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A government program that helps people pay winter utility bills will begin taking applications this week. The Low Income Energy Assistance Program is offered to those with disabilities, the elderly, or families with children who meet income eligibility standards. The Kansas Department for Children and Families will take applications Tuesday through March 31. More than ...

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Wichita police say a teenager stabbed a burglar in his home while his brother alerted authorities. The suspect is hospitalized recovering from the stab wounds he suffered during the attempted burglary Monday. His condition was not released. 17-year-old Austin Schierkolk encountered the burglar early Monday in west Wichita. He says he stabbed the man in the neck ...

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Authorities say two people are in the hospital after they were injured in two separate hunting accidents on the same day. According to Jackson County Sheriff Tim Morse, a 15-year-old male was shot in the leg while turkey hunting with three other boys on Sunday. Morse says a shotgun accidentally discharged and hit the teen. He was ...

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A 34-year-old homeless man has been arrested for attempted murder after police say he stabbed two people in Kansas last week. The man was booked early Sunday morning in the Shawnee County Jail on charges of attempted first-degree murder and aggravated battery. Police officers who arrived Thursday afternoon to the home say they found 54-year-old Sheila Kay ...

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University of Kansas students, faculty and staff are getting first dibs on tickets to see President Barack Obama in Lawrence discussing themes from his State of the Union address. The university says students can start picking up their free tickets at 9 a.m. Tuesday at the box office in the Kansas Union. A limited number of ...

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The University of Kansas has a new high-flying perk for some of its officials. The university is using a new airplane purchased by a gift from the Kansas Endowment. University spokeswoman Errin Barcomb-Peterson says the seven-passenger Cessna Citation CJ4 was delivered Dec. 23 and has already been used on some trips. The exact ...

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A state group says a steep increase in earthquakes in south-central Kansas likely is caused by the disposal of waste water from an oil and gas extraction process often called fracking. The state recorded more than 120 earthquakes last year, up from zero in 2012. State officials have hesitated to link the earthquakes ...

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Two earthquakes were felt in south-central Kansas early Monday. No major damage was reported from either quake. The U.S. Geological Survey says a 2.7 magnitude quake was reported about 3:50 a.m. Monday near Caldwell in Sumner County. A few minutes later a quake measuring 3.9 was reported about eight miles east-northeast of Anthony in Harper County. The ...

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Gov. Sam Brownback is trying to reorganize the licensing of foster care homes and the state workers who determine whether people are eligible for Medicaid. Brownback issued an executive order last week to move foster home licensing to the state Department for Children and Families from the Department of Health and Environment, as of July. DCF already ...

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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream is still alive and well in Central Kansas. Salinans gathered to celebrate the civil rights pioneer's life and legacy Sunday afternoon at Kansas Wesleyan University. KWU President Dr. Matthew Thompson said that it was appropriate that the event was held in Sam's Chapel at the Hall of Pioneers on the ...

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Kansas' public universities are admitting few freshmen who don't meet admission standards. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that fewer than 5 percent of freshmen fell short of state-established academic benchmarks last year. Before 2000, Kansas had an open admissions policy that allowed virtually anyone with a diploma from an accredited high school to be admitted to any ...