(AP) — The Kansas Legislature has been in session a week longer than its leaders had anticipated, and lawmakers still must resolve major tax and budget issues. Monday is the 87th day of lawmakers’ annual session. Republican leaders in the GOP-dominated Legislature had promised that it would wrap up its business in 80 days. That [...]
(AP) — The Kansas Food Bank has given out record numbers of its backpacks full of food this year. The highest number of backpacks handed out this year to school children in need was 7,158 during one week in February. Larry Gunkel is a Kansas Food Bank official who runs the program. He tells The [...]
A party bus was operating illegally when a bachelorette party attendee tumbled out of it in Kansas City, Kan., and was killed. The Kansas City Star reported that the Midnight Express party bus in which 26-year-old victim Jamie Frecks was riding lacked the proper registration. Kansas law required it to have a proper U.S. Department [...]
8:40 p.m. (AP) — A tornado has touched down in rural Lyon County, near Emporia, causing structural damage to homes. Kansas Division of Emergency Management spokeswoman Sharon Watson says the tornado hit around 5:40 p.m. Sunday. She didn’t know how many homes sustained damage. Earlier in the evening, a tornado touched down in the [...]
Authorities today say that it was a tornado that caused damage across portions of Pawnee County on Saturday evening. A home lost its roof but nobody was injured. An abandoned trailer west of Larned was also damaged along with numerous trees. Mike Morley, Corporate Communications Manager for Midwest Energy told Hays Post, “The storm took out [...]
Thunderstorms producing winds of 80 to 100 mph caused damage in portions of north central Kansas Saturday evening. Just before 10pm strong winds caused damage to trees power lines and roofs in the Minneapolis area in Ottawa County. There were also some semis on 81 highway blown over during the storms. Wind damage was also [...]
U.S. Senator Jerry Moran issued the following statement on the death of U.S. Army Reserve Sergeant First Class Trenton Rhea originally from Oakely, Kansas, who died in a non-combat related incident while deployed in Afghanistan. “America will forever be indebted to Sergeant Rhea for his service and sacrifice,” Sen. Moran said. “My deepest sympathies go [...]
(AP) — “Connie” may take to the skies once again. The National Airline History Museum in Kansas City is trying to raise $3.2 million to restore its Lockheed Constellation propeller-driven aircraft. It wants to recreate multimillionaire aviator Howard Hughes’ record-setting cross-country flight in the plane that transformed commercial air travel. The aircraft is one of [...]
(AP) — Kansas education advocates say they were surprised by a provision added to the 2014 state budget banning the spending of any money to implement the national Common Core standards for math and reading. The provision mirrors language of a bill that failed to get out of the House Education Committee earlier in the [...]
(AP) — Faculty members at Kansas State University say they are tired of being paid less than their peers at other institutions. The faculty plans to present the university’s administration with a resolution next week. It seeks a moratorium on pay increases for upper administrators, or creation of new administrative positions, until salaries improve for [...]
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