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Kansas is a Midwestern state in the central region of the United States of America, an area often referred to as the American "Heartland". It is named after the Kansas River which flows through it, from the French "Cansez", by explorer Étienne de Veniard, Sieur de Bourgmont, and after the Kansa tribe, who inhabited the area. Today, Kansas is one of the most productive agricultural states, producing many crops, and leading the nation in wheat and sunflower production.
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Panel torn over claims against O'Neal
Mar 19, 2010 5:47 am
TOPEKA — A legislative committee struggled Thursday to determine whether a top Republican lawmaker committed misconduct by filing a lawsuit against the state on behalf of businesses, while ...
Kansas House plan won't raise taxes, cuts worker pay
Mar 19, 2010 5:46 am
TOPEKA —The House Appropriations Committee passed a $5.1 billion budget proposal Thursday that includes no tax increases and would decrease money for public schools by about $172 million. T...
In Obama's bracket, Jayhawks take all
Mar 19, 2010 5:45 am
The president's basketball bracket has a Sunflower slant, with Kansas winning the title. President Barack Obama predicts Kansas and Kansas State will make the Final Four, along with Kentucky and Villa...
Mar 19, 2010 5:01 am
Amid the texting and flirtatious laughter, students from the First United Methodist Church of Augusta youth group have devoted their spring break to helping others. The group has been participating th...
Senate Judiciary Committee OKs 'shield law'
Mar 19, 2010 5:01 am
TOPEKA — The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday advanced a bill to allow news reporters to shield confidential sources and protect unpublished information from disclosure to law enforce...
Girl, 14, hurt in golf cart accident
Mar 19, 2010 5:01 am
A 14-year-old Wichita girl remained in critical condition Thursday after driving a golf cart off an embankment near Fox Lake in Butler County on Wednesday night.She spent almost a half-hour entangled ...
Weekend's threat of snow is 'fairly decent'
Mar 19, 2010 5:01 am
Enjoy today's warmer weather while you can — and be prepared for possible snow starting tonight and lingering into Saturday night.That's the tentative forecast from Andy Kleinsasser, meteoro...
Smokers can improve artery function by quitting
Mar 19, 2010 5:01 am
ATLANTA — Quitting smoking can turn back time.A year after kicking the habit, smokers' arteries showed signs of reversing a problem that can set the stage for heart disease, according to the...
Sedgwick County to use Intrust Bank Arena sales tax money for staff time
Mar 19, 2010 1:09 am
At least one Sedgwick County commissioner hopes to roll back property taxes using money from the Intrust Bank Arena sales tax. The commission voted 3 to 2 to reimburse the county's general fund about ...
Mar 18, 2010 4:44 pm
Controlled chaos mixed with art Wednesday in the back room of the CityArts building in Old Town.Blue and pink foam was scattered across the tables, and more littered the floor. Low-temperature glue gu...
News from Kansan.com
Kansan.com exclusive: Some basketball terms you need to know
Mar 18, 2010 5:00 am
Brush up on some basketball vocabulary to get ready for the NCAA tournament.
Multimedia: To drive or to fly?
Mar 12, 2010 5:00 am
A cost comparison between driving and flying to popular spring break destinations.
Kansan.com exclusive: Eight quirky spring break destinations in Kansas
Mar 12, 2010 5:00 am
Eight Kansas locations give student travelers an opportunity to stay close to home and spend less money.
Students cut back for spring break
Mar 12, 2010 5:00 am
Road trips, motor-coaching most popular modes of transportation for students on a spring break budget.
Campus groups prepare for November election
Mar 12, 2010 5:00 am
Republicans and Democrats alike are looking ahead to the upcoming Kansas governor election.
Students have on-campus help filing taxes
Mar 12, 2010 5:00 am
Legal Services for Students and Student Union Activities team up as April 15 approaches.
Mar 12, 2010 5:00 am
Students are planning an all-day party in Lawrence.
Ecohawks hope to ride the wind
Mar 11, 2010 5:00 am
KU group wants to power experimental car with wind turbine
Parkinson signs bill to ban K2
Mar 11, 2010 5:00 am
The bill could take effect as soon as next week.
Student Senate approves group funding
Mar 11, 2010 5:00 am
More than $100,00 will fund more than 70 student groups next year.
News for Kansas from LJWorld.com
Wake Forest tops Texas 81-80 in OT on Smith's shot
Mar 19, 2010 5:22 am
From No. 1 to one and done: Ishmael Smith's last shot meant one more collapse for Texas.
Two missing juveniles located after two-hour search of Wakarusa River
Mar 19, 2010 5:00 am
Crews from Lawrence Douglas County Fire and Medical and the Douglas County Sheriff's Office spent about two hours Thursday night searching the Wakarusa River south of Lawrence for two missing ...
Mar 19, 2010 5:00 am
The Kansas University softball team dropped a game to UMass Thursday in San Diego.
Rejection of ban on Atlantic bluefin exports irks environmentalists
Mar 19, 2010 5:00 am
Fishing nations won a victory over environmentalists Thursday when a U.S.-backed proposal to ban export of the Atlantic bluefin tuna was overwhelmingly rejected at a U.N. wildlife meeting.
