Think your kid is not “sexting”? Think again. />Sexting — sharing sexually explicit photos, videos and chat by cell phone or online — is fairly commonplace among young people, despite sometimes grim consequences for those who do it. Full Story »
Despite misgivings, members of Congress seem poised to back President Barack Obama’s plan to send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan after getting assurances the commitment isn’t open-ended. Full Story »
Taylor Swift has won just about every top music award there is this year, but the possibility of winning not just one, but eight Grammys, had the 19-year-old screaming for joy as the nominations were announced. Full Story »
Q. Is anything scheduled to be done about the south set of railroad tracks on Main Street? The tracks are two to three inches below street level and are very sharp and rough. Who is responsible for the tracks, and is work scheduled on them? Full Story »
Two stolen ancient artifacts are being returned to Italy from New York City. Full Story »
The Harvey County Health Department is announcing that anyone who wishes to get an H1N1 shot may do so during clinics hosted by the department. />“We are opening the availability of our H1N1 vaccine to everyone that wants a shot,” director Rita Flickinger said. Full Story »
Loading multimedia... “If there’s anything we can capture that brings hope, we just hang onto it,” co-owner of Reba’s Restaurant and Bar Reba Ballard says, standing in the restaurant Tuesday. “(For example), ‘hey the ceiling’s down, but that’s hopeful, because it means we get a new one.’” Full Story »
U.S. service members in Afghanistan said today President Barack Obama's decision to send 30,000 more troops offered hope that they can go home — if the reinforcements can build up the Afghan army to protect civilians against the Taliban. Full Story »
Westar Energy is reminding customers to be on the alert for fraudulent callers claiming to be Westar Energy employees. Several customers have contacted Westar Energy’s contact center after receiving suspicious calls. Full Story »
State Rep. Marc Rhoades has been appointed to the Midwestern Higher Education Commission. />His term as a commissioner runs through Jan. 1, 2011. Full Story »
/>A 20-year-old Hutchinson man has been charged with aggravated indecent liberties with a child with a boy he was matched with through the Big Brother Big Sisters program. Full Story »
A much clearer image of a patient’s heart is now possible locally at Newton Medical Center’s cardiovascular catheterization laboratory. /> Newton cardiologist Saad Farhat, M.D., performed the area’s first transesophageal echo procedure, also known as TEE, on Nov. 18. Full Story »
WICHITA (AP) –– Prosecutors on Tuesday charged an 18-year-old suspect in the killing of a couple whose bodies were discovered at their Wichita home on Thanksgiving day. Full Story »
The couple that got into the White House state dinner for the visiting Indian prime minister without invitations denied today they were gatecrashers. Full Story »
NEW YORK (AP) — Turns out those discredited rumors of a possible Chelsea Clinton wedding last summer were mostly just premature: The 29-year old daughter of former President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has become engaged to her longtime boyfriend, 31-year old investment banker Marc Mezvinsky. Full Story »
Lawyers for Merck and Co. told the Supreme Court Monday investors waited too late and didn’t do all of the necessary investigations to sue the drug maker over whether it properly warned about the risks of its blockbuster painkiller Vioxx. Full Story »
Michael J. Astrue, commissioner of Social Security, announced the online retirement estimator, available at www.socialsecurity.gov/estimator, now can provide immediate and personalized benefit estimates to people who have enrolled in Medicare but have not yet filed for Social Security benefits. Full Story »
The Harvey County Regional Planning Commission Board of Zoning Appeals meets at 7 p.m. today at the Harvey County Courthouse Community Room. Full Story »
Kansas officials say the state collected about $3 million more in tax revenues than expected in November. Full Story »
The Kris Kringle Jingle Parade will be at 5:30 p.m. Saturday in downtown Halstead. Full Story »
The U.N.’s environment chief said today he is optimistic the climate change talks beginning in Copenhagen next week will reach a deal setting firm targets to cut carbon emissions. Full Story »
The man suspected of gunning down four police officers in a suburban coffee shop was shot and killed by a lone patrolman investigating a stolen car early today. Full Story »
Stocks rose sharply in early trading today as investors await a report on manufacturing and the dollar continues its slide. Full Story »
New infusions of U.S. Marines will begin moving into Afghanistan almost as soon as President Barack Obama announces a redrawn battle strategy, a plan widely expected to include more than 30,000 additional U.S. forces. Full Story »
The Harvey County commission discussed issues related to emergency management planning at its meeting Monday. Full Story »
A young girl looks at a piece by artist Jorge Pineda at the opening of "The Global Caribbean" exhibit in Miami. AP/Alan Diaz
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