Tag: southeast Kansas
The National Weather Service will offer storm spotter training sessions — dubbed “Storm Fury on the Plains” — starting this week in southeast Kansas. Meteorologists from the NWS office in Wichita will help prepare storm…
As a young girl, Linda O’Nelio Knoll knew something was missing in her education. Despite being regaled by the heroics of her ancestors who worked in the coal mines of Southeast Kansas during the…
PARSONS — Employees care about child care, according to speakers at a conference hosted by Southeast Kansas, Inc., in Parsons Wednesday. They noted businesses that offer child care programs are more likely to reduce absenteeism,…
One rescued, one drowns at SEK lakes A 65-year-old woman was rescued 12 hours after fallilng into the water on the east side spillway of the Toronto Lake Dam in Woodson County May 17, according…
WICHITA, Kansas — Planned Parenthood Great Plains is expanding in Kansas in the face of immense demand for abortions in the state, driven by a surge of people traveling from states with abortion bans. The…
FORT SCOTT — Heavy rainfall over the weekend wreaked havoc across southeast Kansas and southwest Missouri, leading to widespread flooding that inundated communities. The excessive rainfall, which began early Friday morning, caused rivers to swell…
In 2023, on-farm trials were conducted in three Southeast Kansas counties under partnership between local producers and their respective Extension districts. The goal of these trials was to observe sunn hemp’s potential as a summer…
CHC/SEK to open third clinic in Pitt PITTSBURG — The Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas (CHC/SEK) is converting a former dental clinic into a health clinic and pharmacy, according to The Pittsburg Morning Sun.…
The Eyes of Freedom, a traveling memorial dedicated to honoring our nation’s veterans, will visit Independence next month. The exhibit will arrive the evening of Wed., November 8 at the city’s Memorial Hall, 410 N.…
