Boeing has lost another six 787 Dreamliner orders, the company revealed today in the weekly update to its order website. The customer was not identified ... That brings to a round 100 the total number of Dreamliner cancellations after more than two years of delays and the downturn in the aviation business since 2008. The new jet still has a big order backlog of 860 jets ... The canceled order is worth about $1 billion at list prices, though market data from airplane valuation firm Avitas pegs
MyersRep. Don Myers announced today that he is retiring from the state Legislature after 18 years in office ... Myers, R-Derby, could not immediately be reached for comment, but issued a statement saying he will retire at the end of this year when his current term expires ... “The 18 years that I have served have been very rewarding and will be remembered as a highlight in my life,” Myers said in the statement. “The support that has been available from my wife and family is the reason for
WICHITA — Two armed men robbed a pair of workers at Chrisman Truck and Auto Recycling in south Wichita Wednesday afternoon, police said ... The victims were approached at 4:50 p.m. in the parking lot of the business at 1800 E. 68th Street South by two strangers, they told police. The suspects stole money belonging to the business and the wallet of one of the victims ...
WICHITA — A woman cashed her assistance check Wednesday morning — and then was robbed of the cash minutes later ... She told police she was pushed into her car by an unknown man shortly before 9 a.m. in the 2800 block of West 48th Street South. He took more than $700 in cash ... The 55-year-old victim was not seriously injured. It was the second time in recent months that she had been robbed of her assistance check, she said ...
Could there really be a life without Click and Clack, Big Bird and Garrison Keillor? ... Possibly ... This past weekend, the state Legislature passed a budget that moved more than $900,000 out of the Public Broadcasting Operating Grants — a cut that is more than half the $1.6 million in grant money Kansas public broadcasting stations were expecting to receive ...