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Rain may come too late for dry NW Kansas
Weather officials are keeping an eye on conditions in northwest Kansas, where the last significant moisture came from heavy snows in 2006.
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Opportunity in energy crisis, state leaders say
Gov. Kathleen Sebelius and Lt. Gov. Mark Parkinson, in separate speeches Thursday, said they want to move past the fight over two coal plants to address Kansas' energy challenges.
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Army: Why wasn't dead soldier reported missing?
Fort Bragg officials are investigating why a pregnant soldier who was found dead this week at a Fayetteville motel wasn't reported missing after she was absent from a formation.
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Sebelius: Running-mate talk 'a little surreal'
Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius said Thursday it's "quite flattering and a little surreal" to be mentioned as a potential running mate for Barack Obama, but she declined to say whether she would accept.
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Probe uncovers source of Barton Solvents blast
While checking the rubble of the Barton Solvents storage-tank facility in ValleyCenter last July, federal investigators found an important piece of charred equipment -- a crucial clue to solving what caused the huge fire.
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Office manager faces federal fraud charges
A manager at a Wichita doctor's office has been charged in a federal indictment with embezzling more than $300,000. According to the indictment, Frances E. Holt, 51, of Wichita bought items for herself, her friends and her family on a Bank of America credit card that she opened in Charles W. Beck's name in June 2000.
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Roadwork uncovers abit of Pittsburg history
If X marks the spot of buried treasure, Sprouls Construction found the map to some history recently. When digging between Fifth and Sixth streets on Broadway, crews uncovered a spiral staircase leading to the basement near Little's Inc.
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Sebelius: Expect scare tactics against Obama
Echoing comments by Barack Obama, Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius predicts that Republicans would undertake "a major effort to try and frighten people about him" because of his race.
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Lawmakers: Kansas is no place for detainees
Kansas lawmakers sought Wednesday to discourage any talk of moving detainees from Guantanamo Bay to Fort Leavenworth, calling the idea dangerous and unacceptable.
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Child-sex suspect found dead in cell
An inmate facing rape and other sexual assault charges against two children was found dead after apparently hanging himself in his cell at the Franklin County jail, court records show.
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Plane crash kills two men in rural Leavenworth Co.
Two people were killed when a twin-engine plane that took off from the Wheeler Downtown Airport crashed Tuesday in a Leavenworth County field.
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Official's Klan remark offends NAACP
A Cherokee County commissioner insists he meant nothing racial when he referred to the Ku Klux Klan during a recent meeting. But the comment didn't sit well with Richard McIntire, a national spokesman for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
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Wichita clinics get more funding
Almost $1.4 million in state funding will go to seven Wichita health clinics to provide medical care, prescription assistance and dental services to those who otherwise couldn't afford them.
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Ladybugs on loose in Lawrence
About 18,000 ladybugs are being released in Lawrence this week to feast on aphids in city-owned flower beds and planters. The orange, armor-clad insects eat the aphids, their eggs and larvae, so city crews won't need to use traditional pesticides to get rid of the tiny bug that attack zinnias and other summer flowers.
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KU, T-shirt entrepreneur are in trademark dispute
The University of Kansas' athletic department is taking a Lawrence clothing store to federal court this week, seeking an order banning the store from selling unlicensed Jayhawk-related merchandise.
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K-State still in running for biodefense facility
Kansas State University remains in the running as the site for the National Bio- and Agro-Defense Facility after the release of a federal report.
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FUNDING OPTIONS FOR KANSAS TRANSPORTATION
Now you know Increasing motor fuels taxes by 1 cent would provide $17.8 million a year Indexing motor fuels tax would raise the rate with inflation over time
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State has $58 billion roadmap
Improving existing roads and bridges, decreasing congestion and fostering economic growth are among the state's top priorities in a long-range transportation plan that has a $58 billion price tag over two decades.
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Kline, fired staffers reach agreement
Eight Johnson County employees fired by District Attorney Phill Kline dropped their lawsuit against him Monday in exchange for a statement regarding their ethics and job skills.
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KC smokers acquiesce to ban
Smokers -- a pretty rebellious lot by nature -- weren't taking Kansas City's new smoking ban in stride during the weekend. The voter-approved-smoke-free law took effect at midnight Friday, officially banning smoking in restaurants, taverns and tobacco stores -- and that had many who embrace the habit riled up.
