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TSA Defends Pat-Down Of Crying 4-Year-Old Girl At Kansas Airport

AP | ROXANA HEGEMAN | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Michelle Brademeyer, Tsa, Pat Down, Terror, Airport, Tsa Agents, Wichita, Lori Croft, Security, Travel News

WICHITA, Kan. -- The grandmother of a 4-year-old girl who became hysterical during a security screening at a Kansas airport said Wednesday that the ch...

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WATCH: Kansas Students' Prom Interrupted By Tornado!

Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Natural Disasters, Prom 2012, Wichita, Tornado Interrupts Prom, Trinity Academy Prom, Prom, Depressing, Lady Antebellum, Lady Antebellum Prom, Video, Kansas, Trinity Academy, Tornado-Kansas, Prom Night, Prom Stories, Teen News

The students of Trinity Academy High School in Wichita, Kansas got big surprise on prom night. It was a memorable evening, but not in the way they wou...

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Kansas Church 'Blesses' Congregation With Free Gas

Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: High Gas Prices, Free Gas, Gas Prices, Power 93.9 FM, Video, Kansas, Charity, Gas-Giveaway, Kingdom Harvest Church, DeAndre Morris, Wichita, Shyann Singleton, Impact News

For hundreds of Wichita, Kan., residents, waiting in line for gas at 6 in the morning last Saturday came with a sweet deal. The Kingdom Harvest Chu...

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Review: The Adjustment by Scott Phillips

Carole Mallory | Posted 11.01.2011

Read More: Wichita, Greek, Uncle Sam, The Ice Harvest, Mary Poppins, Wwii, Billy Bob Thornton, Oscar, Scott Phillips, John Cusack, Bob Benton, America, Kansas, Pins, Armed Forces, Books News

Just where do many of America's criminals come from? Scott Phillips' searing fourth novel, The Adjustment, plots the journey of PR man Wayne Ogd...

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WATCH: A Haunting Look At An Abandoned Amusement Park

Posted 09.08.2011

Read More: Debt, Art, No Joy, Short Films, Wichita, Money, Mike Petty, Video Art, Graffiti, Amusement Parks, Abandoned, Film, Arts News

"No Joy" is an eerie short film by Mike Petty about Joyland Amusement Park in Wichita, Kansas. The park was in continuous operation for 55 years until...

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The Questionable Future Of School Librarians

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 07.31.2011

Read More: Los Angeles Unified School District, Education News, School Libraries, Librarian Cuts, Budget Cuts, Wichita, Baltimore County, Teachers Unions, Los Angeles, School Librarian Cuts, Education, Librarians, Education Reform, Schools, Charlotte Librarians, Education News

Tracey Weiss Suits, a 25-year teacher who worked for the last six years as a media specialist in a Land O' Lakes, Fla., school, had a feeling her job ...

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Disabled Vet Accused Of Stalking Westboro Baptist Church Members

The Wichita Eagle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: First Amendment Rights, Fred Phelps, Kansas, Gay Rights, Military, Army, Ryan Newell, Wichita, Crime, Westboro Baptist Church, Funeral Protests, Veterans, Religion News

WICHITA, Kan. In a case that has captured national attention, a double-amputee war veteran already accused of misdemeanors against a controversial Top...

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How to Know the Real State of the Union: By Reading the State-of-the-Village Speeches

David Murray | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Logan, State of the City Speech, Randy Watts, Robert Napoli, John Kaiman, North Hempstead, President Obama, State of the Town Speech, Brookhaven, Len Weatherby, Accelerate Long Island, Roger Claar, Carl Brewer, State of the Union Address, Ron Sandack, Willowbrook, Ken Flatto, Sputnik, State of the Village Speech, Bolingbrook, Fairfield, Wichita, Downers Grove, Mark Lesco, Steve Benjamin, Utah, Columbia, Sunbury, Politics News

America's mayors, in their annual state of the village speeches at local libraries, chambers of commerce and community centers, are compelled to keep it real.

