Intrust Bank Arena rekindles Wichita Ribfest; outdoor barbecue festival will be in May
Intrust Bank Arena is reviving its Wichita Ribfest, an outdoor barbecue festival originally scheduled for last August.
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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will announce a plan to accommodate religious employers outraged by a rule that would require them to cover birth control for women free of charge, according to a person familiar with the decision.
Fire heavily damaged a house in northeast Wichita early Friday morning, authorities said.
Thursday afternoon’s snow signaled the arrival of winter for an extended stay in the Wichita area.
Intrust Bank Arena is reviving its Wichita Ribfest, an outdoor barbecue festival originally scheduled for last August.
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.
Layton Bulcao, 83, received his mail-in ballot Thursday for the special election on whether developers of the planned Ambassador Hotel should get to tap into the citys bed tax to help build the $22.5 million project in downtown Wichita.
TOPEKA As historic buildings age, they sometimes need a little love and a hefty state subsidy to avoid becoming useless eyesores, advocates of the states historic preservation tax credits said Thursday.
The Obama administration has given 10 states a waiver from the federal law known as No Child Left Behind — once a bipartisan hope to raise education standards, but now generally regarded as too cumbersome and draconian.
TOPEKA – A proposal from Gov. Sam Brownback to post teacher evaluations on school district websites was removed Thursday from a House education bill after it sparked outrage.
The owner of a Kansas grocery store is pleading with a federal judge to spare him from prison for his role in a food stamp scam targeting poor people willing to sell their government benefits for cash.
A bill that will give Junction City more time to pay down debt related to growth at Fort Riley was overwhelmingly approved by Kansas House members Thursday.
Heights senior Perry Ellis was named a McDonalds All-American on Thursday and will be one of 24 seniors playing in the annual all-star game March 28 at Chicagos United Center.
WICHITA — You might call Roger Scholfield a ladies' man, though perhaps not in the traditional sense.
Rep. Mike Pompeo said Thursday he’s still waiting to get a definitive response from the Air Force on why it excluded Hawker Beechcraft’s bid for a light air support contract worth up to nearly $1 billion.
Power in the Kansas House is likely to shift next year from rural parts of the state to the Kansas City area after members overwhelmingly approved a bipartisan bill Thursday for redrawing their districts.
No one had the winning numbers in Wednesday night’s Powerball drawing, so the jackpot will jump to an estimated $310 million.
Kansans are expected to receive about $50 million as the state’s share of a $25 billion deal with the nation’s biggest mortgage lenders over foreclosure abuses after the housing bubble burst.