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- Intelligent Transportation System Hits Roadblock
Funding for Wichita's I-T-S, or Intelligent Transportation System, has been yanked due to state budget concerns.
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- Dense Fog Overnight For Central & Eastern KS
Dense fog could plague much of Central and Eastern Kansas, including Wichita overnight and tomorrow morning. Visibilities could be as low as a quarter of a mile. - FAA Says Equipment Outage Caused 819 Flight Delays
The Federal Aviation Administration is blaming an equipment outage this week for delaying 819 flights.
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- Wichita Man Turns Layoff Into Dream-Come-True
This time last year, Andy Mullen was employed as an engineer at Cessna. As business plunged, Mullen was one of many aircraft workers who were laid off.
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- Figure Skating Brings Big Bucks To Wichita
More than 200 figure skaters are in Wichita with their coaches and their families, which pumps thousands into the local economy.
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- Intrust Arena To Hold Job Fair Saturday
The arena is conducting a gigantic job fair on Saturday, looking to fill hundreds of positions at the new event center.
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- Church Finalizes Purchase Of Movie Theater
The vacant Cinemas West theater in West Wichita will once again be filled.
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- Census Needs Thousands To Fill Jobs
The U.S. Census Bureau will hire thousands of people throughout the Kansas City Region for the six states of Minnesota, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Arkansas between now and next spring.
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- Prosecutors Oppose New Venue In Tiller Shooting
Prosecutors are opposing a change of venue for the trial of the man who has publicly admitted killing Dr. George Tiller to save "unborn children."
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- Better Business Bureau : Be Wary Of Radio Ad
The Better Business Bureau has been contacted by numerous consumers about an offer aired by Consumer Advocate on a local radio station to receive $1000.00 in groceries.
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- Florida Aircraft Company Looking For Wichita Workers
Piper Aircraft is looking for experienced engineers as the company expands its PiperJet project.
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- Reward Increased In Case Of Missing Atchison Woman
The reward for information in the case of a missing 58-year-old Atchison County woman has reached $50,000.
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- Body Found In Dickinson County Identified
Body identified as Kentucky man.
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- Iran Says It Will Launch Satellite Without Outside Help In 2 Years
It seems no one is willing to help, so Iran says it will send a communications satellite into orbit on its own.
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- SC Lawmakers To Take Up Impeachment
South Carolina lawmakers say they'll formally consider the possible impeachment of Gov. Mark Sanford for the first time next week.
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- Suicide Bomber Kills 16 In Western Afghanistan
A powerful former warlord in Afghanistan has narrowly escaped an assassination attempt, on a day when 16 people were killed in a suicide bomb attack in western Afghanistan.
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- Diocese: Pedophile Priests Should Get Benefits
The Catholic Diocese of Wilmington says it is obligated to keep paying retirement benefits to six priests who church officials have confirmed are pedophiles.
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- Pregnant Wichita Woman Arrested In Thefts
Wichita police say a pregnant woman has been arrested after she allegedly robbed homes after asking residents for help.
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- Former Wichita Pharmacy Manager Sentenced For Theft
Michael L. Halfman, 58, Wichita, Kan., has been sentenced to six months imprisonment followed by two years of supervised release including six months of home detention for embezzling more than $335,000 from the pharmacy he managed.
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- Topeka-Area Man, 48, Dies From H1N1 Flu
Kansas officials say a 75-year-old man from the Topeka area has died of H1N1 flu, bringing to 19 the state's total deaths related to the illness.
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- Kansas Unemployment Rate Dips To 6.4%
Labor officials say the Kansas unemployment rate declined to 6.4% in October, though an analyst cautions the job market remains weak.
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- Lawrence Group Against Gender Identity Policy
The Lawrence Human Relations Commission has voted not to recommend adding gender identity to the city's anti-discrimination policy.
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- San Francisco's City-Run Health Care A Model During National Debate
San Francisco isn't waiting for Washington, and that's got some lawmakers on Capitol Hill looking to the city as a model for national health care reform.
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- British Air Force Rescues 200 From Floodwaters
Britain's air force has helped rescue around 200 people stranded by rising floodwaters caused by torrential rainfall in a tourist region of northern England.
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- NC Man Charged With Murder In Missing Girl Case
Police in North Carolina say a man already accused of kidnapping a 5-year-old girl also raped and asphyxiated her.
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- Survey Suggests Improving Economy In Midwest
For the third straight month, a survey of rural bankers in the Midwest and Plains suggests the weak economic conditions are strengthening, if slowly.
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- Lawrence Man Charged In Fatal Hit-And-Run
A Lawrence man has been charged in hit-and-run accident that killed a bicyclist in October.
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- Zebra Mussels Found In Kansas’ Milford Lake
The Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks confirms the tiny, invasive mollusks were discovered this week in Milford Lake, near Junction City.
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- John Ashcroft Visiting Kansas For Tiahrt Campaign
Former U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft is visiting Kansas to help boost fellow Republican Todd Tiahrt's U.S. Senate campaign.
