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  • Kansas City to restore section of riverfront

    Associated Press

    City and federal officials are restoring a section of the south bank of the Missouri River as it would have appeared to early settlers.

  • Ex-utility CEO to head search for KU leader

    TOPEKA -- A utility's former chief executive will lead the search for a new chancellor at the University of Kansas. The state Board of Regents said Tuesday that it appointed Drue Jennings of Prairie Village as chairman of a search committee. Jennings was chief executive at Kansas City Power & Light for 14 years, retiring in 2001.

  • Ursuline nuns prepare to leave Kansas for Kentucky

    Associated Press

    A Roman Catholic women's order that has been in eastern Kansas for 113 years plans to leave next year and merge with another Ursuline order in Kentucky.

  • Utility to push coal plants

    Associated Press

    A western Kansas utility is planning to push again next year for legislative approval of two proposed coal-fired power plants, and environmentalists are preparing for the debate.

  • Military-religion lawsuit expands

    BY JOHN HANNA, Associated Press

    A newly expanded federal lawsuit alleged Monday that the military doesn't take complaints of religious discrimination seriously enough and allows personnel to try to convert Muslims in Iraq and Afghanistan to Christianity.

  • Fort Riley soldiers, horses part of inauguration

    BY FRED MANN, The Wichita Eagle

    Training will begin in earnest next week for 14 participants from Kansas who will appear in the inauguration parade in Washington D.C. They are preparing for frigid weather, large and potentially unruly crowds, and icy streets dotted by dangerous manhole covers, subway grates and steam vents.

  • Big Sister bond lasts decades

    Associated Press

    Darla Ouellette of Rantoul said she never quits something. That attitude has led her to a near 23-year sisterhood with Wendy Murphy of Baldwin City.

  • Eisenhower memorial a step closer

    Associated Press

    After almost a decade of development, officials behind a Washington, D.C., memorial to former President Dwight Eisenhower are close to picking a designer.

  • Political funds can't transfer

    BY DION LEFLER, The Wichita Eagle

    Sam Brownback and Ron Thornburgh are two of the state's most popular Republican politicians and prodigious fundraisers. But because of a state law and a court decision, they can't use money they raised as senator and secretary of state to try to win the governor's mansion.

  • College endowments plunge

    Associated Press

    Three college endowments in Kansas have lost tens of millions of dollars because of the stock market's plunge, and it could cause a drop in the number of student scholarships.

  • KDOT looking into highway guard cables

    Associated Press

    Kansas transportation officials are trying to decide whether installing guard cables in highway medians would be worth the cost and make it safer to drive.

  • Shawnee Co. jail considers getting cable

    Associated Press

    Inmates at the Shawnee County jail and the juvenile detention center could be without television starting Feb. 17 when stations stop broadcasting analog signals.

  • 3-legged dog brings joy to seniors

    Associated Press

    Golden retriever Tripod has only three legs, but he doesn't seem to mind. He spends his days running to fetch toys, greeting visitors with endless joy and entertaining the 37 residents at Capetown Assisted Living in Cape Girardeau.

  • KC World War I museum doing well

    Associated Press

    Despite some funding struggles, the National World War I Museum continues to record higher-than-expected attendance, attract dignitaries and politicians and draw positive reviews.

  • Wichita at-risk programs OK

    Associated Press

    A legislative audit has raised questions about how some Kansas school districts are spending money for programs for at-risk students and whether those programs are well-administered.

  • Census to hire 1,000 in Kansas

    Associated Press

    The nation's economy may be soft, but the U.S. Census Bureau will be hiring in Kansas soon. Regional Manager Dennis Johnson, whose Kansas City, Mo., office oversees six states, said the bureau plans to hire about 1,000 people in Kansas, with at least a few workers in every county.

  • Area salt mines say business booming

    BY JESSE TRUESDALE, Hutchinson News

    While much of the rest of the economy is hurting, local salt companies say the demand for their product continues to soar. So much so that North American Salt in Lyons announced a $2.7 million expansion to nearly triple the plant's storage capacity, while some U.S. salt companies are actually importing the mineral, said Richard Hanneman, president of the Salt Institute, shipping it by barge from New Orleans.

  • Video game physiques can affect self-esteem

    Feeling a little down on yourself? Think a video game will lift your spirits? Just don't go for games that feature exceptionally muscular men or very thin women, or your self-esteem could take a hit, according to a psychology professor at Kansas State University.

  • Rescued beaver is 'doing OK'

    BY BECCY TANNER, The Wichita Eagle

    The beaver rescued from a fountain has discovered a fondness for raw sweet potatoes. On Christmas Eve, she was munching on a feast of potatoes along with a huge plate of apples, carrots and romaine lettuce.

  • Sebelius' decision to stay fuels talk of Senate race

    BY JOHN HANNA, Associated Press

    Gov. Kathleen Sebelius' decision to drop out of consideration for a job in President-elect Barack Obama's administration is fueling renewed speculation that she'll run for the Senate in 2010.

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