9 years ago
Thousands of hunters were in Kansas fields over the weekend for the opening of pheasant season, benefitting hundreds of businesses and philanthropies. Mike Miller, Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism information chief, told The Wichita Eagle that pheasant season - especially opening weekend - is an important economic boost.  He says up to 50,000 hunters ...

9 years ago
The University of Kansas campus plans to be tobacco-free beginning in the fall of 2018. The Lawrence Journal-World (http://j.mp/2fPGcgP) reports that an official university announcement about the new rule isn't expected until fall of 2017, but the Tobacco Free KU initiative is continuing its efforts to get the word out. University spokeswoman Erinn Barcomb-Peterson says it's hoped ...

9 years ago
Textron Aviation has announced more layoffs. The Wichita Eagle reports (http://j.mp/2g0tkYq) that the layoffs occurred Thursday. But the company isn't providing details about how many people were let go from the company, which has three campuses in Wichita. Textron manufactures business jets as well as turboprop airplanes and also operates a plant in Independence. Company spokeswoman Rosa ...

9 years ago
Organizers are ready for one of the biggest, and most continuous events of its kind in Salina and the Midwest. Girl Scouts of Kansas Heartland is inviting the public to kick off the holiday season by shopping at the 50th annual See & Sell Holiday Market and supporting Kansas Girl Scouts at the same time. This ...

9 years ago
A Shawnee County detention facility has plans to work with a mental health agency for juvenile inmates in need of those services. The Shawnee County Commission on Thursday approved a one-year, grant funded contract with the Family Service and Guidance Center agency. The contract will involve staff in the Shawnee County jail's juvenile detention center working ...

9 years ago
Voters in two more Kansas counties have signed off on allowing sales of liquor by the drink, leaving just eight of the state's 105 counties with such a provision. The Wichita Eagle (http://bit.ly/2fFDs7H) reports that residents of Clark and Stafford counties approved the measures Tuesday. Clark County's approval was by a 635-333 vote. Stafford County's ballot ...

9 years ago
The Holiday Season will begin in Salina next weekend. Children will have a chance to begin the day eating breakfast with Santa, and end it with the Holiday Parade of Lights in Downtown Salina. The Salina Child Care Association will host Breakfast With Santa next weekend, on Saturday, November 19th. Breakfast With Santa is for children and ...

9 years ago
A new science building at the University of Kansas is getting closer to completion. The Lawrence Journal-World  reports that the final beam has been hoisted into place for the new $117 million Integrated Science Building. Several hundred people gathered Thursday in the partially completed building to celebrate the construction milestone. The 28,000-square-foot building is the keystone of ...

9 years ago
More than 100 protesters in Kansas City, Missouri, are decrying President-elect Donald Trump. As temperatures dipped into the 40s, the demonstrators gathered Friday night outside Kansas City's landmark Union Station and planned to march to City Hall in the latest protest over the businessman's Republican victory. Clutching a placard reading "Not My President," 67-year-old Kansas high school ...

9 years ago
Now that Kansas voters have decided against removing any state Supreme Court justices, the court will turn its attention to cases involving education funding, capital punishment and abortion that led critics to try to remake the court. Efforts to remove four of the seven justices started with critics of past rulings overturning death sentences in capital ...

9 years ago
Authorities say they believe they have found the body of a missing Wichita. Sedgwick County Sheriff Jeff Easter told KSN-TV (http://j.mp/2fNp6Qs) that authorities "have every indication" law enforcement found the body of 33-year-old Scottie W. Goodpaster Jr. Saturday in rural Harvey County. Goodpaster was listed as missing person about a week ago. Prosecutors charged five people Thursday ...