News from Kansas.com

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

Feb 9, 2012 3:31 am

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...

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 ...

State to crack down on ‘gray’ gambling machines

Feb 8, 2012 12:36 am

You don’t have to visit the Kansas Star Casino to play video machines with colorful spinning reels. You can find machines that look and act very much like slot machines all over Wichita &am...

Wichita City Council approves plan to get rid of Douglas bottleneck

Feb 7, 2012 11:49 pm

The Wichita City Council has approved a traffic plan for Douglas that calls for the eventual elimination of a bottleneck that narrows the street to one lane eastbound for the block in front of Eaton P...

New Wichita school boundary plan scales back some changes

Feb 7, 2012 7:06 pm

A new attendance boundary plan presented to Wichita school board members Monday would close four elementary schools, relocate Northeast Magnet High School and keep most high school assignments the sam...

Westar, KCC staff settle on $50 million rate increase

Feb 7, 2012 1:20 pm

Westar has reached a settlement with the Kansas Corporation Commission staff to raise rates by $50 million statewide, an increase a consumer advocacy group vowed to fight.The Citizens’ Utilit...

This could be the year for eggs in Twin Lakes eagles’ nest

Feb 7, 2012 12:56 pm

Love waits.He’s doting, watchful, attending to her needs and whims.She’s noncommittal, perhaps not quite sure this thing they’ve got going on is working.Read more

Kansas GOP preparing for March 10 caucus

Feb 7, 2012 4:19 am

Kansas Republicans will gather across the state on March 10 to have their say on who will carry their banner into battle against President Obama in the November election. In Sedgwick County, the party...

Wichita police sergeant featured in History Channel’s ‘Top Shot’

Feb 6, 2012 9:30 pm

Colin Gallagher is sworn to secrecy.He spent weeks in a northern California desert last summer as a contestant on Season 4 of the History Channel program “Top Shot,” which pits top m...

Sex-sting charges against Wichita man are dismissed

Feb 6, 2012 6:57 pm

Charges against a Wichita man have been dismissed after he was arrested last year in what authorities described as an underage-sex sting.Reggie Shepard, 35 at the time authorities arrested him in Oct...

News from Kansan.com

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...

Column: 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

Political activist redefines feminism

Feb 8, 2012 4:45 am

In the fall of 1971, Angela Davis received a letter from the leaders of a rally for womens reproductive rights. The leaders asked her if she would write a statement about abortion. Her words would be...

Westar complies with Clean Air Act standards

Feb 8, 2012 4:32 am

The mercury and air-toxic standards, put into action by the Environmental Protection Agency last month, is the most significant piece of environmental legislation approved by the Obama administratio...

Recreation center offers trial cycling classes

Feb 8, 2012 2:43 am

KU Fit is ready to ride. The fitness program introduced its first-ever cycling classes to students Tuesday evening at the Ambler Recreation Center. The event allowed students to try out three hour-lo...

KU engineers, chemists collaborate to advance microscope technology

Feb 8, 2012 1:07 am

The Universitys electrical engineering and chemistry departments, two different disciplines within academia, are collaborating to develop new microscope technology. The project hopes to advance techno...

The life of a debater

Feb 8, 2012 12:40 am

Gasping breaths are the only punctuation in the rapid-fire stream of Mark Wilkins carefully researched words. Wilkins, a senior from Topeka, is currently part of the 15th-best debate duo in the natio...

News for Kansas from LJWorld.com

In scientific coup, Russians reach Antarctic lake

Feb 9, 2012 7:01 am

Opening a scientific frontier miles under the Antarctic ice, Russian experts drilled down and finally reached the surface of a gigantic freshwater lake, an achievement the mission chief likened to pla...

Caffeine fix as easy as taking deep breath

Feb 9, 2012 7:00 am

Move over, coffee and Red Bull. A Harvard professor thinks the next big thing will be people inhaling their caffeine from a lipstick-sized tube. Critics say the novel product is not without its risks.

Romneys losses show conservative doubts

Feb 9, 2012 6:59 am

Mitt Romney still cant seem to win over the bulk of the conservatives who make up the bedrock of the Republican Party.

After wins, new challenges await Santorum

Feb 9, 2012 6:59 am

One day after Rick Santorums startling breakthrough in the presidential race, his few aides decamped to distant states to start building campaign organizations from scratch. It was evidence of his cha...

Jobs gap between young and old is widest ever

Feb 9, 2012 6:57 am

Squeezed by a tight job market, young Americans are especially struggling. They have suffered bigger income losses than other age groups and are less likely to be employed than at any time since World...

Study: Electric boost helps brain learn better

Feb 9, 2012 6:56 am

People learned better when a key part of their brains got mild zaps of electricity, a finding that may someday help Alzheimers patients keep more of their memories.

New military roles to be recommended for women

Feb 9, 2012 6:54 am

For the past decade women in the U.S. military have served, fought and died on the battlefields in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Chamber of Commerce names interim vice president of economic development

Feb 9, 2012 6:31 am

The Lawrence Chamber of Commerce is turning to a longtime banker and former chamber leader to serve as its interim director of economic development.

Bill would give certification to batterer intervention programs

Feb 9, 2012 6:30 am

A Topeka man, who prefers that his name not be used, said he severely abused his wife for eight years. During this time, he said, he attended several programs to try to change and was told he had an a...

County may face $2.4 million budget shortfall in 2013

Feb 9, 2012 6:23 am

Just a few weeks into a new fiscal year, Douglas County commissioners are already bracing for the difficult budget decisions that could come in 2013.