12 years ago
Young adults who are heavy Internet users may also exhibit signs of addiction. That's the finding of a new study that was conducted by researchers at the Missouri University of Science and Technology, Duke University Medical Center and the Duke Institute of Brain Science. The study tracked the Internet usage of 69 college students over two ...

12 years ago
A Florida-based developer is exploring the possibility of building a wind farm in Douglas County. The Lawrence Journal-World  reports that NextEra Energy Resources is looking for sites to place meteorological towers to measure the wind in the area. Company spokesman Steve Stengel says the measurements will determine if a Douglas County project would be economically feasible. He ...

12 years ago
Gov. Sam Brownback has seen an unusually high number of departures among his top leadership. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that almost half of Brownback's 11 permanent Cabinet secretary appointments will turn over in the first three years of his tenure. The percentage outpaces that of predecessors Kathleen Sebelius, a Democrat, and Bill Graves, a Republican. Many other ...

12 years ago
A special prosecutor has announced that no criminal charges will be filed against the Hamilton County sheriff. The Garden City Telegram reports that Sheriff Richard Garza voluntarily placed himself on administrative leave following his arrest in September. Scott City Attorney John Shirley said in an initial report that the incident stemmed from a "family matter" where no ...

12 years ago
A class of Wichita fourth-graders has gotten the red-carpet treatment. The Wichita Eagle reports the Colvin Elementary School students pulled up Saturday morning at the Palace Theater in limousines to watch the movie they wrote, edited, produced and filmed. Teacher Brianna Falvey says the extra attention was a "huge motivational tool for them." For the project, the ...

12 years ago
A Secret Santa has given gold coins to three Wichita charities. Shelly Prichard from the Wichita Community Foundation helped distribute the coins. They went to the Lord's Diner, the Center of Hope and the Guadalupe Clinic. The foundation says each coin is worth $1,400. The Center of Hope works to prevent homelessness, the Lord's Diner feeds the ...

12 years ago
A World War II veteran from southwest Kansas has received a diploma for a degree he didn't know he had earned. Warren Spikes of Hugoton was half a semester away from earning his bachelor's degree at the University of Kansas when he was drafted. He didn't return to school after the war and thought he hadn't ...

12 years ago
A new report says students who enter Kansas public colleges with exceptions to minimum admissions standards often struggle to stay in school. The report says students admitted with exceptions have lower retention, graduation and course completion rates than students who meet the standards. The findings will be presented to the Board of Regents this coming week. The ...

12 years ago
The arrest of a Kansas man accused of trying to bring a bomb into a Wichita airport marked the latest in a string of undercover operations that have become a successful, widely used domestic counterterrorism tactic. Court documents detail six months of alleged conversation between Terry Lee Loewen and undercover FBI agents leading up to Loewen's ...

12 years ago
A Salina woman is taking home "Santa's Stash". 26-year-old Trista Ollendieck was among 22 finalists who gathered at the Salina Central Mall Saturday for the grand finale of Salina Media Group's "Santa's Stash" event.   "Santa's Stash" was a locked box full of cash. The box was on display at various locations around Salina. At each location, guesses ...

12 years ago
Friday the 13th didn't produce a jackpot winner in the Mega Millions drawing, so the estimated jackpot of $425 million keeps swelling to a new estimate that tops half a billion dollars for Tuesday's drawing. The game has now rolled over 21 times without a winner. The numbers drawn Friday are: 19-24-26-27-70, Mega Ball: 12. The jackpot ...