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What was originally planned as a protest march turned into a barbecue in which Wichita police and a diverse group of residents broke bread together. The Wichita Eagle reports that organizers of the protest met with Police Chief Gordon Ramsay for several hours, ending with an agreement for the barbecue, which took place Sunday at McAdams ...

9 years ago
Confederate currency, bone dice and a memoir from a nurse who also was a Union spy are among a 3,000-piece Civil War collection that the University of St. Mary in Leavenworth is adding to its library. The e Bobby D. Lawrence collection was a gift from the Lawrence family of Leavenworth. The collection includes several memoirs, ...

9 years ago
Rolling Hills Zoo is recognizing their dedicated animal care professionals during National Zoo Keepers’ Week this week, July 17 – 23, 2016. “At Rolling Hills Zoo we are celebrating our keepers by recognizing their hard work and dedication,” shared Robert Jenkins, Director of Rolling Hills Zoo.  “If you are visiting Rolling Hills Zoo this week, be ...

9 years ago
Authorities have identified a 61-year-old man killed when the gyrocopter he was in crashed in southern Kansas. The Kansas Highway Patrol says James L. Toevs, of Whitewater, was flying the gyrocopter alone when it crashed in a rural area outside Whitewater on Friday evening. A gyrocopter is a small aircraft with a propeller on its top for ...

9 years ago
For the first time in decades, the Boeing B-29 Superfortress known as "Doc" has taken to the skies. The Wichita-built bomber lifted off from a McConnell Air Force Base runway Sunday morning after a more than 16-year volunteer restoration effort. The B-29 is best known as the bomber type that dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities ...

9 years ago
Three Kansans who are superdelegates to the upcoming Democratic Party's National Convention are endorsing Hillary Clinton for president. The Kansas Democratic Party said in a release Saturday that superdelegates Lee Kinch, chairman of the Kansas Democratic Party; Melody Miller, vice chair of the Kansas Democratic Party, and Bill Roy, national committeeman, have endorsed Clinton, the presumptive ...

9 years ago
A Wichita, Kansas, man has been sentenced to a year and a half in federal prison on prostitution-related charges connected to a sting operation targeting massage parlors. Fifty-one-year-old Kay Tee was sentenced Friday in Wichita. That's where he was convicted in April of one count each of attempting to entice a person to cross state lines ...

9 years ago
Wichita city officials are moving ahead with a plan that would separate drunken bicycling from local laws on driving a car under the influence and make drunken bicycling a misdemeanor. The proposed ordinance would make riding a bicycle under the influence of alcohol or drugs a misdemeanor with a maximum penalty of six months in jail ...

9 years ago
With online enrollment underway for Salina USD 305 schools, organizers are putting the final touches on the 2016 Saline County Back to School Fair. This year's event is Friday, July 29th. Through the support of community sponsors, the event provides an opportunity to distribute free basic school supplies to over 1,800 income-eligible Saline County K-12 students. At ...

9 years ago
Kansas delegates to the GOP National Convention say Donald Trump's decision to pick Indiana's governor as his running mate will help him with Republicans who remain wary of him. State Treasurer Ron Estes said Friday that Indiana Gov. Mike Pence is a good choice because Pence is a former congressman and is seen as having a ...

9 years ago
The leader of the fundamentalist Christian group behind the Summer of Mercy anniversary in Wichita says it plans no violence or civil disobedience during the July 16-23 anti-abortion event. Rev. Rusty Thomas, director of Operation Save America, told reporters Friday the goal is not to go to jail or be arrested. He says they are not ...