Updated: 6:35 PM McPherson Schools consider closing open lunch for juniors and seniors to help save money.

Updated: 12:00 AM Sgt. Ryan Newell was nearly killed by a roadside bomb while serving in Afghanistan.

Updated: 1:41 PM West Virginia authorities say the bodies of four miners missing since an explosion earlier this week have been found.

Updated: 8:12 AM After a close call with a hand-me-down crib, a Newton mother is spreading the word.

Posted: 8:52 AM The indictment describes a far reaching operation in which conspirators carried guns and laundered significant sums of cash from peddling drugs.

Posted: 9:16 PM Young Professionals Of Reno County organizing first-ever Kansas YP Summit

Updated: 9:21 AM The founder of Wild West World has been sentenced to five years in prison for securities fraud.

Updated: 11:20 AM Some questions are being raised about the operation of Wichita's new Intrust Bank Arena, as the arena's management firm hasn't submitted its contractually obligated financial reports.

Updated: 7:29 PM Local sports vendors are pre-ordering Sweet 16 merchandise, confident the Wildcats and Jayhawks will advance on Saturday.

Updated: 9:16 AM Airbus parent EADS says it is considering a new bid for a lucrative Pentagon contract for mid-air refueling tankers, but wants an extended deadline.

Updated: 10:30 PM Greensburg opens its new hospital, nearly three years after it's destroyed by a EF-5 tornado.

Updated: 7:18 PM EMS captains Mike Buchanan and Chris House will retire this weekend, having saved lives for more than 30 years each.

Updated: 3:13 PM Boeing seemed to be almost a shoo-in to win the Air Force tanker deal, but now there could be another delay in the competition.

Updated: 5:49 PM A Hutchinson man is under arrest after he was found with two loaded handguns in a Reno County Courtroom this morning.

Updated: 11:00 PM WSU's Center For Real Estate releases its 2010 predictions.

Updated: 5:55 PM Governor Mark Parkinson is calling for more cuts to the state budget and says he will support a sales tax increase.

Updated: 11:15 AM Wichita police say a man was beaten over the head with a gun because he paid for drugs with monopoly money.

Posted: 7:31 PM An effort to honor little bluestem as the state grass of Kansas has taken root among legislators.

Updated: 1:19 PM Wichita likely moves closer to landing more aviation jobs related to the Air Force tanker deal.

Updated: 8:34 PM Wichita police say a man is in custody after using his young son to try and steal a gun and rob a pawn shop.

Posted: 5:11 PM Watch KAKE Friday at 6 & 10 for your chance to win.

Updated: 9:44 PM New information after a deadly accident near Southeast High School.

Updated: 8:10 PM Aviators watching Thursday's suicide plane crash in Austin wonder how it will affect general aviation.

Updated: 6:58 PM A McPherson High School teacher is released on bond after being arrested for alleged unlawful sexual relations with a student.

Updated: 10:53 PM The Kansas Senate has rejected a bill to abolish the death penalty.