State News

CHANUTE — Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center (NMRMC) and the Foundation of NMRMC announced Wednesday an award of nearly $1.9 million in Congressional Community Project Funding. The money will be used toward expanding rehabilitation services…

INDEPENDENCE — Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas (CHC/SEK) announced Thursday an agreement with Ascension St. John to assume operations of Ascension St. John Primary Care in Independence effective July 1.  As part of this…

TOPEKA — Attorney General Kris Kobach on Tuesday urged the governor to deny clemency to Kansas inmates who have been sentenced to death. Eight of nine people sentenced to death in Kansas formally filed clemency…

Margaret Tomlinson has been recovering from a traumatic brain injury for three years. Nearly a year ago, she moved from her sister’s home in Atchison, Kansas, to live on her own in Wathena. The phased-out…

GARNETT — Following a failed effort to reverse course, Greeley Elementary will officially close. According to The Anderson County Review, the USD 365 Board voted 4-2 Thursday night to approve the school’s closing. The meeting…

TOPEKA — As survivor and advocate Lisa Phillips shared her story of sexual abuse by financier Jeffrey Epstein to a large crowd, she asked the audience to “bear with her” as she spoke. A crowd…

TOPEKA — Scientists identified a case of New World screwworm in a Texas calf, ramping up concerns nationwide about stopping the invasive parasite that can destroy livestock herds. The Kansas Department of Agriculture’s Division of…

Residents of Galena, Kansas, are complaining about a smelly construction and demolition landfill outside of the city that they say is impacting their quality of life and could affect their health. They’ve been complaining about…

TOPEKA — A Kansas healthcare leader and a U.S. Representative are questioning why funding needed to continue essential scientific research isn’t being paid out. “More than halfway through fiscal 2026, the National Institutes of Health…

TOPEKA — Corporate income tax collections in Kansas have almost halved since last year, while other sources trend above estimates, according to a new state revenue report. At the end of May, tax collections totaled…