Applicants in both the South Central and Northeast Gaming zones ask for extensions to work on their contracts.

Casino developers will once again get their day in Topeka as the Kansas Lottery Commission plans to hear contracts Wednesday.

The Midwest Rockfest was held Saturday at Wellington Lake, Kan., with more than a thousand people showing up to join in the festivities.

Gov. Mark Parkinson turned down a bill making “snake annexation” illegal after months of work to get it to through the House and Senate. 

The commission will consider the approval of contracts for Lottery Gaming Facility Managers in both the South Central and Northeast Gaming Zones at the commission meeting.

Sumner County Commissioners chose three of the five proposed casino sites for endorsement today, with one in Wellington and two at Exit 33 in Mulvane.

Approximately 225,000 American servicemen participated in atmospheric nuclear tests conducted between 1945 and 1962 in the U.S. and over the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

Two former employees of TECT Aerospace in Wellington are being credited with starting a federal investigation into how the company has been making its parts since at least 2006, court documents revealed.

The Kansas Supreme Court threatened to close every public school in the state before the landmark case Montoy v Kansas was finally dismissed in 2006. But Wednesday, the attorney who made legal history when he sued the state Legislature for inequitable school funding said it's time for the court to re-establish jurisdiction.

Cameraman Michael Donneshak set up a shot Wednesday afternoon in front of a Wyatt Earp statue, then whistled to signal three onlookers to move over. A film crew arrived Tuesday in Dodge City, Kan., to shoot footage for their upcoming television documentary, "With the Train Across America," for the network NDR Germany.