Medicine Lodge News

A 2009 report by Sallie Mae, the nation's leading provider of student loans, revealed undergraduates are carrying record-high credit card balances.

This is a weekly series on day trips and weekend getaways within easy driving distance of Wichita.

Drive in the left lane of a highway outside city limits for too long -- when you're not passing, turning left or avoiding an emergency vehicle on the right shoulder -- and you could get a warning after July 1. Next year, officers will start to ticket, with fine and court fees at $135 under the current rate.

With a more austere budget during a troubled national economy, Minnesota celebrated its 150th anniversary last year with a $1.6 million budget.

Proposals from two groups seeking the right to build ultra high-voltage power lines in southern Kansas are to be considered in the week ahead for a possible agreement.

And that's no April Fool's Joke. The National Weather Service is expecting as much as 5 inches of snow in portions of western Kansas - from Lakin northwest past Hays - and 2 to 4 inches are being forecast from the southwest corner up through Larned.

They say March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb, but there is expected to be plenty of roaring as the month winds down.

The Kansas Department of Transportation has opened U.S. 50 between Garden City and Dodge City.

The winter storm bearing down on Kansas could deliver a foot or more of snow to the Wichita area and as much as 20 inches in western parts of the state today and Saturday, forecasters warn.The National Weather Service issued a blizzard warning for southwest Kansas that began at 1 a.m. today and will extend until 7 a.m. Saturday.

The calendar may prove that it's spring, but parts of the state are bracing for a major winter storm.

Kansas-born country music superstar Martina McBride will kick off a media blitz this week in support the Tuesday release of a oeShine,a her latest studio album.

The booklet, which features the works of several Kansas photographers, includes an insert of the byways map on one side and Kansas wildflowers on the other.

The first confirmed tornado came at 4'12 Saturday afternoon when a twister was spotted near the town of Partridge in Reno County.

The first phase of BP Wind Energy's commercial operation near Medicine Lodge is in full operation, the company announced today.

A Wichita tour company still stands to lose $50,000 from a loan it made two years ago to Wild West World founder Thomas Etheredge.

Warm winds out of the south brought in record breaking conditions to KAKEland today.

The state Supreme Court has overturned the conviction of a south-central Kansas man convicted of fondling his wife's daughter.

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Kansas regulators said Thursday that they'll need an additional year to decide which of two competing companies is allowed to build and profit from the region's highest-voltage power lines.But the three-member ...