13 years ago
The handlers for groundhog Punxsutawney Phil say he's forecasting six more weeks of what already has felt like a brutally long and cold winter. Pennsylvania's famed groundhog emerged from his lair in front of thousands of fans around daybreak Sunday. Legend has it that if the furry rodent sees his shadow on Feb. 2, winter will last ...

13 years ago
A Wyandotte County jury has awarded four former Kansas Gas Service employees more than $900,000 after deciding they were discriminated against based on age when they were fired for sharing emailed porn. The Kansas City Star reports the case began when KGS discovered pornographic materials had been shared in the company email system. Ten workers were ...

13 years ago
A large crowd gathered Saturday morning to bid on a wide variety of items that included things like sports and celebrity memorabilia, furniture, trips, a "Top Gun" flight, and even a teepee. For the 25th year in a row, Child Advocacy and Parenting Services, or CAPS, hosted a celebrity benefit auction. The bidding was fast and ...

13 years ago
The cable industry wants Kansas lawmakers to pass a measure that would prohibit cities from starting their own TV or broadband services. The measure sought by the Kansas Cable Telecommunications Association also would keep cities from partnering with private businesses for those services. John Federico, president of the KCTA, says the group wants to ...

13 years ago
Some conservative Kansas lawmakers are pushing to let the state join a compact seeking independence from the Affordable Care Act. Rep. Brett Hildabrand introduced the measure in the House Committee on Federal and State Affairs last week to make Kansas a member of the Health Care Compact. Eight states, including Missouri and Oklahoma, already ...

13 years ago
Students at the University of Kansas will be able to bring their startup ideas to a new university-run business accelerator. The new program, KU Catalyst, is a joint project between the School of Business and the Bioscience and Technology Business Center. It will seek to connect students with mentoring, workspace and capital to start new companies. ...

13 years ago
A Republican Kansas lawmaker is questioning if it was legal for a representative of the Unified Government of Kansas City and Wyandotte County to testify on a gun bill. State Rep. Brett Hildabrand says he thinks Mike Taylor, a lobbyist for the Unified Government of Kansas City, may have broken the law by testifying Friday ...

13 years ago
Bird watchers around the state can participate in two essential studies on winter bird populations simply by keeping a watchful eye. According to the Kansas Deparment of Wildlife, Parks, and Tourism the first study is going on right now, through Sunday. The Kansas Winter Bird Feeder Survey will be followed by the 2014 Great Backyard Bird ...

13 years ago
Chiefs chairman Clark Hunt believes Kansas City could pull off hosting a Super Bowl after the NFL decided to bring its marquee game to a cold-weather venue this season. That doesn't mean he expects it to happen anytime soon. Speaking to reporters in New York ahead of Sunday's game between Denver and Seattle, Hunt said that the ...

13 years ago
A winter storm system that brought sleet and snow to parts of Kansas is a prelude to expected multiple days of accumulating snow over the next week. A mix of sleet and snow fell over a large part of Kansas Friday into Saturday. According to National Weather Service preliminary reports, some of the heaviest snow in Central ...

13 years ago
The new State Senator in the 35th District of Kansas is Clark Shultz. The 35th District is comprised of all of McPherson County and portions of six other Central Kansas counties. Until recently, it had been represented for several years by Jay Emler. Emler resigned the seat to take an appointment by Governor Sam Brownback to ...