West looks to make noise in 5A ... against the winner of McPherson (21-1) and Kansas City-Washington (13-9). Undefeated Miege (22-0) will open against Wichita Carroll (11-11) while Gardner-Edgerton (18-4) will take on Great Bend (15-7). Rick Peterson can be reached at (785) 295-1129 ...
Wichita school board discusses job reductions, incentives At yesterday's meeting of the board of USD 259 , the Wichita public school district , members heard descriptions of district policy on how a reduction in force - layoffs, in other words - world be accomplished if the district decides to use this method of reconciling its budget.
Smoking tax debated ... general fund go through the long dark slide it has gone through over the last three years," said Sen. Les Donovan, a Wichita Republican and chairman of the Senate Assessment and Taxation Committee. "I really haven't seen it." Gov. Mark Parkinson ...
EADS won't make solo bid for U.S. tanker contract ... airplane to replace the U.S. Air Force's 1960s-era fleet of KC-135 tankers. The plane would be built in Everett and Wichita, Kansas. In Paris, EADS CEO Louis Gallois maintained that the EADS design - based on Airbus A330 - makes a better tanker than ...
WTHR general manager dies suddenly ... since November 2001. Before arriving in Seattle, he was news director at WVEC-TV in Norfolk, Va., and at KSNW-TV in Wichita, Kan. He is survived by his wife, Kathy, and their four children. Funeral arrangements are pending.
Mo'Nique pays Homage to Hattie ... acquire jobs cleaning up behind white people because she had no other opportunities. McDaniel was born in 1895, in Wichita, Kansas, to former slaves. She was the youngest of 13 children. Her father Henry McDaniel fought in the Civil War with the ...