Bill Koch saves Sports Hall of Fame from eviction
Former Wichitan Bill Koch has given $100,000 to the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame, allowing it to stay in its current location in Old Town.
LOCAL BREAKING NEWS
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Boeing union tells members to reject contract and strike
Machinists union leaders at Boeing are unanimously recommending members reject Boeing's three-year contract proposal when they vote next week and vote to strike, union spokeswoman Connie Kelliher said this afternoon.
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Kassebaum's son dies
Richard Landon Kassebaum, the son of former Kansas Sen. Nancy Landon Kassebaum, died Wednesday in Knoxville, Tenn., of a brain tumor, according to the family.
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Kan. Labor secretary says state feeling slowdown
Labor Secretary Jim Garner said Friday that the Kansas economy is starting to show the effects of rising energy prices and trouble in the credit markets.
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Dean of KU School of Medicine retires
S. Edwards Dismuke announced today that he is resigning as dean of the University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita. He will continue to serve as a professor at the medical school and to work with medical students and residents.
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Woman pleads guilty in toddler's beating death
A 25-year-old Wichita woman today admitted that she beat a 19-month old boy that she was baby-sitting three times, intending to kill him.
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Tribe: Harrah's has our customer database
The secretary of the Potawatomi Nation's tribal council testified today that Harrah's Entertainment has its customer database, and its plans to operate a Sumner County casino would unfairly affect the tribe.
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Boys robbed for bicycle parts
Two small boys were robbed at gunpoint by three other youths on Thursday night, a man told police. The boys, ages 7 and 9, had bicycle parts stolen by a group of three older boys near Dunham and Yale at about 7:45 p.m. Thursday, police said. The younger boy went home and told his father, who called police.
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Armed robber steals drugs from west-side Walgreens
Police are looking for a man who robbed the Walgreens next to Central and Maize Road before dawn this morning. The robber entered the store at 555 N. Maize Road at 5:41 a.m., jumped over the pharmacy counter, pointed a black gun at a pharmacist and demanded Oxycontin, police said.
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2 dead after train and tanker collide near Medford, Okla.
A locomotive train slammed into a propane tanker truck in north-central Oklahoma today, triggering a huge explosion that killed two people and injured a third, authorities said.
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No death penalty in 'Precious Doe' killing
Prosecutors announced Friday that they won't seek the death penalty for a man accused of killing a 3-year-old girl once known only as "Precious Doe" and that the case will be heard by a Jackson County jury.
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A nice day -- and nicer weekend -- awaits Wichita
While scattered storms are striking southeast Kansas today, Wichita should be spared from any severe weather as the workweek comes to a close.
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McCain makes decision on VP running mate
Republican presidential candidate John McCain decided on a running mate early Thursday, and one top prospect, Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, abruptly canceled numerous public appearances.
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Machinists approve Hawker Beechcraft contract
Machinists union members at Hawker Beechcraft voted today to accept the company's offer of a new three-year contract. Seventy-seven percent of union members voting voted for the contract. They are scheduled to go back to work Tuesday.
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Blue Bell to distribute free ice cream at game tonight
Fans of a certain Texas-made ice cream can thank a football game for a chance at free samples today. Blue Bell Creameries plans to hand out free samples of ice cream -- including a new, not-in-store flavor called snickerdoodle -- before tonight's game between Butler Community College and Blinn College at Cessna Stadium.
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Health Foundation names new president
Steve Coen has been named president and chief executive of the Kansas Health Foundation, foundation officials announced in a news release this afternoon.
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Boeing presents new offer to Machinists
The Boeing Co. has presented its final offer of a new three-year contract to the Machinists union. The union is scheduled to vote on the offer Wednesday, the day before the current agreement expires. The union represents about 700 employees at Boeing Wichita.
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Arrest made in Mulvane bomb threat
Mulvane police have arrested a 16-year-old Mulvane High School student for phoning in a bomb threat to his school early this morning.
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Woman robs south-side Kwik Shop
A woman robbed the Kwik Shop at 4811 S. Seneca late Wednesday night, police said. The suspect came into the convenience store at about 11:15 p.m. and pointed a gun at the clerk. She left with an undisclosed amount of money, police said.
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Robber strikes QuikTrip near Old Town
A man who indicated he had a gun robbed the QuikTrip at Douglas and Washington late Wednesday night, police said. The man came into the convenience store at 11:55 p.m. and demanded money from the clerk, who gave him an undisclosed amount of cash. She told police she never actually saw a gun.
LATEST NATION AND WORLD UPDATES
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Gustav grows to Category 3 hurricane off Cuba
The National Hurricane Center says Hurricane Gustav is now a dangerous Category 3 storm with winds near 115 mph.
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Pakistan's presidential favorite under guard
Pakistan's presidential front-runner has moved into a tightly guarded government compound over security fears, officials said as a militant campaign against the government led to more violence in the country's volatile northwest.
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Mother of missing Fla. toddler arrested again
The mother of a missing Florida girl was back in jail on check fraud and theft charges just over a week after being released on bond for charges related to her daughter's disappearance.
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Body parts scheme ringleader pleads guilty in Pa.
A man who made millions of dollars by plundering hundreds of bodies sent to funeral homes and selling their often-diseased parts and tissues to medical companies pleaded guilty Friday to a raft of charges that could send him to prison for life.
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Probe reveals oxygen tank burst on Qantas flight
An oxygen tank exploded and blew a car-sized hole in a Qantas jet last month, air safety officials said Friday, but investigators appear to be no closer to figuring out why.
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Gulf Coast businesses say they're prepared for new storms
Three years after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita slammed the U.S. Gulf Coast in rapid succession, and with another potentially dangerous storm possibly arriving next week, businesses in the region say they are much better prepared this time.
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Karadzic makes defiant stand before UN court
Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic made a defiant stand before a U.N. court preparing to try him on genocide charges, refusing to enter pleas Friday and branding the tribunal a NATO proxy out to "liquidate" him.
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Mourners pay respects to late Ohio congresswoman
Hundreds of mourners filed into a church Friday to pay their respects to the late U.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, the first black woman to represent Ohio in Congress.
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Thai protesters push police off premier's compound
Thai anti-government protesters occupying the grounds of the prime minister's office forced several hundred policemen off the compound early Friday and promised more action in their bid to oust the leader.
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South Ossetia says Russia intends to absorb region
Russia intends to eventually absorb Georgia's breakaway province of South Ossetia, a South Ossetian official said Friday, three days after Moscow recognized the region as independent and drew criticism from the West.
