COLONY — Students in Crest USD 479 are being kept home today and Wednesday because of the rising number of COVID-19 infections throughout the district. “The district, leading up to this decision, has been made…

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — First lady Jill Biden touted the Biden administration’s interest in the concerns of the Hispanic community during a visit Tuesday to a school in Kansas City, Kansas. Biden’s visit to…

Sophomores Jesse James Throckmorton and Dalton Coffield were eager to help. “Do you need us to carry boxes?” they asked teachers. That was just an excuse, a way to get in the doors of the…

Parents and students wait outside McKinley Elementary School this morning. Most students in USD 257 returned to classes today, with face masks and social distancing recommended as the coronavirus pandemic continues.

Families are busy. Even more so now that school is in session and the list of things to do can seem daunting. It really comes down to organization. The first and most important tool is…

“First day of school! Wake up! Come on. First day of school,” the little fish shouts at his dad in the opening scene of Finding Nemo. The first day of school is an important transition…

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A fight involving students and parents at a Kansas middle school became a police matter when one parent was run over and critically injured in the school’s parking lot, police…

A program aimed at buying books to fill the library at the new Iola Elementary School has raised about $13,000 in its first two months, but that’s just a start. That represents about 520 books,…

It’s 7:57 on a Monday morning, and Brett Willis and his friends are walking up the sidewalk to the high school.  Brett forgot his mask. He throws his water bottle into the courtyard and stomps…

New band teacher Brandi Holt has a message for her current and future students that is even more appropriate in the COVID-19 era: “Nothing is too difficult. It’s just unfamiliar.” That principal is guiding Holt…