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Scott Roeder Sentenced To Life In Prison: George Tiller's Murderer Describes Abortion In Court

AP | ROXANA HEGEMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Abortion, Women's Rights, Court, Crime, Wichita, Christian Extremist, Reproductive Rights, Abortion Rights, Late Term Abortion, Religion, Kansas, Christian Extremism, Prison, Scott Roeder, George Tiller, Christianity, Home News

WICHITA, Kan. — Defiant in court, a man who murdered one of the few U.S. doctors who performed late-term abortions used his sentencing hearing t...

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George Tiller Murder: Scott Roeder Faces Life Sentence, But Some Argue Abortion Provider's Killer Got His Way

AP | ROXANA HEGEMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

WICHITA, Kan. — The man who gunned down one of the few doctors in the U.S. to perform late-term abortions could be sent to prison Thursday for t...

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Wichita LIVE On Twitter: Local News, Sports, People

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wichita Breaking News Twitter, Wichita News, Wichita, Wichita Live Tweets, Wichita Tweets, Wichita People, Wichita Twitter, Wichita Live on Twitter, Wichita Sports, Home News

Follow the latest in Wichita LIVE through our curated Twitter lists: local news, local sports, and local people via tweets. Do you know a tweeter w...

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Kan. board still worries casino plans lack hotels

AP | JOHN HANNA | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kansas City, Las Vegas-Nevada, Wyomissing-Pennsylvania, Wichita, Topeka-Kansas, Minnetonka-Minnesota, Home News

TOPEKA, Kan. — A Kansas review board remained troubled Monday because plans for casinos in the Kansas City and Wichita areas don't include hotels in their first phases. But consultants warned that holding out for better proposals would be risky.

Several Lottery Gaming Facility Review Board members questioned whether casinos without hotels are true tourist destinations. A 2007 state law allowing the casinos contemplated "destination" projects and directed the board to pick projects to encourage tourism.

"I think that will be one of the central issues we'll have," board Chairman Matt All said during a break in a daylong hearing.

The board has a single proposal each for Kansas City and the Wichita area and plans to decide in December whether either can go forward. The Kansas Lottery will own the new gambling but contract with private developers to build and operate them.

Last year, the board had multiple proposals for each area and picked a developer for each, only to see them back away from their plans because of the economy. The lottery then reopened the application process.

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Ex-Kansas Attorney General Subpoenaed In Tiller Murder Trial

AP | ROXANA HEGEMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Phill Kline, Abortion, Kansas, Wichita, Attorney General, George Tiller, Scott Roeder, George Tiller Murder, Roeder Murder Trial, Anti-Choice, Subpoena, Pro-Choice, Tiller Murder, Home News

WICHITA, Kan. — Defense attorneys for a man charged with killing one of the nation's few late-term abortion providers have subpoenaed two state ...

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Last Minute Of Man's Sexual Prime Expires During Routine Visit To Dry Cleaner

The Onion | The Onion | Posted 05.25.2011

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WICHITA, KS—At 8:42 p.m. Thursday, Wichita resident Cody Dixon, 29, reportedly spent the final seconds of his peak period of virility......

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Wichita: Murder, in the Name of Life

Rick Horowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Abortion, Pro-Life Movement, Women's Reproductive Rights, Women's Rights, Women's Health Care Services, Late-Term Abortion, George R. Tiller, Abortion Clinics, George Tiller, Troy Newman, Operation Rescue, Wichita, George Tiller Murder, Leroy Carhart, Women's Health, Wichita Clinic, Politics News

Just two more murdered doctors, you're thinking, and it will have to stop...

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Abortion Doctor's Murder Sparks Waves Of Calm, Rational Discussion

The Onion | The Onion | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wichita, Home News

WICHITA, KS—The cold-blooded murder of late-term abortion doctor George Tiller, 67, who was gunned down last week by a pro-life activist......

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Tom Cruise And Cameron Diaz To Costar

Variety | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Film, Wichita, Tom Cruise, Cameron Diaz, Entertainment News

Tom Cruise is zeroing in on the 20th Century Fox action comedy "Wichita" as his next star vehicle. He'll pair with Cameron Diaz in the James Mangol...

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