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Saturday is the Fourth of July. Let's eat! 1. Palomino party: The Palomino Grill inside Terradyne Country Club in Andover is throwing a Fourth of July bash on Saturday that will include a backyard barbecue buffet from 6 to 9 p.m. The buffet will feature smoked brisket, pulled pork, baked barbecue chicken, coleslaw, potato salad, pie and more.

A 53-year-old Derby resident faces federal charges after threatening an employee at the Social Security Administration office in Wichita on Monday.

A former Derby school board member has been sentenced to probation after pleading guilty in a sex case.

Local hotel franchisees Johnnie and P.J. Parmar recently sold their two Arkansas City hotels and moved to Derby, where they plan to start a new enterprise.

Due to customer demand, Freddy's Frozen Custard is coming to Derby. "We get so many calls and e-mails from the residents of Derby and south of Derby saying .

By Kim Wilhelm When Derby mother Brittny Zettl heard the ad on the radio, she was instantly intrigued.

Aaron, Donald A. and Zuercher, Orpha D., both of Wichita. Aitken, Seth J. and Henshaw, Quintella D.M., both of Wichita.

The first project begins today and will widen the intersection of Buckner and Meadowlark to include left turn lanes.

"Now that the Tony Awards are over and the 2008-09 New York theater season has drawn to a close, I thought it would be fun to list all the winners and nominees of all the many theater awards in the acting categories and see how they matched up and who came out on top," notes Back Stage Executive Editor David Sheward .

A Derby trash hauler says a decision by the city council may put him out of business.

Thousands of people living in and around Wichita have ties to the military. City leaders are working to keep them here.

But it's rare that they hear anything like the 90 minutes of heart-wrenching public comment at Tuesday's meeting over a proposal to place a Vietnamese community memorial in Wichita's Veterans Memorial Park.

The city of Derby may start allowing alcohol at special events in some city-owned facilities.

It wasn't the same experience recently when Titus, now a mother of four, took her family to the store only to find the doors locked and the business closed.

A former Derby School Board member appeared in Sedgwick County Court this morning where he was charged with lewd & lascivious behavior.

Anderson, Charles G. and Smith, Yasmin D., both of Wichita. Anderson, Christopher L. and Slavens, Lisa M., both of Wichita.

Richard Schodorf used to lobby Sedgwick County Manager Ron Holt to put signs, mile markers and maps along park trails.

Affolter, Eric R. and Smith, Tristin L., both of Mulvane. Aldrich, Nickolas D. and Lockett, Joy E., both of Wichita.

Officials at Great Plains Industries, 5252 E. 36th St. North, announced Friday afternoon that they plan to furlough an unspecified number of employees next month.