Kansas Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly on Friday vetoed the final tax relief bill to reach her desk this year. It would have given tax breaks to private businesses that compete with government services — like fitness centers and child care facilities.
BY JILL KRUSE, DO The first successful organ transplant was a kidney transplant in 1954. The donor was the identical twin of the recipient.
MANHATTAN – Kansas State University food scientist Karen Blakeslee says preparing and storing food during a power outage can be “tricky.” “Without a steady power source (such as a generator), food can be temperature-abused, which increases the risk for foodborne illness,” said Blakeslee, who also is coordinator of K-State’s Rapid Response Center for Food Science. Foodborne bacteria grows most rapidly between 40 degrees and 140 degrees Fahrenheit, Blakeslee said – doubling in number in as little as 20 minutes.
Second game suspended by weather Newton Kansan HALSTEAD — The Halstead High School baseball team got an early lead, but it slipped away, falling 5-4 Tuesday against Nickerson in Central Kansas League play at Riverside Park. The second game was suspended due to the weather.
Friday’s games Prep softball Central Kansas League Haven 6, Hesston 3 Hesston 3, Haven 2 HESSTON — The Hesston High School softball team split a Central Kansas League twinbill against Haven Saturday at Carl Boyer Field.
got about two shots in the 21-minute stretch. Hutchinson managed just one shot in the remaining time.
ARKANSAS CITY — The Newton High School doubles team of Otis Musser and Justin Franz, both seniors, ended the season with a third-place finish at the Class 5A state championships Friday and Saturday at the Arkansas City High School Tennis Center.
Some of our state legislators have been claiming that Kansas schools are failing our students. That is just not true.
Newton, KS- Ronnie Lee Doyle, 68, passed away Monday, May 8, 2023, at Acension Via Christi St. Francis Medical Center, Wichita, Kansas.
Robert (Bob) Lee Moser, age 90, retired Civil Engineer and Air Force Veteran, went to Heaven on May 3rd, 2023. Robert was born on April 15th, 1933, on a farm in Bern, KS, to parents Aaron and Hulda (Giesel) Moser. Robert was the youngest of 5 children and earned the nickname “Shaky” while shooting pool. Robert graduated from Bern High School, played 3 sports and was ambidextrous, threw right-handed but batted left-handed. Robert joined the Air Force in 1951 and was a radio operator, during the Korean War, where he flew over 3,000 hours, for the 91st Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron, on a B-29 airplane. After the war he worked for the State Highway Department before, and then after graduating from Finlay Engineering College in 1958. He started his own engineering consulting business, Moser and Associates, in Newton, KS. Robert had two children from his first marriage, Leslie Ann and Bradley Scott. He later married Joy (Brinson, Moore.) They spent their years together traveling in a motorhome around the Southwest, with a Condo at the Satellite, in Colorado Springs, later splitting time between Yuma, Arizona, and their bungalow in Cripple Creek, Colorado. Robert was a lifelong golfer, creative thinker, and enjoyed the company of many friends in Suni Sands RV Park in Yuma, AZ. He could cobble almost anything out of wood and crafted many inventions over the years, including the complementary 9 golf stroke counter. Robert was a great person to know; he made friends anywhere and everywhere he went. He was preceded in death by his parents, his siblings (Loree, Dolores, and Don), his wife Joy, his daughter Leslie, and step-grandson, Chad Robinson. He is survived by his sister Beverly Wenger, Sabetha, KS, son Bradley (Sarah) Moser, Colwich, KS, step-son Robin (Glenda Kelly) Moore, Lawrence, KS, granddaughter Lindsey (Brett Lorg) Moser, Colwich, KS, step-grandchildren Brice (Megan) Lowe, