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Kansas is promoting a new license plate aimed at raising money for arts programs in the state. The Kansas Creative Arts Industries Commission says in a release that the goal of the "Driving the Arts" license plate program is to raise at least $100,000 a year for arts programs. The arts commission is a division ...

12 years ago
An 82-year-old man suffered minor injuries when his experimental aircraft crashed near Emporia. The Kansas Highway Patrol says James Zerkel, who lives near Joplin, Mo., was flying a Challenger Experimental Light Sport aircraft from Herington to Joplin when the plane went down Wednesday afternoon in a creek. Trooper Chris Markham says the accident is being investigated but ...

12 years ago
Kansas state parks are ready for the unofficial last weekend of summer. According to the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks, and Tourism it's been a great summer, and Kansans have perhaps appreciated it more after the last two summers we’ve endured. Despite the recent stretch of hot weather, for most of the summer there have been ...

12 years ago
Kansas State is offering a virtual open house to connect with distance education students who aren't able to travel to campus. The school says in a news release that the virtual open house features videos of online instructors and advisers, a campus photo tour and online program information. Lynda Spire, assisting continuing education dean, says the online ...

12 years ago
A Des Moines, Iowa, couple have donated $1 million to Kansas State University to help pay for a new building for the College of Business Administration. The school says its proposed building plan has 140,000 square feet of space, with tiered classrooms, a large showcase lecture hall, labs and an executive conference room. Stephen Lacy graduated from ...

12 years ago
Community activists are planning what they're calling a worker justice march in Wichita this weekend to protest what they say is a lack of quality jobs in the area. Sunflower Community Action, the Black Arts Festival and labor groups are staging Saturday's march and rally focusing on low-income workers. The event begins at 11 a.m. at 17th ...

12 years ago
Aircraft parts maker Spirit Aerosystems plans to cut more jobs at its plant in Wichita, starting in September. Thursday's announcement came roughly a month after Spirit said it was laying off about 360 salaried support and management workers at its facilities in Kansas and Oklahoma. Spirit says in a statement that the number of upcoming cuts in ...

12 years ago
A second person has joined the race to become the Libertarian candidate for the Kansas governor's office in 2014. Keen Umbehr, a 54-year-old lawyer from Alma, filed documents Thursday with the secretary of state's office to appoint a treasurer for his campaign. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports Tresa McAlhaney, of Bonner Springs, previously announced her bid for governor ...

12 years ago
A group of new state troopers received their badges in a ceremony Thursday afternoon in Salina. The 11 troopers are part of KHP Recruit Class #52, the latest graduates from the Kansas Highway Patrol Training Academy in Salina. Director Ed Pavey from the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center spoke. He told the new troopers to remember ...

12 years ago
Kansas wildlife officials have confirmed the presence of zebra mussels in still another lake. The Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism said Thursday the tiny mollusks were spotted by an angler at Lake Shawnee in Topeka. The discovery brings to 19 the number of Kansas lakes infested by zebra mussels, which quickly grow into huge ...

12 years ago
A growing season that began unusually wet and cold in the Midwest is finishing hot and dry, renewing worries of drought and its impact on crops. Experts say corn and soybeans may not have enough moisture in dry areas to develop to full weight, which could reduce this year's harvest. The weekly Drought Monitor report ...