Sprint Announces Layoffs
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) — Sprint Corporation the nation's third-biggest cellphone carrier, is cutting an unspecified number of jobs this month to reduce costs as it tries to better compete with AT and T and Verizon, and hinted that more layoffs are possible. The Overland Park-based company has posted billions in losses for the past several fiscal years as subscribers canceled contracts.
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Projected Budget Shortfall Deepens
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A budget shortfall predicted for Kansas for July 2016 has grown to $260 million after tax collections fell short of expectations during the past three months. The previous figure from the Legislature's nonpartisan research staff was $238 million. But researchers noted that tax collections in July, August and September fell a total of $22 million short of expectations. The Legislative Research Department confirmed the new figure yesterday (FRI).
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Wichita Police Search for Attacker of 100-Year-Old
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Authorities are looking for one or more intruders who they say broke into the Wichita home of a 100-year-old woman and sexually assaulted her. Police told reporters yesterday (FRI) that the victim walked to a neighbor's house Tuesday morning, saying there were two people inside her home. The woman told police she was awakened and attacked during the night by intruders.
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Life Sentence for Topeka Murderer
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A 30-year-old Topeka man was sentenced yesterday (FRI) to life in prison for strangling a woman in a motel last year. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports Andrew Charles Redick was found guilty August 12th of premeditated first-degree murder and arson in the death of Lena Ann Keithley last November.