Westar Energy News

More than 9,000 Westar Energy customers lost power early Friday morning, just after midnight.

Final to series of recommendations of Pat Dorsey are two utility companies. The Equity Research Director of Monringstar has not been very positive torwards utilities in the past few years, but now he considers there are bargains to be had in the sector.

DENVER a ' A woman gave birth to a boy on a Southwest Airlines flight from Chicago that had to be diverted to Denver International Airport.

Westar Energy announced Wednesday that its Lawrence Service Center has been awarded a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Silver Certification by the U.S. Green Building Council and verified by the Green Building Certification Institute LEED is a program for the design, construction and operation of high-performance green buildings.

A driver hits a power pole in west Wichita causing thousands of power outages. The accident happened shortly before 7:00 Wednesday morning near Douglas and Meridian.

Westar Energy is spending its first days of the holiday season urging its customers to be on the alert for fraudulent callers claiming to be from Westar Energy.

Federal prosecutors want the third trial of former Westar Energy executives David Wittig and Douglas Lake to be in the Topeka courthouse, not in Kansas City, Kan.

Sunday night, the City of Colwich kicked off the holidays. About one-hundred people gathered at the city's park for their first-ever Christmas tree lighting.

Beverly Bernardi Post dancers perform Saturday night during the Miracle on Kansas Avenue Christmas Parade.

Westar Energy blamed a squirrel for causing a power outage mid-morning Wednesday on the northwest side.

Two former Westar Energy Inc. executives facing criminal charges are opposing plans to move their third trial.

The University of Kansas Energy Council will host its second energy conference Wednesday, Nov.

Lawyers for a disgraced former North Carolina legislator have gone back to court seeking to overturn his conviction for obstruction of justice.

Getting an early start on holiday shopping will help Topeka-area kids grow up healthy.

Looking to save on energy bills, about 900 Kansans have taken Westar Energy up on its offer of a free programmable thermostat since the program began a month ago.

A jury has found the former manger of a kosher slaughterhouse in Iowa guilty on 86 of 91 financial fraud charges.

Three South Carolina men with no business expertise promised to help clients get out of debt, but instead collected millions and spent it on luxury items for themselves, federal prosecutors said Tuesday.

Watch maker Fossil Inc. said Tuesday its third-quarter profit fell but sales improved at company-owned stores.

The social networking site Tagged.com has adopted reforms on the use of invitation e-mails after an attorney general alleged that the Web site essentially stole the identities of some 60 million Internet users.

A sure sign the holiday season is right around the corner turned up in downtown Topeka Wednesday.