Many medical schools update ethics policies
Mar 19, 2010 5:00 am
A sweeping conflict-of-interest policy that would apply to nearly all employees of the University of Minnesota crossed an important hurdle last week when the regents unanimously approved the plans out...
Soldiers memory leads to photo correction
Mar 19, 2010 5:00 am
For 68 years, John E. Love has been haunted by the memory of carrying fallen comrades to a mass grave hollowed out of a Filipino rice field. Now, at last, a bit of history is being rewritten because o...
Obamas support of Israel in doubt
Mar 19, 2010 5:00 am
Why did President Barack Obama choose to turn a gaffe into a crisis in U.S.-Israeli relations?
Mar 19, 2010 5:00 am
As I take my evening walk, I often make an effort to pick up the litter as I go. Recently there has been so much that Ive begun carrying a bag with me. There is litter in the gutters, our yards, the t...
Mar 19, 2010 5:00 am
As if President Obama didnt have enough on his platter, hes calling for accused criminals to have their DNA samples collected and stored in a national database, whether theyre convicted or not. Hes a ...
Mar 19, 2010 5:00 am
More and more observers are pointing in disgust to the fact so many big banks, among them disgraced agencies which helped create a lot of our economic troubles, are now prospering while people continu...
Local News from 49 ABC News Topeka via Yahoo! News
Community reaching out to ex-cons
Mar 18, 2010 8:56 pm
Some people in Topeka want to make the city safer by helping ex-cons. 49 News Community Reporter Jessica Drew explains what helped one ex-offender succeed, and how a new program is trying to ensure sa...
Women join together to raise awareness about hunger
Mar 18, 2010 7:56 pm
Area women joined in the fight against hunger by participating in a new initiative.
Williamsport Township hires employees, addresses merger
Mar 18, 2010 7:56 pm
Williamsport residents show up to voice concerns over board and a potential township merger with Auburn and Monmouth.
SE 7th closing for crane placement
Mar 18, 2010 7:41 pm
SE 7th street between Kansas and Quincy is now closed to traffic for a large construction crane.
Construction begins on wind turbine at Topeka school
Mar 18, 2010 7:26 pm
Construction has begun on the first wind turbine in Topeka city limits.
Mar 18, 2010 4:26 pm
St. Patrick's Day is more than just beer googles, rainbows and wearing green.
Kan. senators OK new rules for judicial contests
Mar 18, 2010 3:26 pm
A Kansas Senate committee has endorsed a bill regulating campaigns in Kansas to oust or retain appellate court judges.
Prosecutor: Conclusion near in missing woman case
Mar 18, 2010 2:56 pm
Investigators are continuing their search Thursday morning at the Nemaha County farm of a "person of interest" in the disappearance of a 58-year-old Horton woman.
Kansas House GOP budget to emerge
Mar 18, 2010 12:56 pm
Kansas House Republicans are ready to share their blueprint for balancing the state's 2011 budget without raising taxes.
Kansas Dem to testify in case against House speaker
Mar 18, 2010 12:56 pm
The Democratic leader in the Kansas House is likely to face questions about his party's misconduct complaint against its Republican speaker.
Local News from Salina Journal via Yahoo! News
Court employees facing furloughs
Mar 18, 2010 11:55 pm
3/18/2010 ERIN MATHEWS Employees in Saline County District Court and other courts across the state will be furloughed for four Fridays starting in April as part of an effort to deal with continued sta...
Kan. House GOP release budget cuts
Mar 18, 2010 4:55 pm
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) -- Kansas House Republicans are proposing a 2011 state budget that would cut government spending and create more than $300 million in reserve, all without raising taxes.
Kan. woman marks 104th birthday with green beer
Mar 18, 2010 4:55 pm
PITTSBURG, Kan. (AP) -- It's been sort of a tradition for Charlott Engstrom of Pittsburg to drink a green beer on her birthday, which happens to fall on St. Patrick's Day. For three of the last five y...
Prosecutor: Conclusion near in missing woman case
Mar 18, 2010 4:55 pm
SABETHA, Kan. (AP) -- Investigators are continuing their search Thursday morning at the Nemaha County farm of a "person of interest" in the disappearance of a 58-year-old Horton woman.
Police: Remove cell phone batteries
Mar 18, 2010 4:26 pm
3/18/2010 ERIN MATHEWS The Salina Police Department asks parents to remove the battery from cell phones that are no longer in use before they are given to a child as a toy.
Car reportedly stolen from Long McArthur
Mar 18, 2010 4:10 pm
3/18/2010 ERIN MATHEWS A silver 2009 Ford Focus was reported stolen from Long McArthur when the person who rented it did not return the vehicle Monday as agreed.
Mar 18, 2010 1:25 pm
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Health reform bill gains ground
Mar 18, 2010 11:10 am
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama's sweeping health care legislation won precious support from a longtime liberal holdout in the House on Wednesday and from Catholic nuns representing dozens of rel...
Hollywood Video in Salina is closing
Mar 18, 2010 10:27 am
Salina's Hollywood Video store at 2000 S. Ninth is closing, part of a Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization by corporate parent company Movie Gallery Inc.
County department heads told to brace for tighter budgets in 2011
Mar 18, 2010 10:27 am
A projected drop in revenue of more than a million dollars in the 2010 Saline County budget has County Administrator Rita Deister warning department heads to prepare for cuts in their 2011 budgets.
