The Wichita Eagle from Wichita, Kansas • A1

VOLUME 146, No. 32 STAY CONNECTED WWW.KANSAS.COM FACEBOOK.COM/WICHITAEAGLE TWITTER.COM/KANSASDOTCOM YOUR SOURCE FOR LOCAL NEWS THURSDAY FEBRUARY 1 2018 $1.50 SPORTS shooters will keep shooting to win 1C FEATURES Catholics grapple with Prayer translations 8C Partly cloudy See 8A Classified 4C Comics 6C Features 8C Legal ads 3C Local State 2A Obituaries 4A Opinion 7A Sports 1C TV 8C CUSTOMER SERVICE To subscribe or report delivery issues, 316-268-6000 or kansas.com/customer-service Holiday Inn Wichita East I-35 I 549 S. Rock Road, Wichita KS Tuesday, February 20 I 10am-1pm 4pm-7pm IB IT ta recru itm en ich ita ea le.com a ll 3 1 6 .2 6 8 .6 3 8 4 NEW LOCATION NEW TIMES TWO SESSIONS back resigned to take a diplo- matic post in Washington, D.C. Colyer hailed a new day in Kansas. He promised transpar- ency and accountability and committed to protecting life but offered no details.

will set a tone and insist on an environment of openness, honesty and respect. And with- out harassment especially in TOPEKA After months of waiting, Kan- sas has a new governor. Jeffrey William Colyer be- came the 47th governor on Wednesday after Sam Brown- this Colyer said in his inaugural address. others blame and complain, be busy working for you, trying to find Colyer, 57, took the oath shortly after 3 p.m. in the Kan- sas Capitol rotunda, surrounded by hundreds who gathered to watch.

Spectators lined the railing on the second and third floors for a peak at the ceremo- nies. Yet Colyer faces immense Colyer hails new day in Kansas, vows tone of respect, openness SEE COLYER, 3A BY JONATHAN SHORMAN BY HUNTER WOODALL BO RADER The Wichita Eagle Gov. Jeff Colyer delivers a speech Wednesday after taking the oath of office to become the 47th governor of Kansas. ALLEN J. SCHABEN TNS A surfer goes airborne off a wave as the super blue blood moon, mid-eclipse, hovers over a pier in Huntington Beach, on Wednesday.

HANG 10, MOON tion. And that comes on the heels of an overall annual increase in fatalities in 2017. The preliminary death toll for all of 2017 was 462, compared to 426 in 2016, said Chris Bortz, traffic safety program manager for KDOT. nearly an 8 percent starting out as a danger- ous year on Kansas highways. Thirty-one people died in traffic fatalities statewide in the first three weeks of 2018, an increase of 93.5 percent from a year ago, according to the Kan- sas Department of Transporta- SEE TRAFFIC DEATHS, 5A Number of traffic deaths unusually high in January BY DION LEFLER BO RADER The Wichita Eagle A pickup truck rests on its side after skidding off I-235 near Central Avenue on Jan.

15. Freezing rain and snow had slickened I-235 and other area roadways. LOCAL IDEAS FOR BROWNBACK IN HIS NEW JOB Religious freedom advocates and others have plenty of opinions as to what former Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback should do in his new ambassadorship. 2A NATION WORLD TRUMP WEIGHS RELEASE OF SECRET MEMO President Trump now must decide whether to side with the House GOP and make public a memo calling into question the credibility.

6A BUSINESS VILLAGE TOURS ACQUIRES 10 ACRES Village Tours Charters has acquired 10 acres at the northwest corner of K-96 and Ridge Road. 1B.