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Bingham Transportation of Baxter Springs, Kan., has a lease to haul mine tailings from an Oklahoma Indian reservation property southeast of Treece, Kan., for construction use across the U.S. (June 24, 2009)

Contaminated Treece, Kan., begs for an Environmental Protection Agency buyout

BY DION LEFLER, The Wichita Eagle | June 29 at 10:51 a.m.

With a shining past and a troubled present, just about everyone agrees this town has no future. A century of mining that built this southeast Kansas town and brought decades of prosperity is long since over, leaving a legacy of heavy-metal-tainted water and soil, surrounded by a lunarlike landscape of gray mine waste.

  • Father gets aid to attend son's funeral

    Associated Press | June 21 at 1:42 a.m.

    The father of a slain soldier will get his two wishes: to attend his son's funeral in Washington, D.C., and to meet his daughter-in-law and grandson for the first time.

  • KC high schools struggle to find, keep principals

    BY JOE ROBERTSON, Kansas City Star | June 20 at 1:42 a.m.

    Clive Coleman knows the stunned look of a new principal in a tough school. "You're standing in the hall with a radio in your hand, students all around you," he said, striking the pose. His eyes bugged. His body froze.

  • Westboro appeals Neb. flag charge

    Associated Press | June 20 at 1:42 a.m.

    A judge set no timetable for his ruling after he accepted opposing arguments Friday on Nebraska's flag-desecration law. Shirley Phelps-Roper of Topeka was charged with violating the law in 2007. She and her attorney, Bassel El-Kasaby, are appealing a county court ruling, saying the law violates her right to free speech.

  • Cowgirl way: Hard riding, hard work

    BY KATHY HANKS, Hutchinson News | June 19 at 1:41 a.m.

    Beth Mertens' weathered hands held the reins of the horse she was riding. The morning's work was ahead of her, helping to move semis full of cattle from the trailers to the pens outside the Pratt Livestock Auction.

  • States seek funds for Civil War area

    Associated Press | June 19 at 1:41 a.m.

    Officials from Kansas and Missouri were expected to submit a management plan to the National Park Service on Thursday that could leverage up to $10 million to create a Civil War heritage area along the state line.

  • Millions of immigrant files will go to National Archives

    Associated Press | June 19 at 1:41 a.m.

    Millions of files containing detailed information about U.S. immigrants -- including their spouses' names, as well as personal photographs and letters -- will soon become available to the public through a federal facility in suburban Kansas City.

  • EPA urged to move Treece residents

    BY JOHN MILBURN, Associated Press | June 19 at 1:41 a.m.

    Sen. Pat Roberts is keeping the pressure on the Environmental Protection Agency to move residents out of the southeast Kansas town of Treece, which is contaminated with mining pollution.

  • Prepaid burials won't be honored

    Associated Press | June 18 at 1:43 a.m.

    Shawnee County has sent letters to 1,300 customers of a Kansas cemetery informing them that prepaid burial purchases won't be honored.

  • Deaf Lyons woman sues city, Rice County

    BY RON SYLVESTER, The Wichita Eagle | June 18 at 1:43 a.m.

    Imagine calling 911 and no one answers. That's similar to a predicament a deaf woman in Lyons ran into when she tried to contact the police after business hours.

  • Casino developers may work together

    BY FRED MANN, The Wichita Eagle | June 18 at 1:43 a.m.

    South Central Gaming Partners and Foxwoods Development Co., which have proposed their own casinos, said Wednesday that they would jointly build and operate a casino if one of theirs is selected.

  • Three Kansas soldiers to receive Purple Hearts

    June 16 at 4:29 p.m.

    Three Kansas National Guard soldiers who were wounded in the Iraq war will receive Purple Heart medals Wednesday in a ceremony at the Manhattan Armory in Manhattan.

  • Pro golfer to build course on reservation

    Associated Press | June 16 at 1:39 a.m.

    Notah Begay III, the only American Indian golfer on the PGA tour, is tapping his roots as he builds an $8.5 million course on a reservation in Kansas.

  • Butler County to bus in inmate-workers

    BY DION LEFLER, The Wichita Eagle | June 16 at 6:14 a.m.

    The state took away Butler County's convict laborers, so the county is setting up a bus line to bring them back. The county government plans to drive as many as 40 prisoners to and from work four days a week in the county, its cities and a state park.

  • Moran, Tiahrt poll almost equally

    BY DEB GRUVER, The Wichita Eagle | June 16 at 1:39 a.m.

    Jerry Moran and Todd Tiahrt are even in the race for the Republican nomination to fill Sen. Sam Brownback's open Senate seat, according to a new poll.

  • Groups in Kansas to chase, film tornadoes

    BY RAY SEGEBRECHT, Topeka Capital-Journal | June 15 at 7:06 a.m.

    When most people learn of an approaching tornado, they take cover. Others give chase. A group of the latter was in Topeka recently preparing to cover severe storms that were forecast to hit the Midwest.

  • Smaller Kansas budget cuts may be ones people see

    BY CARL MANNING, Associated Press | June 15 at 6:03 a.m.

    While most talk about reducing Kansas government spending has been about millions of dollars to programs, there are smaller, yet noticeable cuts that will affect the public.

  • Widow enters Reserves She joined to honor husband's service

    Associated Press | June 14 at 1:44 a.m.

    Bassima Schbley was terrified. It was hot that July 2005 day -- well into the 100s -- and she and her husband were out of water. The couple had been searching for waterfalls near Supai, Ariz., a remote village at the bottom of the Grand Canyon. They were lost and alone.

  • K-State coach was on Sebelius' list for lt. gov.

    BY JOSH FUNK, Associated Press | June 13 at 1:44 a.m.

    Former Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius confirmed Friday that she talked to Kansas State coach Bill Snyder about running for lieutenant governor after he first retired in 2005.

  • Couple has room for more children

    Kansas City Star | June 13 at 5:15 a.m.

    For Jack and Carol Daniel, eight wasn't enough. After raising eight adoptive children and seeing seven of them leave the nest, the Leawood couple will adopt five more.

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