Tag: Kansas
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas lawmakers have tightened the financial requirements for a license to operate nursing homes after state regulators were forced to take over 22 struggling facilities last year. Officials with the Kansas…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A study shows that fewer juveniles have been arrested and held in the Kansas juvenile justice system while the state has been investing in alternatives to incarceration. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports…
AdventHealth will take over operation of Ransom Memorial Health, a 44-bed acute-care hospital in Ottawa, Kansas, the Florida-based health system announced on Wednesday. Ransom Memorial will be renamed AdventHealth Ottawa. It joins other members of…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly and top Republican legislators met Wednesday to try to break a stalemate on expanding Medicaid in Kansas, only to fail after she demanded that lawmakers approve a…
MAIZE, Kan. (AP) A fourth-grade Kansas student has his school nurse and an aide to thank for saving him from choking on a chicken nugget. The Maize Board of Education recognized nurse Stephany McClellan…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A Los Angeles woman has been charged with smuggling more than 60 pounds of methamphetamine into Kansas. The U.S. attorneys office says 46-year-old Maria Alvarez-Buenrostro was indicted Tuesday on one count…
The ANW Co-op Special Olympics Team and the Allen County Special Olympics team attended the Special Olympics Kansas, Southeast Area Track Meet on April 17 at PSU Robert W. Plaster Centers Indoor Track in Pittsburg. …
Congress has a chance to help millions of Americans who are facing the devastating consequences of floods, wildfires, tornadoes and other natural disasters during the past two years, including flood victims in Missouri and Kansas.…
EFFINGHAM, Kansas ? In 2014, a cash-strapped school district in rural northeast Kansas turned to its residents with a plea: Pay a little more in taxes annually so we can renovate classrooms, update the wiring…
Drive on any major highway in Kansas and you’ll likely see some roadkill. For decades, biologists at the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism have found a treasure trove in their counts of flattened…
