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Mid-Continent Airport mistakenly told passengers tornado shelter was full

May 21, 2013 7:30 pm

A mistake in disaster protocol resulted in passengers being turned away from Mid-Continent Airport’s storm shelter as a tornado approached Sunday, airport officials said Monday.The terminal...

Severe weather hits Wichita, Sedgwick County; tornado spotted near ICT airport

May 21, 2013 7:30 pm

A fast-moving storm produced heavy rain, hail and at least one tornado in the Wichita area on Sunday, damaging homes, knocking out power and disrupting graduation ceremonies.There were more than 10,50...

Weather service: 3 tornadoes touched down in Sedgwick County, 4 others in Cowley, Sumner

May 21, 2013 7:30 pm

If you thought there was a lot of commotion Sunday for only one tornado, you’re right.Preliminary information Monday showed seven, possibly eight, different tornadoes touched down in a thre...

Owner Bill Warren says he’s glad everyone at Moore theater made it safely through tornado

May 21, 2013 7:30 pm

Early Monday evening, an emotional Bill Warren recounted what it was like to experience – from a distance – the tornado that struck Moore, Okla., where he owns a theater.First ca...

Wichita water advisory panel to make final recommendations to City Council

May 21, 2013 2:34 am

The city’s advisory committee on how to cope with a projected water shortage will meet to finalize its recommendations to the Wichita City Council on Wednesday.It will meet at 9:30 a.m. in ...

Kansas Star Casino’s arena books Tim McGraw, plans other acts

May 21, 2013 1:48 am

The Kansas Star Casino’s new arena has booked several events over the next couple of months to begin finding its way as multipurpose regional venue, arena officials said Monday.Country supe...

Save Southeast group: Don’t move high school, expand it

May 21, 2013 1:16 am

The leader of Save Southeast, a group of residents opposed to closing or relocating Wichita’s Southeast High School, said Monday that the group endorses a $23 million option to expand the s...

Two more staff members needed, elections chief tells Sedgwick County commissioners

May 20, 2013 6:51 pm

Two additional employees would help the Sedgwick County election office run more efficiently, its leader told commissioners Monday.Election Commissioner Tabitha Lehman made a plea for two more staff m...

Wagle: Extending sales tax an “unprecedented opportunity’

May 20, 2013 4:11 pm

The standoff between the Republican-controlled House and Senate continued Monday as lawmakers sought a way to follow up last year’s big income-tax cuts with more cuts while also finding ne...

See county budget hearings online

May 20, 2013 11:18 am

Each Monday, The Eagle highlights a government record that is available to the public. Open records help people keep government in check and help them better understand how government affects their l...

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Will of the people

May 21, 2013 7:28 pm

Is Lawrence going to be like Dodge City in the days of the OK Corral? asked Thursdays editorial in response to the new Kansas law allowing concealed carry even in city buildings and on the Kansas Univ...

Moran seeking fall interns for D.C., Kansas offices

May 21, 2013 7:22 pm

U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., is seeking interns to work in his Washington, D.C., and Kansas offices in the fall, his office announced Tuesday.

KU baseball gets involved in Moore, Okla., relief effort

May 21, 2013 7:00 pm

The Big 12 Conference on Tuesday announced that this week's Big 12 baseball tournament in Oklahoma City would be pushed back a day out of respect for the victims of the tornado that devastated residen...

Letter: State of vagueness

May 21, 2013 5:00 am

A recent editorial by the Lawrence Journal-World took aim at the decision-making process involving the proposed Rock Chalk Park & Bliss Concession endeavors out on the sprawling edge of town to th...

Letter: Serious issue

May 21, 2013 5:00 am

Defeatist comments about concealed carry on Kansas university campuses, from Kansas Board of Regents Chairman Fred Logan Jr., are cause for alarm. The financial implications of the exemption expiratio...

Letter: Revenue figures

May 21, 2013 5:00 am

There has been a lot of coverage in the last few days regarding the lower-than-expected bids to complete the Rock Chalk Park recreation center. Many on the City Commission seem to be ecstatic but not ...

Editorial: Hometown pride

May 21, 2013 5:00 am

Congratulations to Lawrence High School graduate Sri Srinivasan, whose nomination for a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Thursday unanimously sailed through th...

Midwifery 101: Options for pregnant women

May 21, 2013 5:00 am

When a woman is having a baby, planning begins long before the baby is due. For many women, part of the planning process includes deciding whether to use a physician or a midwife. In Lawrence, women h...

Opinion: Amid crisis, Europe resists extremism

May 21, 2013 5:00 am

It hardly qualifies as breaking news that Europe is in the middle of a deep and protracted economic contraction. When a story, no matter how shocking, goes on for years, the natural inclination is to ...

Horoscopes for May 21

May 21, 2013 5:00 am

For Tuesday, May 21: This year you often surprise others in special ways. You could throw a surprise birthday party, show up randomly at a family members door or just do the unexpected. If you are sin...