BY DEB GRUVER The Wichita Eagle Photos <img src="http://media.kansas.com/smedia/2009/11/27/16/IMG00071_copy.embedded.prod_affiliate.80.jpg" height="225" width="300" alt="Josephine Hamilton decided to stop using chemicals to relax her hair,...

BY DEB GRUVER The Wichita Eagle WHAT DO YOU THINK? Which fireworks option Sedgwick County is considering do you prefer? FIREWORKS MEETING What: Meeting with Sedgwick County officials about county code governing fireworks in unincorporated...

BY JEANNINE KORANDA Eagle Topeka bureau When Victory in the Valley bought new vehicles to drive cancer patients to treatment, the Wichita nonprofit didn’t pay sales tax. The savings means more gas money for a program that drives about 60,000 miles a...

BY DION LEFLER The Wichita Eagle As state officials worry about tax breaks eroding government income, the Wichita City Council will decide Tuesday whether to grant a $22,000-a-year property tax abatement to an accounting-outsourcing firm that is...

BY FRED MANN The Wichita Eagle As a world champion poker player, Lyle Berman has been holding ‘em, folding ‘em and going all in since he was 10 years old. The bigger the stakes, the better. “If it doesn’t hurt to lose, it’s not exciting,” Berman...