October 2022

(THE CONVERSATION) Our research teamhas studiedcollege students’ attitudestoward evangelicals, a topic that tends to prompt strong Some liberals don’t see the topic as worthy of discussion – why study whether Americans appreciate a privileged group with strong influence on society? Meanwhile, many conservatives are adamant that evangelical perspectives are not tolerated, let alone welcome, on U.S. university campuses.

WICHITA, Kansas — Kansas performs worse on key measures of mental health than anywhere else in the U.S. A new report by Mental Health America tracking mental illness and the ease of accessing care found high rates of addiction among young people and mental illness and suicidal thoughts among adults put Kansas in last place. “What that indicates, to me, is a call to action,” said Mary Jones, president and CEO of the Mental Health Association of South-Central Kansas. “It tells us that Kansas isn’t adequately covering the mental health needs of its citizens.”

Ensemble 4.1, which claims to be the only “piano windtet” in the world, will bring their music to Sunflower Performing Artsat 7 p.m. Oct.

Times Square, New York City. An image appears on the Nasdaq billboard overhead.

An agency charged with conserving groundwater in arid western Kansas plans to truck thousands of gallons of water from the Missouri River nearly 400 miles almost to the Colorado border. Half of the 6,000 gallons drawn from the river will be poured onto a property in Wichita County. The other half will be taken into Colorado.