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DUI enforcement nets 3 arrests

WICHITA — Police made three DUI arrests and issued 21 traffic citations during a special enforcement effort late Wednesday and early today.

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Catholic credit union plans Friday groundbreaking

WICHITA — Catholic Family Federal Credit Union will break ground Friday on a west-side branch.

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Two arrested after assaulting each other with knives

WICHITA — Two women were arrested Wednesday morning in the 2600 block of North Grove after police said they assaulted each other with knives.

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Police: 7 gang members arrested in spate of violence

WICHITA — Authorities have arrested or charged seven members of two Asian gangs they say were involved in violence at an Old Town nightclub or a shooting death outside a North Broadway restaurant, a police official said today.

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14-year-old girl in critical condition after golf cart accident

A 14-year-old Wichita girl was hospitalized Wednesday after driving a golf cart off an embankment near Fox Lake and spending almost a half-hour entangled in barbed wire, according to the Butler County Sheriff’s Office.

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Be prepared for possible snowstorm

WICHITA — Enjoy today’s and Friday’s warmer weather while you can — and be prepared for possible snow starting Friday night and lingering into Saturday night.

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‘Covenant marriage’ cut from bill

TOPEKA — The Senate Judiciary Committee eliminated provisions from a measure on Wednesday that would have allowed couples to agree to work harder to stay married.

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County hopes to settle lawsuit over beaten jail inmate

Sedgwick County hopes to settle a lawsuit involving a mentally ill jail inmate who suffered a beating by a deputy in 2008 that put him in intensive care for weeks.

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Shockers fall to Nevada in NIT to end season

Balanced scoring and depth carried Wichita State all season. It’s nice to own a star or t

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Exchange Place to seek TIF boost

Real Development will take a request for more tax increment financing for their Exchange Place project before the Wichita City Council on Tuesday.

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Doctors delve into digital

Federal stimulus money and the promise of incentive payments are pushing health care providers toward digital information. Just as moving from ledgers to computers changed banking, going to electronic medical records is expected to change health care, proponents say:

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County to use arena sales tax money for staff time

At least one Sedgwick County commissioner hopes to roll back property taxes using money from the Intrust Bank Arena sales tax.

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Panel eyes exemptions to state’s smoking ban

TOPEKA — Less than a week after the governor signed an indoor smoking ban into law, House committee members were considering changes to the prohibition.

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Proposed tax on pop may be reduced

TOPEKA — Levying a tax on sugar-filled drinks could help fatten Kansas coffers, but opponents warned that it would help the state shed jobs, not weight.

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Kelsey backs Pompeo in Republican primary

TOPEKA — Fourth District congressional candidate Mike Pompeo picked up an endorsement Wednesday when state Sen. Dick Kelsey, R-Goddard, threw his support behind the Republican national committeeman.

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Kids take art for a spin

Controlled chaos mixed with art Wednesday in the back room of the CityArts building in Old Town.

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Sunflower opens Overland Park lending office

Sunflower Bank has opened an Overland Park office that will focus on business customers.

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Stanley named GWEDC steering council chairman

Foulston Siefkin managing partner Doug Stanley has been elected chairman of the Greater Wichita Economic Development Coalition steering council.

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Police issue 28 tickets to Kellogg speeders

WICHITA — In two hours Wednesday morning, Wichita police officers wrote 28 tickets on Kellogg just west of Hillside.

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Brewpub in Cheney ready to expand

CHENEY — Sitting comfortably on the customers’ side of the bar he had always dreamed of, Hank Sanford looked ahead and saw the future and the past at the same time.

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On video, SUV in deadly turnpike accident went wrong way

Law enforcement officials continued their investigation Tuesday into the head-on accident that killed four Wichitans on the Kansas Turnpike in Sumner County.

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Parkinson names Biggs as secretary of state

TOPEKA — Chris Biggs, the Democratic state securities commissioner, was picked to become secretary of state on Tuesday.

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Kansas Coliseum’s pavilions work discussed

The future of the Kansas Coliseum remains uncertain, but Sedgwick County is considering spending $1.1 million for additional renovations to the complex’s pavilions, used for livestock and horse events.

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Baby’s death brings plea for law change

Gerald McGee touched many lives in his seven months. Loving hands held the Goddard baby until his last breath late Monday night. He died in a hospice unit at a Wichita hospital, about two months after he was admitted with severe head injuries.

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Curtis among bottom 5% of high-poverty Kansas schools

One Wichita school — Curtis Middle School — has been identified as one of the five lowest-performing high-poverty schools in the state.

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Sales tax exemption bill gutted; vote stalled till May

TOPEKA — The House on Tuesday gutted — then delayed a vote on — a bill that had sought to eliminate sales tax exemptions on home utilities, churches, lottery tickets and a host of odds and ends.

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Groups aid problem gamblers

Gambling started as fun, but then she got caught up in the poker craze sweeping the nation.

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Should arena tax cover payroll?

Sedgwick County leaders are debating whether to take as much as $2.6 million from the arena sales tax reserve fund to reimburse the county for staff time spent on Intrust Bank Arena.

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Nothing dramatic in today’s weather

WICHITA - Area residents can expect “pretty quiet weather” today and Wednesday, says Natio

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Three stabbed during disturbance

WICHITA — Two men suffered serious stab wounds in a disturbance in the 1200 block of North River Boulevard about 2:22 this morning, a police report said.

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