansas Outdoors | Today at 7:33 a.m.

    Chronic wasting disease continues a slow but steady advance across the midwest. Three cases have been found from deer killed during the 2011-12 Kansas deer seasons, with about 35-percent of about 2,400 samples tested.

  • Pompeo takes on Kochs' critics

    Rhonda Holman, WE Blog | Today at 6:33 a.m.

    Rep. Mike Pompeo, R-Wichita, authored a Politico commentary calling on the Obama administration and congressional Democrats to stop harassing the Kochs. It was his comeback to the unsuccessful efforts of Reps. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., and Bobby Rush, D-Ill., to demand that "a representative of Koch Industries" testify at a hearing on the Keystone XL pipeline, a project Koch has said it has no stake in. "Charles Koch and David Koch, co-owners of Koch Industries, are U.S. citizens, taxpayers, entrepreneurs and employers. Their businesses employ nearly 50,000 people in the U.S. alone," Pompeo wrote, noting its 2,600 Kansas employees. "The company has never been bailed out by the U.S. taxpayers. Given that many Americans are now desperate for jobs, we should be begging entrepreneurs to look for new opportunities – not attacking them because their companies might make a profit." Pompeo also noted that the first sentence of Obama's first re-election ad "attacks" the Kochs. "That the Obama administration and its allies use private citizens as symbols to be attacked and vilified is unfair and deeply threatening to our civic life and the rule of law," Pompeo wrote.

  • Wall Street Journal likes Brownback's tax plan

    Rhonda Holman, WE Blog | Today at 6:29 a.m.

    Gov. Sam Brownback was among the Republican governors praised for targeting income taxes in a Wall Street Journal editorial headlined "The Heartland Tax Rebellion." The editorial quoted Brownback as saying, "Our goal is for our economy to look more like Texas and a lot less like California," and concluded that was the right goal: "The tax competition in America's heartland is an encouraging sign that at least some U.S. politicians understand that they can't take prosperity for granted. It must be nurtured with good policy, as they compete for jobs and investment with other states and the rest of the world."

  • Dillmore wanted governor's budget to pay for Laffer

    Phillip Brownlee, WE Blog | Today at 6:29 a.m.

    State Rep. Nile Dillmore, D-Wichita, tried to deduct $75,000 from Gov. Sam Brownback's office budget – the amount the state paid economist Arthur Laffer (in photo) to consult on Brownback's tax-reform plan. The House Government Budget Committee approved the move Monday. But after Brownback staff complained, the committee later revoted and returned the funding. On Wednesday, Dillmore tried unsuccessfully to deduct Laffer's fee from the budget of the Kansas Department of Revenue. Dillmore thinks there was no need to hire an out-of-state consultant. When Laffer appeared before a legislative committee last month, he spent much of the time promoting his upcoming book. It would have been a lot cheaper to buy the book instead of pay for Laffer's trip, Dillmore said.

  • RJ's House of Fades to move to Eaton Place, but owner Ronnie Robinson Jr. has bigger dreams than doing hair

    Carrie Rengers, Have You Heard? | Today at 5:29 a.m.

    WICHITA — Ronnie Robinson Jr. is the second person to sign a new lease at Eaton Place in the last week.

  • Wichita weather: Sunny and warmer, before another blast of cold air arrives

    Stan Finger, Finger on the Weather | Today at 5:29 a.m.

    Wichita should see more sunshine and warmer temperatures today, forecasters say, with highs climbing into the upper 40s.

  • Day After: UNI at Wichita State

    Paul Suellentrop, Shockwaves | Today at 12:29 a.m.

    The score: WSU 82, UNI 57

  • Gov. Brownback orders flags lowered in honor of Wichita Judge Wesley Brown

    Dion Lefler, Wichitopekington | Feb. 8 at 7:45 p.m.

    Judge Brown Gov. Sam Brownback has directed that flags be flown at half-staff Saturday to honor Judge Wesley E. Brown of Wichita, who passed away Jan. 23 at the age of 104.

  • Northern Iowa at Wichita State

    Paul Suellentrop, Shockwaves | Feb. 8 at 6:02 p.m.

    Big week for WSU, perhaps the biggest since 2005-06. Wins over UNI and Creighton on Saturday accomplish three things:

  • You don't say

    Carrie Rengers, Have You Heard? | Feb. 8 at 5:09 p.m.

    “Maybe we can have a hot dog-eating contest.”

  • A Box 4 U expands into finishing work for its blast-resistant modules

    Carrie Rengers, Have You Heard? | Feb. 8 at 4:17 p.m.

    WICHITA — Wichita-based A Box 4 U is expanding its blast-resistant module business.

  • Dining question of the week: What is west Wichita's best restaurant?

    Denise Neil, Dining with Denise Neil | Today at 10:04 a.m.

    Don't let this picture sway your answer. Just because I think Kanai is the star of the west side doesn't mean you have to agree. The east side of Wichita has Bradley Fair and the Waterfront and the Plazzio, all of which are filled with fancy, popular restaurants that give west-side diners an inferiority complex.

  • Bob Lutz: The City League's best (21-30)

    Bob, Lutz | Today at 3:49 p.m.

    Bob Lutz picks his best 50 players in City League history from the past 50 years.

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