Wichita man wins $12.2 million Hot Lotto jackpot
A retired public employee from Wichita has won a $12.2 million Hot Lotto jackpot. The 72-year-old man won with a $2 Hot Lotto Sizzler ticket that matched all winning numbers in the Nov. 29 drawing. The winning numbers, selected by computer: 7-14-22-24-38 Hot Ball 2. The man asked the Kansas Lottery not to disclose his name. He said in a Lottery statement that he was excited and planned to use ...

Kansas couple wins verdict against Swift Transportation
A Kansas couple was on the winning side of a $23.5 million verdict awarded by a federal jury in Wichita in a trucking accident dispute.

Kansas learns a lesson
Kansas forward Markieff Morris' ejection from Monday night's game against Kent State opened up a topic of discussion among the Jayhawks a day later: How should they react when pushed to the limit by an opponent? Morris, a freshman from Philadelphia, was on the floor fighting for a loose ball during the second half of KU's 87-60 victory. Morris said that, when the referee called for a jump ...

Kansas scraps way to victory
This was what Kansas coach Bill Self likes to call a "grind-it-out" game. Elbows fly, shots that went in last game rattle out and, somewhere in the middle of a sweaty pile, a team discovers something about itself. Self knew a game like this was coming, and, odds were, the Kent State Golden Flashes would provide it on Monday night. The only question was: Would the young Jayhawks be ready to win ...

Kansas House, Senate choose leaders
Republican Senate leadership will stay the same for the next session, but House Republicans ousted one-term Speaker Melvin Neufeld on Monday. House GOP members and members-elect voted 41-36 to pick veteran Rep. Mike O'Neal of Hutchinson as their new leader. Neufeld, who led failed attempts to approve two new coal plants in western Kansas during the last session, is the first incumbent speaker ...

Two Valley Hoops Legends Face Off In Elsa
High school basketball teams from the Rio Grande Valley are entering the Texas state poll. Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees left wing Trevor Weisgerber is back on the ice after being hospitalized in Wichita, Kansas for a concussion.

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WASHINGTON (AP) _ More than 100 years after Colorado and Kansas first began sparring over water rights to the Arkansas River, the two states were still bickering at the Supreme Court on Monday over costs in the epic dispute.

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Eds: APNewsNow. WICHITA, Kan. (AP) -- A Kansas jury awards $23.5 million in a lawsuit stemming from injuries in a semitrailer collision in New Mexico.

Urbandale city manager enters negotiations for Wichita job
Urbandale City Manager Robert Layton Monday morning accepted the Wichita, Kan., position and will enter contract negotiations with officials there.

Wichita Opens City Manager Talks With Iowa Man
Wichita says it is one step closer to closing the deal on a new city manager.

Wichita Opens City Manager Talks with Iowa Man
Robert Layton told the city on Monday that he's ready to continue his career as a public servant in Wichita. Layton is currently the city manager of Urbandale, Iowa. Contract negotiations now begin.

Wichita opens city manager talks with Iowa man
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - Wichita says it is one step closer to hiring an Iowan as its new city manager. Robert Layton told the city on Monday that he's ready to continue his career as a public servant in Wichita.

Urbandale City Manager May Leave For Kansas
WICHITA, Kan. -- City of Wichita officials said Monday that they're one step closer to hiring an Iowan as their new city manager. Robert Layton told the city on Monday that he's ready to continue his career as a public servant in Wichita.

Wichita begins city manager's contract talks
Robert Layton -- who beat out Topeka city manager Norton Bonaparte and others to be chosen as Wichita's city manager -- has indicated he is willing to take the job, the city of Wichita announced today.

Kansas City financial company brings its syndicated radio program to Wichita market
The recent volatility of the stock market has more people seeking investment advice.

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A Creighton University economist is predicting that the Kansas jobless rate will exceed 5.2% in February. Professor Ernie Goss cites layoffs at the Boeing plant in Wichita and aviation-related cuts.

Kansas, Colorado battling again in Arkansas River water case
For more than a century, Kansas and Colorado have fought over the water in the Arkansas River. Today, the states will be back before the U.S. Supreme Court, this time arguing over money. Kansas wants Colorado to pay more of its court costs in a legal dispute that has lasted 23 years. The court sided with Kansas, ruling that Colorado should pay for taking more than its share of water from the ...

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Eds: APNewsNow. Will be led. WICHITA, Kan. (AP) -- A federal judge orders the U.S. attorney's office to "fully investigate" a jailed Kansas nurse's allegations of unfair and cruel treatment at the Butler County jail.

Profile: Gates, pragmatist to remain as U.S. defense chief
U.S. President-elect Barack Obama on Monday announced that the current secretary of defense Robert Gates, seen as a pragmatic team-player, will keep his job in the new administration. A native of Wichita, Kansas, Gates was born on Sept. 25, 1943. He received his bachelor's degree from the College of William and Mary, his master's degree in history from Indiana University, and his doctorate in ...

Chess players win at St. Francis tourney
Wineteer Elementary Chess Club members Andrew Kennedy and Joseph Harris were medal winners at a Scholastic Tournament at St. Francis of Assisi School. Nancy Pritchard is the sponsor of Wineteer's Chess Club. Wichitans travel to black leaders' summit The following students from Wichita high schools attended the Black Leadership Symposium Oct. 23 at the University of Kansas. East -- Marcus ...