December 2021

The first comprehensive look at housing needs in Kansas in nearly three decades confirmed the obvious — the state needs more — and pinpointed a particular shortage of options for middle class families.

Prairie View announced Dec. 13 the promotion of Brent Ide, LSCSW, to Director of Access Services.

CHICAGO – As the omicron variant sparks worldwide fears of renewed COVID-19 outbreaks, Americans’ worries about infection are again on the rise, but fewer say they are regularly wearing masks or isolating compared with the beginning of the year.

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden said Monday that he will travel to Kentucky on Wednesday to view damage from last week’s devastating tornadoes that killed at least 64 people and displaced thousands more.

MAYFIELD, Ky. – They tied themselves with ropes to a basement sewer pipe as a tornado ripped their home apart just a few feet above them.

A plan to replace a more than 3 million gallon water tank on First Street hit a small snag when bids were opened for the more than $5 million project came in above engineering estimates. "During the bidding process, after answering multiple questions from the contractors, it became clear the bids were going to come in higher than originally anticipated and the project estimates were adjusted," wrote Suzanne Loomis, director of public works, in a memo to the city commission.

This fall Bethel College became the only college in Kansas selected as a host of a Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation Campus Center, an effort of the Association of American Colleges & Universities.