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Kansas Jobless Rate Down In November - December 21, 2011
Unemployment was down slightly in Kansas in November to a seasonally adjusted rate of 6.5 percent, down from 6.7 percent in October and 6.9 percent in November 2010. The Kansas Department of Labor...
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Senators Question Governor’s Education Funding Plan - December 21, 2011
A top aide says Gov. Sam Brownback is willing to consider ideas from Kansas legislators for modifying his plan to overhaul how the state finances its public schools. Brownback policy director ...
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Tyrone Mayor Loses Fight With Cancer - December 20, 2011
Tyrone Oklahoma's long-time Mayor and City Councilman, Lisha Banning lost her battle with cancer. at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita. Lisha, who fought a long hard battle with cancer, first being...
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Steckline Book Keeper Pleads Guilty - December 20, 2011
A former bookkeeper charged with embezzling more than $2 million from a Wichita-based chain of radio stations where he worked has pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud. The U.S. Attorney's...
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USD 480 Cancels Classes/Releases Schedule - December 19, 2011
USD 480 will be closed Tuesday, December 20th, in addition the Teacher Work Day on Wednesday, December 21st has been cancelled. Second semester will begin on Wednesday, January 4 as scheduled. Liberal...
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Liberal Man Arrested For Child Abuse - December 19, 2011
On December 13, 2011, at about 11:18 p.m., officers responded to a residence in the 200 block of South Calhoun for a report of an injured child. Responding officers contacted a 28 y...
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Pancake Day Talent Show Entries Sought - December 19, 2011
Got talent? Area and local residents are invited to enter the 2012 Pancake Day Talent Show. Preliminaries are set for Sat., Jan. 21, 2012 with the finals slated for Feb. 20. Both events will be...
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Panhandle Residents Prepare For Snowstorm - December 19, 2011
Toys, electronics and other Christmas gifts aren't the only things flying off the shelves at stores in far northwestern Oklahoma, where more than a foot of snow could fall this week. Guymon W...
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Boot Hill Casino Not Worried About Competition - December 19, 2011
Officials with the first state-owned casino in Kansas say they're not worried about competition from state's second, which is scheduled to open the day after Christmas south of Wichita. Repre...
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Kansas the Target of Winter Storm - December 19, 2011
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Some parts of Kansas could see more than a foot of snow in the next few days, with blizzard conditions likely in the southwest corner of the state. The National Weather Se...