Wichita Eagle

Kelly Birdwell, 23, starts the videotape and backs away in her wheelchair. As the images appear, she doesn't shed a tear. Not even when she hears the gunshots-- all 17....

Giving up driving privileges doesn't mean giving up a fulfilling life. The highlight of Ruth Brown's week, for example, is a Wednesday luncheon sponsored by First Baptist Church in downtown...

Two autumns ago, Laura Day faced the problem of her life: How was she going to tell her parents she was pregnant and where to go from there? Laura, then...

How do you decide when a child is sick enough to stay home? It's 7 a.m. You're trying to get everybody in the house dressed, fed and out the door...

Debbie Campbell wants her 3-year-old daughter, Hannah, to have age-appropriate toys that are fun and build skills. She also wants toys that Hannah and her 6-year-old sister, Molly, can play...

For many years, civic and business leaders said Wichita, Kansas, needed and could support a first-class downtown convention hotel. Build it, the line of thinking went, and the conventioneers-and their...

Heading into their ninth year of business together, David and Doreen Ross are fast approaching a benchmark: They will soon produce their millionth building for sale. A real estate agent's...

Vicki Bont, who is moving to Wichita from Chicago, wanted to do something creative when buying a new home this summer, she said. So, instead of taking out a traditional...

If you're remodeling your bathroom or building a new house, you may have to wait a while for your new toilet to come in from the manufacturer. Federal regulations aimed...

When he hit town 22 years ago, David Burk was just a young architect fresh out of college looking for his first job. Fortunately for Wichita, he found one. A...