Kindergarten enrollment opens
The Newton Area Chamber of Commerce will host a legislative update from 9 to 10:30 a.m.
Chad Frey
Inch by inch, K-State’s Technology Development Institute makes a digital twin of a rural Kansas school
MANHATTAN — For nearly a century, the Memorial School Building had been the pride of Hill City and one of the finest in western Kansas, serving originally as a high school and then as Longfellow Middle School, until its closure in 2009.But thanks to efforts of two K-State 105 partners — the Innovation Center in northwest Kansas and the Technology Development Institute, or TDI, at Kansas State University’s Carl R.
‘STEAMwSeniors’ launches in Hesston
After Craig Gingerich’s mother died, his father then 85-year-old father started volunteering volunteering with the high functioning memory group at Schowalter Villa in Hesston.
Education Frontlines: Edgar Snow
Persons who never venture to another country, learn another language, or intermingle with foreigners are very inclined to think that all people think as they do.
Doom-laden bombast about future of journalism overlooks striking work in Kansas, elsewhere
When I was growing up, not that long ago, my family subscribed to two daily newspapers.The Wichita Eagle arrived in the morning and had the biggest comics page, which my brother, sister and I would fight one another to read.
Divide between lawmakers and citizens on Kansas gun policy
Kansas has some of the most permissive gun laws in the country, and last week the state house began debate on a bill that, if passed, would put a constitutional amendment on the ballot to further enshrine gun rights in the state constitution.The proposed amendment would change the language of Section 4 of the Kansas Bill of Rights to include possession and use of ammunition, firearm accessories, and firearm components as constitutionally protected rights.
Amish Cook: The wonder of school day
Good morning from the Yoder Seven!It’s a quiet Monday morning, and all six children are sound asleep at the moment.
Legalizing medical marijuana is popular in Kansas, so why hasn’t it happened yet?
Activists at the Statehouse are renewing a push for state lawmakers to legalize medical marijuana in Kansas.
GOP-led Senate committee digs into detail of Kansas governor’s ideas for tax changes
TOPEKA — The Senate Assessment and Taxation Committee set aside time Wednesday to scrutinize Gov.
Kansas maternity centers could buy state insurance under new proposal
TOPEKA — Debate over maternity centers has returned to the Statehouse following last year’s failed bid to ban abortion providers from receiving state liability insurance.