Updated: 11:03 PM As day two of extreme makeover magic comes to a close, Carl Hall and his family are already getting new surprises they didn't see coming.

Updated: 5:48 PM The Salvation Army announced today it will end the Biddy Basketball program in Wichita at the end of this season.

Updated: 7:10 PM Construction and production is picking up at the site of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, where hundreds of volunteers are helping build a new home for the Carl Hall family.

Updated: 10:55 PM Two political powerhouses were in Kansas Friday night. The two men who made names for themselves on opposite sides of the aisle in the nation's capitol appeared together in Salina.

Updated: 7:54 PM Students at Bishop Elementary in Topeka donated 1,750 books to a library that Buhler High School seniors are planning to build in Nepal.

Updated: 7:53 PM A bill would ban child sex offenders from living within 2,000 feet of a school or daycare.

Updated: 10:39 PM Bus passengers who have decided to leave the driving to someone else are now finding themselves among the stranded travelers across the country.

Updated: 10:40 PM More Kansans are relying on bariatric surgery to help reduce their chance of health problems and a local provider requires lifestyle changing classes before surgery.

Updated: 8:06 PM The Broadway production of The Lion King is coming to Wichita.

Posted: 1:32 PM Grandmother stabbed to death by her grandson.

Updated: 7:20 PM Wichita Police arrested two out-of-state men after a restaurant manager questioned them for showing up around 5:30 Thursday morning to pump their used cooking oil.

Updated: 7:19 PM A Hutchinson woman is sentenced to ten years in prison for killing stabbing her boyfriend to death with a screw driver.

Updated: 7:24 PM A group of grocery stores and convenience stores is pushing for a bill that would reform state liquor laws.

Updated: 10:47 PM Another car lined up to go to the body shop to be fixed thanks to Mother Nature. Business is good at these types of places. In fact, it's so good it's hard to keep up.

Updated: 7:01 PM A group plans to place the Operation Freedom Memorial at Veterans Memorial Park in honor of Kansas soldiers killed while serving in Iraq or Afghanistan.

Updated: 6:59 PM The man charged with the 2009 murder of a Wichita couple been sentenced.

Updated: 10:57 PM Fire destroys a Kansas home this morning and, along with it, a lifetime of memories for one Hutchinson man.

Updated: 9:13 PM City trucks have been working around the clock to pretreat emergency routes with brine in preparation for this weekend's winter blast.

Posted: 4:01 PM Governor-Elect Sam Brownback says his team is cutting costs for inaugural events, and using the inauguration to highlight Kansas charities.

Updated: 9:46 AM Wichita bars and hotels preparing for big crowds to ring in the new year.

Updated: 11:47 AM Investigators say an extension cord is to blame for a house fire overnight.

Updated: 5:52 PM The turbines will be built at its plants in Hutchinson and Fort Madison, Iowa.

Updated: 10:49 PM An internationally-known magician giving back to some people who could use some magical Christmas cheer.

Updated: 9:35 PM Roads remained wet Friday after overnight storms cleared away, but holiday drivers say it could have been worse.

Updated: 10:51 PM The city of Newton will be changing its recycling rules by January, 2012. It will hopefully make it easier for residents criticizing the current rules as too strict.