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Water specialists from the Kansas Geological Survey, based at the University of Kansas, will be in central and western Kansas in early January measuring water-well levels.

A cash crunch forced Kansas to delay $173 million in aid payments to its public schools this month, and a top education official said Tuesday that a few districts need help from the state to make their December payrolls.

The Kansas Highway Patrol attributed three deaths and another 15 injuries to 11 weather-related crashes on Sunday.

Two Kansans are dead Sunday in one of numerous accidents in western Kansas caused by snow-slicked roads.

Here are recent editorials in Kansas newspapers: Nov. 27 The Wichita Eagle on the state highway plan: With the state budget in such a mess, it can be argued that this either is the worst or the best time for the Legislature to launch another grand transportation plan the worst because of the tax increases and spending it might involve, the best ...

With the state budget in such a mess, it can be argued that this either is the worst or the best time for the Legislature to launch another grand transportation plan - the worst because of the tax increases and spending it might involve, the best because of the jobs and infrastructure improvements it would bring.

Following the news of Gov. Mark Parkinson's decision to cut state expenditures by $260 million to keep its budget in balance with a pitch for a new transportation infrastructure plan might be the classic example of bad timing.

A legislative committee contemplated financial options Monday for developing a new multibillion-dollar program to maintain and improve the state's transportation system.

The family of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Ramsey, Uniontown, announce the couple's 50th Wedding Anniversary.

Kansas faces a $6.4 billion shortfall in road project funding over the next decade, a report by a Washington D.C.-based transportation group shows.

Nearly 6,000 oil and gas fields drilled in Kansas since 1860 are shown in a series of new maps now available from the Kansas Geological Survey, based at the University of Kansas.

The start of fall today has brought some cooler temperatures and scattered showers, predicted to stay around in the area for the rest of the week.

Some schools in southwest Kansas are seeing an increase in enrollment this year, area school district officials said, citing the preliminary numbers from a count of students taken Monday.

Alejandra Hernandez-Castro was 3 when her parents came to the United States from Mexico in search of a better life for her family.

U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced today that up to $21 million will be made available for the selection of five projects that will develop supply systems to handle and deliver high tonnage biomass feedstocks for cellulosic biofuels production.

Despite increased budget cuts, the Kansas Board of Regents has asked the University to find a way to increase the number of students educated in the School of Engineering.

A Hugoton man is jailed after being charged with first-degree murder in the death of his mother.

A Hugoton man is jailed after being charged with first-degree murder in the death of his mother.

Federal stimulus efforts are touching even a floor-by-floor renovation of the Kansas Statehouse, which began years before the nation's current downturn.

A Hugoton man is jailed after being charged with first-degree murder in the death of his mother.