9 years ago
For anyone who has ever wanted to write a movie script, Kansas Wesleyan University is offering a new 16-week fall course. The class, called TeamScreenwriting, will be taught by Jon O’Neal, who earned his M.F.A. in Screenwriting from the UCLA Film School. According to the school, students will learn the process and systems of writing a ...

9 years ago
A 17-year-old boy has been arrested after an Eisenhower National Airport police officer spotted him on the roof of a car without any clothes on. According to Wichita police Lt. James Espinoza, the boy was spotted by the officer around 9:50 p.m. Monday. According to Espinoza, the boy was trying to get in through the driver's ...

9 years ago
A 21-year-old man charged with plotting to plant a bomb at an Army post in Kansas to help the Islamic State group is asking a federal judge to delay his next court hearing. An attorney for John T. Booker Jr. of Topeka filed the request Tuesday. Booker was scheduled to appear Aug. 19 before U.S. District ...

9 years ago
The latest government snapshot shows most major farm crops in Kansas are faring well this season. The National Agricultural Statistics Service reported Monday that 59 percent of the state's corn is in good to excellent condition. About 31 percent is rated as fair with 10 percent in poor to very poor condition. Soybean condition is rated as ...

9 years ago
Kansas utility regulators plan hearings later this month on a proposed agreement to allow the state's largest electric company to raise its annual rates by $78 million. The agreement involves Westar Energy, a state consumer advocacy agency and other parties in Westar's rate case before the Kansas Corporation Commission. The KCC plans to handle procedural issues during ...

9 years ago
Kansas regulators can't yet agree on how much to increase Kansas City Power & Light Co.'s annual rates. The utility's charges for customers with electric heating systems emerged as a key issue Tuesday during a public discussion by the Kansas Corporation Commission. The KCC has until Sept. 10 to issue a written decision on KCP&L's request to ...

9 years ago
Haskell Indian Nations University will maintain the accreditation it has held since 1979. The university announced Monday the Higher Learning Commission reaffirmed the university's accreditation after a comprehensive review this year. The Lawrence Journal-World reports commission members visited the campus in April for the 10-year review. A self-study process also was involved. The review came after years of ...

9 years ago
Family, friends and teammates of a 9-year-old Kansas boy who died when he was accidentally hit by a bat honored him Tuesday as an inspiration whose big smile will always be remembered. A funeral for Kaiser Carlile was held at the Seward County Community Center gymnasium. Kaiser was injured Aug. 1 by a player's swing near ...

9 years ago
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback is urging districts to move more of the money they get into the classroom and hold down administrative costs of running the school. The Republican governor made to comment to reporters Tuesday after addressing educators attending a training session on a reading initiative funded by welfare funds. His advice comes as school districts ...

9 years ago
The Kansas health department has returned Galena's application for a landfill permit because it doesn't meet state requirements. The Joplin Globe reports the Kansas Department of Health and Environment told Galena Mayor Dale Oglesby recently in a letter that the city's landfill application can't be processed because it lacks the signatures needed from county government officials. Oglesby ...

9 years ago
Dodge City police say longstanding domestic issues likely led a man to shoot and kill two people before shooting himself. Police Chief Craig Mellecker says 55-year-old Jesus Ochoa-Morales was shot in a store's parking lot Sunday and died at a hospital. About 10 minutes later, 48-year-old Maria Monreal was abducted at gunpoint from the Wal-Mart where ...