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- Kansas City, Kan., casino developers expected to get final approval this week
- February 8, 2010
- A partnership hoping to build a casino in Kansas City, Kan., is expected to clear its final regulatory hurdle this week.
- National Guard to meet with residents over concerns with armory closings
- February 8, 2010
- A northeast Kansas legislator has asked the Kansas National Guard to meet with officials from Atchison and Troy about the closing of two armories.
- John Brown exhibit, talk are at library
- February 8, 2010
- Through Feb. 28, the Lawrence Public Library is hosting a traveling exhibit that depicts the story of the Battle of Black Jack.
- Capitol briefing: News from the Kansas Statehouse
- February 8, 2010
- News from the Statehouse for February 8, 2010.
- Cuts cause pain across the state
- February 8, 2010
- As Lawrence school board members are determining how to cut an estimated $4 million to $5 million before next school year because of the state’s fiscal crisis, the pain is universal across the state.
- Passion for firearms inspires woman leading rifle group
- February 7, 2010
- Patricia Stoneking’s life path seems to have taken a natural flow.
- De Soto school hooks worms into sustainable class services
- Students cut down on waste through cafeteria composters
- February 7, 2010
- Slimy, slithering worms recently took over Starside Elementary School, and students have welcomed them with open palms.
- Man gets life term in 1998 slaying of boy
- February 7, 2010
- A man has been sentenced to life plus 59 months in the 1998 drive-by killing of an 8-year-old Wichita boy.
- Wheel Genius: Road work planned during this week
- February 7, 2010
- Road work scheduled for the week of February 7, 2010.
- Exhibit chronicles era of school segregation
- February 7, 2010
- The ugly history of school segregation in Wichita is the focus of a newly opened exhibit.
- Squirrels scarce at scramble
- February 7, 2010
- When Aaron Kaser and his two stepsons, Christjen, 9, and Hunter Schmidt, 8, signed up to participate in some squirrel hunting, he wanted to spend some time doing things dads and sons do.
- Property values buck national trend
- February 6, 2010
- Be forewarned, Douglas County homeowners: The national news about a tanking real estate market won’t exactly match up with the news you are about to receive from the county appraiser’s office.
- State casino fears tribal competition in Sumner County
- February 6, 2010
- Concerns about a proposed tribal casino in Park City may scuttle plans for a Sumner County casino.
- Former state worker faces child sex charges
- February 6, 2010
- A former employee with the Kansas Department of Revenue has been charged with 30 sex crimes involving children.
- Parkinson getting new chief speech writer
- February 5, 2010
- Kansas Gov. Mark Parkinson will be getting a chief spokesman at the end of next week.
- Kansas Gov. Parkinson vows to veto House smoking bill
- Bill would overturn Lawrence ordinance
- February 5, 2010
- Gov. Mark Parkinson on Friday said he would veto a House bill that would establish a statewide ban on smoking in indoor public places but allow numerous exemptions.
- Snow snarls traffic; Ice, heavy snow predicted for Sunday, Monday
- 02:06 p.m., February 5, 2010 Updated 04:24 p.m.
- The snow that fell on northeast Kansas Friday is not expected to stick around into Saturday, but the area could soon be in for more winter weather.
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