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Kansas homeowners eligible for $50 million of $25 billion foreclosure-abuse settlement

Feb 10, 2012 3:51 am

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 ...

Events in Planeview prompt call to regulate bounty hunters

Feb 9, 2012 4:30 pm

Rhonda Arrington says she let a bounty hunter into her mother’s house to look for a relative last month because “I wasn’t trying to hide anyone.”Arrington n...

Brownback, business allies push tax cut proposal

Feb 9, 2012 2:47 pm

Gov. Sam Brownback and a coalition of Republican and business allies rallied behind the idea of lowering income tax rates Wednesday as hearings on the governor’s tax cutting plan began in a H...

Still on the market, Union Station is a key ‘connector’ in downtown Wichita

Feb 9, 2012 12:45 pm

It is the iconic piece of real estate in the drive to revitalize Wichita’s downtown: a historic train station that once was the front door to a growing city.Yet five years after Union Stati...

Intrust Bank Arena nets $390,000 in second year

Feb 9, 2012 12:01 pm

As it did for the Giants at the Super Bowl on Sunday, the fourth quarter saved Intrust Bank Arena from a loss last year.The arena netted $389,659 last year, which Sedgwick County Manager William Bucha...

U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds will return to Wichita in September

Feb 9, 2012 2:11 am

Circle your calendar for the last weekend in September – the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds are coming back to Wichita after a two-year absence.They will be at McConnell Air Force Base Sept. 2...

City: Please don’t use Meridian Dog Park yet

Feb 8, 2012 11:04 pm

City officials say the Meridian Dog Park under construction in north Wichita isn’t ready for use. Doug Kupper, director of parks and recreation, said dogs are damaging areas where grass see...

Wichita-area groups among finalists for leadership training

Feb 8, 2012 8:06 pm

Two plans by Wichita-area groups are among a handful of proposals in the running for a $1 million leadership training package, designed to promote civic change at a grassroots level.The Kansas Leaders...

Construction on Kansas Star’s permanent casino ahead of schedule

Feb 8, 2012 7:29 pm

Mild winter weather has put construction of the Kansas Star Casino’s permanent facility ahead of schedule.John Gratz, the casino’s construction director, said the permanent casi...

Teacher-poet Taylor Mali speaks to Heights students via Skype

Feb 8, 2012 3:32 pm

Before a group of Heights High School students met poet Taylor Mali via video conference on Tuesday, they watched some of his spoken-word performances:I’m not your mother, I’m not ...

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Pay raises return to University after four-year freeze

Feb 10, 2012 2:14 am

University faculty, staff, and student employees are eligible for raises beginning this semester in an effort to reward their hard work. The salary increases are the first for any University personnel...

University to start common book program to increase retention rates

Feb 10, 2012 1:43 am

Next fall the University will be implementing a common book program in hopes of creating an academic icebreaker to help freshmen and transfer students better adjust to the University. Students will be...

Accomplices rob apartment and scare roommates

Feb 9, 2012 11:50 pm

Lawrence police arrested an Ottawa man suspected of kidnapping and the robbery of a Lawrence apartment Wednesday at 4:30 p.m. Kim Murphree, a police spokeswoman, said in an email the 23-year-old man ...

Sororities and fraternities work hard for Rock Chalk Revue

Feb 9, 2012 10:38 pm

Despite the abundance of neon-hued clothing and a disturbing number of fanny packs, the students working to perfect this years Rock Chalk Revue are all business. The 1980s-themed attire encourages an ...

Entertainment puzzle answers for Feb. 9

Feb 9, 2012 2:00 pm

From papers to playdates

Feb 9, 2012 1:51 am

While a lot of students main concerns are papers and tests, some are also concerned with raising a family. Juggling the roles of being parent and student have benefits and challenges for those willing...

Rising tuition a concern for legislators and students

Feb 9, 2012 1:01 am

University of Kansas students joined more than 100 other students in the State Capitol on Monday to participate in Higher Education day. Student body president Libby Johnson, a senior from Lawrence, ...

Governor Tim Pawlenty speaks at the Dole Institute

Feb 9, 2012 12:02 am

The Dole Institute hosted An Evening with Tim Pawlenty Tuesday night, which was free and open to the public. Tim Pawlenty ran as a Republican presidential candidate from May to August, 2011. He was p...

Matson: Kansas should discontinue the Border War

Feb 8, 2012 10:36 pm

Every beginning has an ending. Missouris departure to the Southeastern Conference next season jeopardizes the viability of its rivalry with Kansas. Whether or not Kansas and Missouri should compete ...

Entertainment puzzle answers for Feb. 8

Feb 8, 2012 2:00 pm

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Lawrence man charged with eluding police

Feb 10, 2012 7:35 am

Douglas County prosecutors Thursday charged a 23-year-old Lawrence man with eluding police while driving recklessly during an incident reported Wednesday afternoon.

Employee groups oppose proposed KPERS changes

Feb 10, 2012 6:42 am

Representatives of numerous government employee groups on Thursday urged legislators to reject a move to replace the current public pension system with a 401(k)-type plan.

Leaving No Child law: Obama lets 10 states flee

Feb 10, 2012 6:34 am

It could be the beginning of the end for No Child Left Behind.

Greek deal to cut spending does not end debt drama

Feb 10, 2012 6:33 am

More than two years after it came clean about its addiction to debt, Greece may finally have begun its long and painful road to recovery.

$25B foreclosure abuse settlement reached

Feb 10, 2012 6:32 am

A landmark $25 billion settlement with the nations top mortgage lenders was hailed by government officials Thursday as long-overdue relief for victims of foreclosure abuses. But consumer advocates cou...

South Middle School honor roll for fall 2011

Feb 10, 2012 6:30 am

These South Middle School students have been named to honor rolls for the first semester of the 2011-2012 school year:

Heard on the Hill: NCAA makes changes to $2,000 stipend for athletes proposal; Jayhawks get some love on 'Wheel of Fortune'; KU looking for new accessibility and ADA education post

Feb 10, 2012 6:01 am

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Poor evaluation

Feb 10, 2012 6:00 am

So Brownback wants to evaluate teachers based on a one-shot test, among other things, and post the evaluation on the Internet.

U.S. should foster Egypt democracy

Feb 10, 2012 6:00 am

What kind of democratic revolution in Egypt is it that brings charges against 19 American NGO workers who have been advocating democracy? The answer is that its a confused revolution, looking for peop...

Shared burden

Feb 10, 2012 6:00 am

With federal and state aid to colleges and universities declining each year and the schools passing some of their financial burden to students and families in the form of higher tuition, attention nee...