Wichita-area groups among finalists for leadership training
Two plans by Wichita-area groups are among a handful of proposals in the running for a $1 million leadership training package, designed to promote civic change at a grassroots level.
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Events in Planeview prompt call to regulate bounty hunters
Rhonda Arrington says she let a bounty hunter into her mother’s house to look for a relative last month because “I wasn’t trying to hide anyone.”
Still on the market, Union Station is a key ‘connector’ in downtown Wichita
It is the iconic piece of real estate in the drive to revitalize Wichita’s downtown: a historic train station that once was the front door to a growing city.
State to crack down on ‘gray’ gambling machines
You don’t have to visit the Kansas Star Casino to play video machines with colorful spinning reels. You can find machines that look and act very much like slot machines all over Wichita – at restaurants, convenience stores and smoke shops.
Bill would alert nursing home residents to sex offenders living with them
TOPEKA – Even violent and sexual offenders need help when they get old.
Sheriff identifies man killed after carjacking, chase
It was supposed to be a quick trek to the mailbox, he told the liquor store manager.
Arrest made in December killing of Wichita homeless man
Police have arrested a 39-year-old homeless man in connection with the December killing of another homeless man near the Keeper of the Plains statue.
Teacher-poet Taylor Mali speaks to Heights students via Skype
Before a group of Heights High School students met poet Taylor Mali via video conference on Tuesday, they watched some of his spoken-word performances:
Wichita City Council approves plan to get rid of Douglas bottleneck
The Wichita City Council has approved a traffic plan for Douglas that calls for the eventual elimination of a bottleneck that narrows the street to one lane eastbound for the block in front of Eaton Place.
This could be the year for eggs in Twin Lakes eagles’ nest
For the third year in a row, a pair of bald eagles has nested at Twin Lakes. Their aerie, nestled in an old cottonwood tree, sits on an island across from the Twin Lakes Shopping Center’s west parking lot, just off Amidon near 21st Street. And for the third year in a row, Wichitans have watched and waited to see if the two will successfully hatch eaglets.
New Wichita school boundary plan scales back some changes
A new attendance boundary plan presented to Wichita school board members Monday would close four elementary schools, relocate Northeast Magnet High School and keep most high school assignments the same.
Sex-sting charges against Wichita man are dismissed
Charges against a Wichita man have been dismissed after he was arrested last year in what authorities described as an underage-sex sting.
Kansas GOP preparing for March 10 caucus
Kansas Republicans will gather across the state on March 10 to have their say on who will carry their banner into battle against President Obama in the November election.
West Wichita carjacking leads to extended chase, deadly gunfire
A carjacking in west Wichita shortly after noon triggered an extended pursuit through western Sedgwick County that ultimately ended in officers fatally shooting a man near Cheney Reservoir.
Sedgwick County may swap land for new fire station
Sedgwick County may trade some land to get space for a new fire station that it says will be better located to serve more people.
Federal gun sting draws 20th guilty plea
A 22-year-old Wichita man became the 20th defendant to plead guilty in federal court from a sting operation against convicted felons who carried guns.
Westar, KCC staff settle on $50 million rate increase
Westar has reached a settlement with the Kansas Corporation Commission staff to raise rates by $50 million statewide, an increase a consumer advocacy group vowed to fight.
Boundary plan for Wichita schools: ‘We have no choice’
This month, Wichita school leaders will vote on a plan that likely will close some schools, open new ones, move magnet programs and redraw generations-old lines that dictate which schools students attend.
Wichita police sergeant featured in History Channel’s ‘Top Shot’
Police Sgt. Colin Gallagher is sworn to secrecy. He spent weeks in a northern California desert last summer as a contestant on Season 4 of the History Channel program “Top Shot,” which pits top marksmen against each other in a “Survivor”-style reality show. The new season premieres Feb. 14, and he can’t tell anyone how it all turns out.
City Council to discuss study of downtown Douglas traffic
The Wichita City Council will be asked Tuesday to endorse a traffic study that could eventually lead to the elimination of a bottleneck on Douglas downtown.
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