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The Associated Press | June 19 at 10:33 a.m. A 13-year-old boy from a New Orleans suburb was charged with second-degree murder in the death of his 5-year-old half-sister after investigators said he told them he repeatedly struck her with wrestling moves imitated from TV.
By TERRY SPENCER, Associated Press | June 19 at 1:49 p.m. Country singer Slim Whitman, the high-pitched yodeler who sold millions of records through ever-present TV ads in the 1980s and 1990s and whose song saved the world in the film comedy "Mars Attacks!," died Wednesday at a Florida hospital. He was 90.
By Fred Mann, The Wichita Eagle | June 19 at 2:47 p.m. The rock band Journey, whose hits include “Don’t Stop Believin,’ ” “Any Way You Want It,” and “Wheel in the Sky” will perform at the Kansas Star Casino Arena on Aug. 24.
By BOB CHRISTIE, Associated Press | June 18 at 7:03 p.m. A Texas congressman who was choking on a piece of popcorn is thanking a fellow Republican from Arizona and a House staffer who is also a doctor for stepping in to help.
June 19 at 8:36 a.m. Police said two friends were wrestling when one of them got upset and stabbed the other in the abdomen early Wednesday in Overland Park.
The Associated Press | June 19 at 10:07 a.m. Some public university students in Kansas would see tuition increase by almost 9 percent this fall under proposals being considered by the state Board of Regents.
By Stan Finger, The Wichita Eagle | June 19 at 11:08 a.m. For the second time in less than a week, a fire was reported at a gentlemen’s club in Oaklawn.
June 19 at 11:34 a.m. The fire, which was located in the smoke stack and attic area, caused an estimated $100,000 in damages. No one was injured.
By Beccy Tanner The Wichita Eagle | June 18 at 6:01 p.m. Gov. Sam Brownback and U.S. Senator Pat Roberts are scheduled to speak on the state’s agricultural economy and the new farm bill during the Kansas Wheat Festival next month in Wellington.
By IVAN MORENO, Associated Press | Today at 3:13 a.m. Dozens of homes were evacuated near Denver as a wind-driven wildfire flared, one of many in the western states where hot and windy conditions were making it easy for the wild land blazes to start and spread.
By FRANK ELTMAN, Associated Press | June 19 at 10:24 p.m. Former investigators are pushing to reopen the probe into the 1996 crash of TWA Flight 800, saying new evidence points to the often-discounted theory that a missile strike may have downed the jumbo jet.
By SHAYA TAYEFE MOHAJER, Associated Press | June 19 at 2:32 a.m. Michael Hastings, the war correspondent whose unflinching reporting from Afghanistan led to the resignation of a top U.S. army general, has died in a car accident in Los Angeles, according to his employer and family.
The Associated Press | June 19 at 5:06 a.m. Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:
Stan Finger, Finger on the Weather | June 19 at 6:21 a.m. Scattered showers and thunderstorms are possible in a wide swath of Kansas today, including the Wichita metropolitan area.
By Tim Potter, The Wichita Eagle | June 18 at 6:48 p.m. A jury has found a Wichita doctor responsible for more than $1.2 million in damages in a malpractice case.
By Raymond Howze, The Wichita Eagle | June 18 at 6:13 p.m. Improvements are coming to Chisholm Creek Park.
By Raymond Howze, The Wichita Eagle | June 18 at 5:44 p.m. Beginning Friday, short-term parking at Mid-Continent Airport will be limited to four hours, according to a news release from the airport.
By Elizabeth Scheltens, The Wichita Eagle | June 19 at 10:03 p.m. When Martina Prado looks out over a vacant, straw-strewn 2-acre lot in north Wichita, she sees the beginnings of a dream come true.
By Matt Riedl, The Wichita Eagle | June 18 at 4:58 p.m. On the pavement outside where he works at Sand Creek Station golf course, Carson Hayes takes a break from washing carts and practices his boccia.
By RICK PLUMLEE, The Wichita Eagle | June 18 at 5:16 p.m. Forty-five World War II veterans will fly out of Wichita on Wednesday to visit their memorial and other sights in Washington, D.C.