Tag: Kansas
MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) This springs heavy rain and flooding has sharply delayed Kansas wheat harvest, which is usually in full swing by mid-June. The wheat harvest generally starts between early and mid-June and wraps…
WASHINGTON (AP) President Donald Trump has approved a disaster declaration covering more than half of the Kansas 105 counties. The federal assistance approved Thursday will provide service and funds to help recovery from severe…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas tax collections have beaten expectations nearly every month for the past two years and the state expects to end June with close to $1 billion in cash reserves, but the…
In the same breath, Sonny Perdue, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, recently promised to award one contract to Kansas as well as to Missouri. And then he told us hed decide the winner depending on…
Our state has failed to provide enough funding to community mental health centers to truly meet the need for care. Individuals with the most severe, persistent mental illness are those most likely to fall into…
Alumni from Iola High Schools Class of 1999 will gather for a reunion Friday evening at Rookies in downtown Iola. Others who know the students, including IHS staffers and other friends, are encouraged to pay…
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) A 15-year-old Kansas boy got a large knife to the face, and doctors say hes extremely lucky. Jimmy Russell said her son, Eli Gregg, was playing Thursday evening outside of…
Education officials in Kansas are taking a two-pronged approach to reducing teacher shortages: raising pay and fast-tracking teaching assistants and other professionals to the front of the classroom. Last year, Kansas schools had more than…
No doubt, most everyone welcomed the Kansas Supreme Courts ruling Friday that state legislators have finally met their financial obligation to public K-12 schools with their most recent boost of $90 million a year for…
Today, I would like to speak with you about climate change. Its all right; I come in peace. Before you stop reading, I wont be discussing statistics, using guilt or inciting controversy. In America, the…