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- Kan. Audit: Teachers' HOF Lost $251K Over 3 Years
An audit in Kansas shows that the National Teachers Hall of Fame lost nearly $251,000 from 2006 through 2008.
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- Allegiant Air To Offer Flights To Phoenix From Wichita
Allegiant Air will now offer flights from Wichita to Phoenix-Mesa, Ariz. To celebrate the launch of Wichita’s only nonstop service to Arizona the airline is offering fares to Phoenix for as low as $59.99* one-way.
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- Woman Improving After Early Morning Crash
A 25-year-old woman hurt in an early morning crash is improving.
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- Woman Bitten By Rabid Cat Says Stray Was 'Just A Kitten'
City issues warning to pet owners after test results show the cat was positive for rabies.
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- Local Charity Sending Thousands Of Gifts To Mexico
Operation Christmas Child is in the final stretches of efforts to collect gifts for underprivileged children across the world.
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- Three Arrested Following Armed Robber In East Wichita
Wichita Police have three people in custody following an armed robbery in East Wichita around 8:30 Thursday night.
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- Winfrey Announces Show Will End In 2011
Oprah Winfrey's production company says Winfrey will announce Friday that her talk show will end in 2011 after its 25th season on the air.
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- Wichita School To Be Torn Down/Expanded
A unique solution to an overcrowding problem is facing the Wichita school district.
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- Former KU Football Players Talk About Mangino
Former KU football players say Mark Mangino was verbally and physically abusive, but some say that's just part of the game.
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- Stretching Your Holiday Dollar
A tough economy is making is harder to shop this year, but stores are already cutting prices.
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- Killer of Kapaun Heir Gets Life
Charley Cullum was sentenced to life in prison Thursday for the brutal kidnapping and murder of Roseann Kapaun, who was the niece of Father Emil Kapaun. One of Wichita's Catholic high school's is named after him.
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- Free Firewood Available At The Zoo
Free firewood is available from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on weekdays through February in the north parking lot of the Sedgwick County Zoo.
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- Good Question – Mud Routes
When the weather gets bad in parts of KAKEland, you may hear us say that mud routes are in effect for certain rural school districts. Wichita resident Emily Burek wants to know, “What is a mud route?” Good question.
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- Loss Of CRP Acres Threatens Hunters' Public Access
Shrinking acreage in the nation's Conservation Reserve Program may threaten public access to land in a Kansas program that pays landowners to let people hunt on their property.
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- County Jail Consultant Asks For More Time, Money
A county consultant says it needs more time and money to help solve the overcrowding problem at the Sedgwick County Jail.
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- K-State President: No Improprieties With Payment
Kansas State University's new president says none of the $845,000 in questionable payments identified in a state audit were improper.
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- November 19th Western Kansas Report
A Dodge City man will be tried in Labor Day shootings. A local police department is seeing an increase in in inhalant abuse. A scientist confirms that a meteorite landed in Liberal. Wet weather has put farmers are behind in this year's corn harvest. The Y-express is unveiled at the Garden City YMCA.
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- Gates Names West, Clark To Lead Fort Hood Review
Defense Secretary Robert Gates is putting former Army Secretary Togo West and former Navy chief Vernon Clark in charge of a broad Pentagon review of the circumstances surrounding the Fort Hood shootings.
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- Astronauts Step Out On 1st Spacewalk Of Mission
Two astronauts are continuing a spacewalk outside the International Space Station.
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- Afghan President Sworn In, Bombings Kill 10 Civilians, 2 U.S. Troops
President Hamid Karzai is pledging that Afghanistan will take control of its own security within five years.
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- Attorneys Fight Moving Site Of Wittig Trial
Two former Westar Energy Inc. executives facing criminal charges are opposing plans to move their third trial.
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Man Who Claimed Disability Spotted On TV Show
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California tax officials say an interior designer's false disability claim was uncovered when he was spotted on a home improvement television show. (Full Story) |
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Jury Sides With NYPD In Clown's Lawsuit
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A federal jury has ruled that New York City police didn't use excessive force when they arrested a professional clown who left a suspicious device that turned out to be a balloon inflator inside a coffee shop. (Full Story) |
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KC Bank Robber Who Left Wallet Behind Pleads Guilty
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A Kansas City man who left his wallet on the counter of a bank he was robbing has pleaded guilty in federal court. (Full Story) |
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Dictionaries Differ On Word Of The Year
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It's no lie. Merriam-Webster has chosen "admonish" as its 2009 Word of the Year. (Full Story) |
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Wild Turkey On NJ Turnpike Captured
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A wild turkey that has been playing chicken along the New Jersey Turnpike won't have to dodge Thanksgiving traffic. (Full Story) |
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Police: Teens Taped Themselves Stealing Presents
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A suburban Philadelphia police chief says two teenagers are being held after officers arrested them and found video recordings they made of themselves burglarizing homes. (Full Story) |
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