Month: August 2018
A new task force studying ways to reduce youth suicide will meet Friday in Iola. The Tower Mental Health Foundation/Attorney General Youth Suicide Prevention Task Force meeting will start at 9 a.m. Friday at Allen…
Michael Raymond Hull, 63, Chanute, passed away due to complications related to cancer, on Sunday, Aug. 26, 2018 at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka. He was born to Ray and Mary (Huffmaster) Hull in Wichita,…
Kansas has joined 15 other states in asking the U.S. Supreme Court to rule that its legal to fire people for being transgender. Last week, the 16 states filed a friend-of-the-court brief urging the court…
VATICAN CITY (AP) The Vaticans secretary of state says Pope Francis is serene despite the bitterness and concern in the Vatican over accusations that he covered up for an American ex-cardinal accused of sexual…
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) A Kansas judge says crews can begin tearing down a 17-story waterslide on which a 10-year-old boy was killed when his raft went airborne. Wyandotte County District Court Judge Robert…
A decision made last week by the Kansas State Objections Board has stirred even more controversy over the makeup of the board. As the final decision-makers on who we, the Kansas electorate, get to vote…
When it comes to valuing education, more than three-quarters of Americans say going to college is extremely or very important. But when Wichitans are asked the same question, far fewer just 54 percent …
Move over, Flint, Michigan? The Gospel of deregulation preaches that doing away with all kinds of environmental rules and limits on industry is an economically invigorating victory for individual freedom. And think of the savings.…
WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) A North Carolina sheriffs office thought it made a huge drug bust, seizing 13 pounds of fentanyl worth $2 million on the street. The powder was found in a home along…
The Allen County volleyball team made a real breakthrough last week when they swept Labette County in Fort Scott for their first win in more than a year. Because of that, head coach Whitney Shaw…
