- Turnpike toll collectors to see changes in how many hours they work because of ACA, officials say
- May 26, 2013
- Toll collectors on the Kansas Turnpike are going to see some changes in how many hours they work because of the Affordable Care Act, officials said. By Scott Rothschild
- Wheel Genius: Roadwork planned for this week
- May 26, 2013
- Roadwork planned for the week of May 26.
- Wichita might fine residents over use of water
- May 24, 2013
- Wichita officials will consider imposing fines of $1,000 per month on residents and businesses that use too much water as part of a short-term plan to respond to dwindling water supplies.
- Senate Republicans approve sales tax increase, cuts in income tax rates, lower food sales tax
- May 23, 2013
- The Kansas Senate, with only Republican support, on Thursday approved a tax plan that will increase taxes by $879 million over the next 5 years. By Scott Rothschild
- U.S.’ largest tanker base to be in Wichita
- May 23, 2013
- McConnell Air Force Base was selected Wednesday as the main operating site for the Air Force’s new KC-46A air refueling tanker, making Wichita home to the U.S. military’s largest tanker base in the world.
- Chase near Tonganoxie ends with one man taken into custody
- May 22, 2013
- A vehicle chase Wednesday morning near Tonganoxie ended with one man being taken into custody.
- House Republican leaders propose 1.5 percent cut to higher education for each of next two fiscal years
- May 21, 2013
- Budgets for the state’s public universities, including Kansas University, would be cut 1.5 percent for each of the next two fiscal years under a deal approved by Republican budget leaders on Tuesday. By Scott Rothschild
- Legislature makes no progress; Brownback leaves state to tout tax cuts
- May 20, 2013
- As the Kansas Legislature on Monday remained deadlocked over taxes and spending, Gov. Sam Brownback went to Chicago to tout his income tax cuts. By Scott Rothschild
- Burgers, bratwurst, gifts and good times: friends tell of homicide victims’ last days
- May 19, 2013
- The four victims of the homicides discovered last week in Ottawa, and the friend accused of murdering them, were all together for a barbecue not long before the killings. They ate hamburgers, played with their hosts’ children, and left happy, as far as anyone could see. Friends couldn’t see any sign of trouble, though they knew of Kyle Flack’s history of violence. By Ian Cummings
- Wheel Genius: Roadwork planned for this week
- May 18, 2013
- Roadwork planned for the week of May 19.
- Weekend wrap-up: Lawrence man sentenced in strange burglary; Jefferson County woman guilty of abusing 2-year-old girl
- May 18, 2013
- A wrap-up of recent court cases: a Jefferson County woman found guilty of injuring a 2-year-old girl; and a Lawrence man is sentenced to probation in one of Lawrence’s strangest police calls this year.
- Legislative negotiations break down amid Republican in-fighting
- May 17, 2013
- Budget and tax negotiations broke down in the Legislature on Friday, prompting another round of Republican in-fighting before legislators went home, guaranteeing that the wrap-up session would extend into another week. By Scott Rothschild
- Police to aggressively enforce seat-belt laws in 2013 Click It or Ticket campaign
- May 17, 2013
- From Monday to June 2, police will make a special effort to pull over and cite drivers who are not wearing their seat belts. Lawrence police are joining more than 140 other Kansas law enforcement agencies in the 2013 Click it or Ticket enforcement campaign beginning from Monday to June 2, when officers throughout the state will aggressively enforce seat-belt laws and other traffic violations, according to a news release from the Lawrence Police Department.
- Kansas Attorney General taking over prosecution in Ottawa homicide case
- May 17, 2013
- Prosecutors from the Kansas Attorney General’s office have taken on the lead role in prosecuting an Ottawa man a quadruple homicide discovered in rural Ottawa last week, according to a statement from the office of Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt on Friday.
- Conservatives at odds over budget, taxes as wrap-up session drags on
- May 14, 2013
- Kansas’ elected leaders may describe themselves as conservative Republicans, but, at this point, they aren’t getting along, and that means the state’s budget and tax system remained up in the air Tuesday as the 2013 wrap-up session dragged on. By Scott Rothschild
- Lawrence man with disability found safe after going missing from group home
- 10:57 a.m., May 14, 2013 Updated 07:20 p.m.
- Family members were relieved after finding Andrew Ellis, 20, who had gone missing from a Leawood group home early Tuesday morning. Ellis suffers from a brain injury and does not usually travel alone.
- Families pack courtroom for hearing in Ottawa murder case
- May 13, 2013
- Friends and family of the four victims found killed in rural Ottawa last week packed a Franklin County courtroom Monday afternoon as the capital murder case went forward against Kyle T. Flack, 27, Ottawa. Flack is accused of killing four people, including a young child and her mother, at a house about five miles west of Ottawa. By Ian Cummings & Shaun Hittle
- Wheel Genius: Road work planned for this week
- May 12, 2013
- City construction projects are now mapped at lawks.us/construction-map.
- Search for missing toddler — presumed dead — ramping down after intense week
- May 11, 2013
- There will be no mass search for missing toddler Lana Bailey on Sunday, but investigators continue to follow leads elsewhere, Franklin County Sheriff Jeff Richards said Saturday. Searches will begin anew Monday, with the total manpower available down to about 50 from the 150 working this week. Officials are still holding out hope of finding the 18-mongh old child of a young woman found dead along with two other men in rural Ottawa early this week. By Ian Cummings and Shaun Hittle
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- On the street: Should residents or businesses who use too much water be fined? May 24, 2013 · 29 comments
- Police department's case for a new facility not likely to show on next year's budget, officials say May 25, 2013 · 12 comments
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