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A floor collapsed into a V shape Friday at the construction site of a new Ohio casino, sending workers sliding to the ground, leaving one worker with serious injuries and hurting at least a dozen others.The collapse occurred shortly before 8 a.m. as a crew was pouring a section of concrete floor at the Horseshoe Casino Cincinnati site, Steve Rosenthal, of co-developer Rock Gaming LLC, said Friday. It came just weeks after a similar accident at a Cleveland casino with the same developers.The male worker with serious injuries was downgraded from fair condition at a Cincinnati hospital Friday night, several hours after the collapse. Authorities had said earlier that there were no life-threatening injuries.Read more

A 23-year-old woman was hospitalized in serious condition tonight after she was stabbed in the back during a disturbance in southwest Wichita.Emergency dispatchers said the stabbing was reported shortly before 8 p.m. in the 1900 block of West Dora, which is southwest of Harry and Seneca.The victim was taken by ambulance to Via Christi Hospital on St. Francis. Police were looking for a suspect.Read more

A community group is seeking volunteers to help feed lunch to children during spring break in March.Organizers with Partners for Wichita say they will need at least 150 volunteers to staff the seven sites where noon meals will be served on weekdays, March 15-23. Wichita schools have spring break from March 19-23, but students also aren’t in school the previous Thursday and Friday because those are in-service days for teachers.The group expects to serve about 3,500 children during its “Filling the Gap – Lunches for Kids” program, said Sally Fahrenthold, who is coordinating the nondenominational effort. Read more

The Wichita Cabela’s store, in Regency Lakes Shopping Center at 21st and Greenwich, will open its doors Wednesday, March 14, with a 10:45 a.m. ribbon cutting ceremony before doors open at 11 a.m.The opening day will be part of a weekend-long celebration featuring outdoor celebrities, special guests, giveaways and other events, company officials said Friday. Store hours will be 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Sunday.“We are eager to give our loyal customers in Wichita and the surrounding area a remarkable retail experience,” said Tommy Millner, the company’s chief executive officer, in a news release. “The Sunflower State is home to many people who share our passion for the outdoors.”Read more

Cynthia Nixon learned the hard way this week that when it comes to gay civil rights, the personal is always political. Very political.The actress best known for portraying fiery lawyer Miranda Hobbes on "Sex and the City" is up to her perfectly arched eyebrows in controversy since The New York Times Magazine published a profile in which she was quoted as saying that for her, being gay was a conscious choice. Nixon is engaged to a woman with whom she has been in a relationship for eight years. Before that, she spent 15 years and had two children with a man. "I understand that for many people it's not, but for me it's a choice, and you don't get to define my gayness for me," Nixon said while recounting some of the flak gay rights activists previously had given her for treading in similar territory. "A certain section of our community is very concerned that it not be seen as a choice, because if it's a choice, then we could opt out. I say it doesn't matter if we flew here or we swam here, it matters that we are here and we are one group and let us stop trying to make a litmus test for who is considered gay and who is not."Read more