Published 2/8/2010 in Local News
By RACHAEL GRAY
Jason Tran and his cousin, Elizabeth Dinh, love the lucky money.
It's not something they can use or spend right away, but the cousins like to collect it each year at the local Tet celebration, a celebration that recognizes the Lunar New Year.
Jason, 8, a third-grader at St. Dominic Catholic School, and Elizabeth, 6, Liberal, gave the ...
Published 2/8/2010 in Local News
By KRISTEN RODERICK
Special to The Telegram
The Garden City area boasts more cattle than computers.
The Arkansas River bed is dry and the closest major airport is at least three hours away.
Yet a computer-animated simulation of the US Airways flight 1549 landing in the fri ...
Published 2/8/2010 in Local News
By SHAJIA AHMAD
Nine-month old Mason Simmons chews on his felt-covered baby book, playfully jerking it around with his arms before bringing it back to his mouth.
His parents, Dan and Tara Simmons, think his teeth may be coming in soon but they're not sure ...
Published 2/8/2010 in Local News
By RACHAEL GRAY
Serrated.
The word stumped Connor Schultz for a second on Saturday in the Finney County Spelling Bee.
He asked that the word be used in a sentence, asked for the definition and asked for the language of origin.
"S-e-r-r-a-t-e-d, ...
Published 2/8/2010 in Local News
TOPEKA (AP) -- Sixteen years ago, Gov. Joan Finney allowed a death penalty bill to become law without her signature. The feisty Democrat said she was doing so because it was the will of Kansas' people.
Senators are prepared to give that law its first significant review when they debate a bill i ...