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What The History Of 'Noose Road' Tells Us About Kansas, Race And The Lynchings Of Black Men

Author David Condos Posted on 03/02/21

Medical Marijuana For Kansas Proposed With Tight Rules In Hopes Of Winning Legalization

Author Stephen Koranda Posted on 02/26/21

Marshall Means A More Trump-Like U.S. Senator For Kansas Than Roberts, And Maybe Less Clout

Author Jim McLean Posted on 02/24/21
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Update: Incident That Injured Three Wichita Police Officers Not An 'Ambush'

Author Tom Shine Posted on 03/01/21
Updated Monday at 2:57 p.m. The Wichita Police Department says an incident that injured three police officers over the weekend was not a planned attack....
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Some COVID-19 Tests Come With 'Criminal' Prices, Experts Say, So Get Tested For Free Instead

Author Celia Llopis-Jepsen Posted on 03/01/21
Plenty of places offer free testing with no health insurance or official ID required. This eliminates the risk of a wrestling match with your insurer later.
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Sedgwick County Drops Curfew For Bars And Restaurants; Eases Gathering Restrictions

Author Nadya Faulx Posted on 02/27/21
As the COVID-19 infection rate falls to its lowest in months, Sedgwick County is beginning to ease some health restrictions.
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How Kansas City Community Groups Are Getting Coronavirus Information To Latinos And Spanish-Speakers

Author Luke X. Martin Posted on 02/25/21
Despite the disproportionate impact of the pandemic on the Latino community, there has been a lack of information and educational resources. Community-led initiatives and nonprofits are working to overcome the myriad challenges.
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Financial Report Reflects A Grim 2020 For Spirit AeroSystems

Author Tom Shine Posted on 02/23/21
Spirit AeroSystems has ended what company officials have called a challenging year. The company issued its final 2020 financial report on Tuesday and it...
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Kansas Customers Left To Pay The Price After Winter Storm Sends Natural Gas Prices Soaring

Author Brian Grimmett Posted on 02/22/21
WICHITA, Kansas — Last February, the city of Cheney, Kansas – located just west of Wichita – paid about $2 per thousand cubic feet, or unit, of natural...
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Post Civil War Photo Negatives Document African Americans Building New Lives In Leavenworth

Author Julie Denesha Posted on 02/20/21
In the turbulent years following the Civil War, around 27,000 former slaves migrated to Kansas. They called themselves "exodusters" and they were fleeing Jim Crow laws. Some of them are remembered in a portrait exhibition of an African-American community in Leavenworth, Kansas.
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Learjet Made Business Planes Cool, But The Party's Over

Author Tom Shine Posted on 02/19/21
Wichita has turned out tens of thousands of planes over the years, but nothing the Air Capital of the World produced could match the aura of the Learjet...
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Kansas Meatpacking Workers Faced Outbreak After Outbreak, But Still Can’t Get A COVID Vaccine

Author Celia Llopis-Jepsen Posted on 02/18/21
Kansas launched a program this week to vaccinate school staff and get kids back into classrooms. But meatpacking workers, one of the state's hardest-hit groups, are still waiting to hear when their turn starts.
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Kansas Foster Care Providers Say They’ve Gotten Better, But Critics Say They Need To Do Better

Author Nomin Ujiyediin Posted on 02/17/21
The private nonprofits that run foster care in the state say they've risen to the challenge of caring for children during the pandemic and meeting the terms of a class-action lawsuit settlement. But child welfare advocates say there's plenty of room for improvement.
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Rolling Blackouts Hit Kansas As Arctic Temperatures Drive Up Power Demand Across The Midwest

Author Brian Grimmett Posted on 02/15/21
WICHITA, Kansas — Rolling electrical blackouts rippled across the Midwest Monday while the region shivered in an arctic blast and suddenly found itself...
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FBI Arrests A Topeka Man On Charges Stemming From The Attack On The U.S. Capitol

Author Celia Llopis-Jepsen Posted on 02/12/21
On Thursday, three Kansas City-area men were arrested for their alleged roles. Now a Topeka man and his brother in Idaho face similar charges for storming the Capitol.
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See A Bird In Kansas? Tell The World's Scientists With Your Phone

Author Celia Llopis-Jepsen Posted on 02/11/21
Half of North America's grassland birds have disappeared since 1970. Other species are declining, too. So scientists want to know what you see near you, whether you spot a pigeon or a peregrine falcon.
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Bombardier Ending Production Of Its Iconic Learjet This Year

Author Tom Shine Posted on 02/11/21
It’s the end of an era for one of Wichita’s most well-known aviation brands. Production on the Learjet, the first mass-produced business jet, will end...
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Business Owners Say Kansas Counties That Ordered Pandemic Shutdowns Should Refund Property Taxes

Author Stephen Koranda Posted on 02/11/21
County officials say they can't afford to refund property taxes and that property owners weren't always the ones who suffered losses during the pandemic. Some business owners argue the counties owe them a rebate for the damage to their revenues.
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Three Kansas City-Area Men Arrested For Conspiring To Storm U.S. Capitol

Author Peggy Lowe Posted on 02/11/21
Three men alleged to be part of the Kansas City Proud Boys were arrested Thursday in what a federal criminal complaint says was a coordinated operation to storm the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.
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Kansas Lawmakers Weigh Whether To Ease Penalties For Minor Drug Crimes

Author Nomin Ujiyediin Posted on 02/11/21
Two bills could reduce prison and probation sentences for many low-level drug crimes, like possession and intent to distribute small amounts.
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Widower Of Nurse Who Died Of COVID-19 Claims He Was Denied Death Benefits And A Vaccine

Author Dan Margolies Posted on 02/09/21
Tracy Kolterman died on Jan. 19 at age 60 after being hospitalized for five weeks. She was a licensed practical nurse at McCrite Plaza, a nursing home in Briarcliff.
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Carl Gerlach, Long-Serving Overland Park Mayor, Won’t Seek Reelection

Author Kyle Palmer Posted on 02/09/21
Prior to succeeding Ed Eilert as mayor in 2005, Gerlach served on the Overland Park City Council for 10 years.
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Ex-KU Med Center Official Pleads Guilty To Tax And Embezzlement Charges

Author Dan Margolies Posted on 02/09/21
Michael Ahlers was the administrator of the med center’s occupational therapy education department from around 2001 to 2015.
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Wichita Public Schools Drops 'Redskins' Name From North High

Author Nadya Faulx Posted on 02/09/21
Wichita North High School will no longer be the Redskins. The school board voted 6-0 Monday night to drop the controversial mascot at the recommendation...
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How The Search For Water Is Pitting Farmers Against Cities In Western Kansas

Author Brian Grimmett Posted on 02/08/21
KINSLEY, Kansas — In the late 1980s, drought left the wells that supply water to the city of Hays and Russell in western Kansas precariously low. The...
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