11 years ago
Steve Forbes, chairman and editor in chief of Forbes Media, will give the first Landon Lecture of the year at Kansas State. Forbes, who is also an author, served as chairman of the Board of International Broadcasting under presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush. He also ran for president in 1996 and 2000 with a platform ...

11 years ago
The Great Mall of the Great Plains in Olathe will close in mid-to-late fall. The owners of the 786,000-square-foot mall said in a statement Monday that economic realities such as the economic downturn and changing buying habits prompted the closing. The mall has struggled to remain profitable since it opened in 1997. VanTrust, the asset manager for ...

11 years ago
Authorities in southern Kansas say they're investigating after a body was found near Park City over the weekend. Capt. David Mattingly of the Sedgwick County Sheriff's Office says Monday the case is being investigated as a homicide. A passer-found the body early Sunday evening. No further details about the case were released early Monday.

11 years ago
A Kansas lawmaker is moving to keep fantasy sports leagues legal amid a dispute with the Kansas Racing and Gaming Commission. Republican Rep. Brett Hildabrand of Shawnee submitted a bill to the Legislature Monday that would define fantasy sports as a game of skill. The distinction is important because the Kansas Racing and Gaming Commission said ...

11 years ago
An icy road contributed to a fatal crash involving a car and a train early Monday morning. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 45-year-old Lanh Tranh of Garden City was driving a 1994 Lexus headed west on U.S. 50 Highway. He lost control due to the icy road, and came to a stop on railroad tracks. The ...

11 years ago
Some Kansas lawmakers and interest groups see the upheaval in education funding as an opportunity to tweak school curriculums. Governor Sam Brownback said he plans to repeal the current school funding formula and instead fund each school district via block grants. Some Republican lawmakers and conservative groups have said they see the shakeup as an opportunity ...

11 years ago
A "Storm Fury On The Plains" started rolling across Kansas last week. National Weather Service meteorologists are spreading out across the state and presenting their annual spring severe weather safety and spotter classes. The annual "Storm Fury on The Plains" presentations from the Wichita office are underway. The session in Salina is this week, on Wednesday, ...

11 years ago
An English mother and daughter who are both past champions of a trans-Atlantic pancake race will be in southwest Kansas for this year's competition. The High Plains Daily Leader reports that 21-year-old Devon Byrne won't be able to compete Tuesday because she won for a third straight time last year. So she's doing the next best thing ...

11 years ago
A dispute over a common tactic used by Kansas lawmakers to rush bills to passage has prompted the Senate's majority leader to stop scheduling debates on legislation in his chamber. House and Senate negotiators met briefly Friday to work on the final version of the rules governing interactions between their chambers. Their only disagreement is over ...

11 years ago
A First Amendment expert says Kansas State University's heavily redacted 11-page response to a newspaper's open records request highlights shortcomings in the state's open records law. The Topeka Capital-Journal filed a request seeking more information on the process that went into crafting Gov. Sam Brownback's budget proposal. The newspaper asked for all emails between Kansas State ...

11 years ago
Snow and ice are on the way to parts of Kansas. According to the National Weather Service, a storm system will track across the region late Sunday afternoon into Sunday night, producing a wintry mix across the area. Mainly snow is expected across the north, with a mix of light snow, sleet, and freezing rain in the ...