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These are the headlines for our area, as compiled by KPR news staffers.

Here are the headlines for our area, as compiled by KPR news staffers.

Hawker Beechcraft Closer to Bankruptcy EmergenceWICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Hawker Beechcraft says key creditors are strongly backing its proposed reorganization plan in a vote that moves the company closer to emerging from bankruptcy. The company said Friday that it will seek court approval to exit bankruptcy at a hearing Thursday and expects to emerge from Chapter 11 in February. It also said it has secured an underwriting commitment for $600 million in exit financing consisting of a term loan and revolving line of credit from JPMorgan Chase Bank and Credit Suisse AG. Hawker Beechcraft Incorporated CEO Robert Miller said in a news release that the show of support from creditors will dramatically reduce the company's debt load, while the financing commitment marks an important milestone as the company emerges from restructuring.==========================================================Kansas Officials Struggle with Corporate Income TaxTOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republican officials in Kansas are interested in lowering corporate income taxes but are struggling to figure out how to mesh such reductions with GOP plans for more cuts in individual income tax rates. Revenue Secretary Nick Jordan said Friday that cutting corporate income taxes would boost the economy and that the state needs to consider the issue. But Jordan said the issue also is complicated, and GOP Governor Sam Brownback's proposals focus on reducing individual income tax rates again after aggressive reductions last year. State Representative Marvin Kleeb, an Overland Park Republican who serves on the House Taxation Committee, says he and his colleagues are interested in lowering corporate income tax rates. He said they haven't figured out how to do it.==========================================================Kansas Woman Sentenced to Life in Daughters' RapesWICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas City, Kansas woman who arranged for a man to have sex with her underage daughters has been sentenced to life in prison. Prosecutors say the woman drove her daughters to a Wichita hotel at least five times and watched as 49-year-old James Lamont Brown raped them. The girls were 11 and 12 during some of the encounters. Under a sentence imposed Friday, the woman won't be eligible for parole for 25 years. Brown is serving 17 life sentences without parole after being convicted in November on nine counts of rape and eight counts of aggravated human trafficking. The mother's name is not being published to protect the identity of her daughters.==========================================================Missouri Judge Says HCA Owes Foundation $162MKANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri judge has ordered Hospital Corporation of America to pay a Kansas City foundation $162 million for failing to spend enough on improvements at Kansas City area nonprofit hospitals HCA acquired nearly a decade ago. Jackson County Circuit Judge John Torrence ruled Thursday that HCA must pay $162 million to the Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City. The foundation filed suit in 2009 contending HCA hadn't spent the required $450 million on improvements to the Health Midwest hospitals that HCA bought in 2003 for about $1.1 billion. Torrence also appointed an auditor to determine how far HCA has progressed toward meeting its obligation of spending about $65 million a year to treat indigent patients. HCA says in a statement Friday the company has met its obligations and will appeal.==========================================================Kansas Strip Club Owner Pleads Guilty to Tax EvasionTOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The owner of a Salina strip club faces possible prison time after admitting he underpaid his federal income taxes by more than $153,000. The U.S. Attorney's office says 49-year-old Kirk Roberts pleaded guilty Friday in U.S. District Court to three counts of filing false income tax returns. Prosecutors said Roberts failed to report $538,000 in cash receipts from customers and dancers at his Wild Wild West club from 2006 through 2008. Roberts could be sentenced to three years in prison on each of the three counts. The sentencing is scheduled for April 22nd.==========================================================Judge Sets Hearing for Ex-KU Ticket ConsultantWICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A federal judge wants a previous attorney for a former University of Kansas athletics consultant to testify before he rules on a request seeking a shorter sentence in a ticket-scalping conspiracy. U.S. District Judge Monti Belot said Friday he was surprised neither side called the former attorney for Thomas Ray Blubaugh at an evidentiary hearing last week. Blubaugh claims attorney Stephen Robinson did a poor job during his trial. Belot wants Robinson to testify at a February 11th hearing. Blubaugh is serving a 46-month sentence for conspiracy to defraud the United States. He is the husband of Charlette Blubaugh, former ticket director for Kansas athletics. They were among seven people convicted in a $2 million scheme involving the theft and sale of Jayhawk athletic tickets.==========================================================Colo. Gov: Use Windfall to Study Fracking StatewideDENVER (AP) — Colorado should use unexpected tax money to study the effects of oil and gas drilling on air quality. That's a request by Governor John Hickenlooper in a letter to lawmakers about tax collections that exceeded expectations last year. The Democratic governor has said the drilling practice known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is safe. But skeptics continue to press challenges to fracking. The governor told lawmakers Friday that they should spend about $11 million for the state Health Department to study the impacts of oil and gas extraction on environmental air quality. Hickenlooper has also requested $12 million more for schools and $10 millon for wildfire prevention. Hickenlooper's spending plan has been adjusted because the state knows more about taxes than it did in November, when Hickenlooper made his formal budget request.

The National Weather Service extends a Heat Advisory for all of Kansas and Missouri... Kansas and Missouri politicians react to the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump... and Kansas City sends officers to help provide security at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. Details inside.

On Thursday, the government delivered closing arguments in the sex trafficking trial of Sean Combs. The rapper and executive is accused of coercing multiple women into sexual encounters with male escorts.

After a federal indictment and arraignment, Donald Trump sees support among Republicans grow as independents move away from the former president and 2024 candidate.

Health Care Rollout Met with Confusion in KansasOVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) — Conservative Republicans who control state government in Kansas have been clear from the beginning that they view the federal overhaul of health care as wrong-headed. But with the rollout of a new online health insurance marketplace, some advocates for the uninsured wonder whether Kansans have enough information about changes wrought by the 2010 federal law.==========Brownback Willing to Halt Tax-Credit War with MissouriST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP) — Kansas Governor Sam Brownback says he's open to a moratorium in the tax-credit battle for businesses with Missouri. Brownback said yesterday (SAT) he discussed a moratorium a year ago with Missouri Governor Jay Nixon. But Brownback says Missouri's entitlement tax credits for job creation didn't give Nixon the flexibility for a moratorium.==========KU Professors Show Support After Tweet ControversyLAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — More than a dozen University of Kansas professors have issued a statement criticizing school officials for putting a colleague on leave after he posted a controversial tweet. The Lawrence Journal-World reports 14 Anthropology Department professors and department chairwoman Jane Gibson signed the statement Friday in support of journalism professor David Guth, who tweeted following the deadly Navy Yard shootings in Washington D.C. last week. The professors' statement says the university's action violated David Guth's right to free speech.==========Lansing Inmate Escapes, Turns Himself InOVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) — A 32-year-Kansas inmate who walked away from his work site in Overland Park has turned himself in. A spokesman for Lansing Correctional Facility says Zackary Conger was reported absent from Laser Apparel LLC Friday afternoon. The minimum custody inmate turned himself in at the Lenexa Police Department yesterday (SAT) morning. Conger is serving a 78-month sentence for burglary, forgery, and theft in Butler and Sedgwick counties.

It's a psychological thriller, with a female protagonist, set in contemporary London. You've probably heard of it — Girl on a Train. Or is it The Girl on the Train you're looking for?

Annual inflation proved to be hotter than expected last month, staying stubbornly above 3%. It continues to move in the wrong direction in recent months. Pushing it lower is proving to be hard.

After Julie developed a persistent cough, no one seemed to be able to identify the cause. Then, her unsung hero stepped in and changed her life.