Stories from Friday, June 19, 2009

LeeAnn and Chris Hulse of Overland Park, Kan., are proud to announce the birth of their first child, a daughter, Aubrey Faith Hulse. Aubrey was born at 4:43 p.m., on June 10, 2009, at Olathe Medical Center. She weighed 7 pounds, 9 ounces, and measured 20.5 inches...

A fire at a home in the 300 block of S. Tucker broke out early Thursday morning, causing an estimated $17,000 in damage. Firefighters received the call at 2:27 a.m., and when they arrived, fire was coming out the front door and the front bedroom windows...

Imagine that you are a child 4, 6, 8, or 10 years old or older. Imagine that you are picked up by strangers and taken to live with a family that you do not know. Imagine that you must change schools, and leave behind your friends and that you don't even live in your hometown any more...

Those who bought a home in 2008 or will buy a home this year may be eligible for a tax credit that could reduce individual tax bills to net a refund rather than paying additional taxes. The Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 established a refundable tax credit for first-time homebuyers. ...

A chance purchase of some old books resulted in a life-long hobby for Rev. John Nichols. Nichols had bought some old books and inside one of them was an old newspaper. Over time the hobby grew until Nichols has a collection of papers that run the gamut from news of the elections of George Washington to Barack Obama and from disasters such the San Francisco earthquake to triumphs such as the first man to walk on the moon...

As temperatures have started to rise, so has the population at the Southeast Kansas Regional Correc-tional Center. According to SEKRCC Director of Security Jimmy Nichols, the population of the correctional center is increasing as is the trend during the summer months...