Say so long to “Chiefs and Chopper.” After nearly three decades, the homegrown Price Chopper chain will no longer be the Kansas City Chiefs' “official” grocery sponsor. Price Chopper said the Chiefs indicated that when the sponsorship contract ran out in March, Iowa-based Hy-Vee Food & Drug would take over.

Andrew's parents went to the Apple Store in Leawood, Kansas to buy a new iThing. Bauble acquired, they headed for the glass door. The wind slammed it into the building, exploding it all over them....

Andrew's parents went to the Apple Store in Leawood, Kansas to buy a new iThing. Bauble acquired, they headed for the glass door. The wind slammed it into the building, exploding it all over them....

Kevin and Cheryl Lockett, Leawood, Kan., have made a commitment of $250,000 to Kansas State University to benefit the Lock-ett Up Foundation Excellence in Leadership and establish the Lockett Family Football Scholarship.

WORLD FOLK DANCE: 7-9 p.m.; Westport Presbyterian Church, 201 Westport. $3. www.westportpresbyterian.org (816-333-3213)

The Kansas Senate voted 25-15 in support of a rewritten budget-balancing bill to make smaller cuts in social services and public school funding than Republican leaders had proposed.

A compromise that would reduce the current state budget by $334.8 million -- but take less from public schools and social services than an earlier proposal -- won initial approval in the state Senate late Wednesday. "This is a bill I believe makes progress, and this is a bill that not everyone is happy with," said Sen. Susan Wagle, R-Wichita. "It tries to get us to where we can all get on the ...

TOPEKA | The Kansas Senate endorsed $334 million in budget reductions Wednesday but backed away from a proposal to make deeper cuts in public education and social services.

TOPEKA | The Kansas Senate endorsed $334 million in budget reductions Wednesday but backed away from a proposal to make deeper cuts in public education and social services.

This isn’t a complaint, but shouldn’t a green Sesame Street citizen be the star of a green-themed “Sesame Street Live” production?