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Kansas State University will close its 120-acre horticultural research center in Haysville, the university announced Thursday. Lower state funding for higher education and declining enrollment at K-State led university officials … Click to Continue »

Hours after the U.S. attorney general cited the Bible to defend the policy of separating immigrant children from their families, about 60 people marched in Wichita to protest. Many in … Click to Continue »

With the lease of a 68,000-square-foot building at the former convent of the Sisters of the Congregation of St. Joseph, Saint Francis Community Services is planning to expand its work with foster kids and others in Wichita. … Click to Continue »

With the lease of a 68,000-square-foot building, Saint Francis Community Services is planning to expand its work with foster kids and others in Wichita. It’s also a partnership between the … Click to Continue »

A Wichita man who had agreed to pay $8,000 for two tiger pelts has been charged in federal court. Ret Thach, 38, is charged with violating the Lacey Act, according … Click to Continue »

Caleb Gaston — the former YMCA employee charged with sexually assaulting two young children he was watching in the downtown Wichita branch's drop-in nursery — pleaded not guilty Thursday after … Click to Continue »

With the lease of a 68,000-square-foot building, St. Francis Community Services is planning to expand its work in Wichita. Over the next three years, the Episcopal founded organization will hire … Click to Continue »

There's no stopping the Wichita flag. Together Wichita, a coalition of local businesses that includes The Wichita Eagle, announced Thursday that it has donated another 37 Wichita flags to the … Click to Continue »

Walter Burress rescues a baby deer struggling in a swimming pool in Augusta, Kan. … Click to Continue »

A 22-year-old Wichita woman died in a head-on crash with a semi in central Kansas on Wednesday, officials said. Shelbi E. Kind was driving a 2000 Chevy pickup westbound on … Click to Continue »