An early morning spray paint vandalism spree on the Kansas University campus resulted in the arrest of five Kansas State University students. Each was freed on $1,500 bond but KU planned to press charges and demand money for the cleanup.

Local social service agencies were facing the coming year shorter on funds than they had been for some time due to federal cuts. Officials said the state of the economy was not encouraging and that they doubted increases in funding would be possible for perhaps at least a year.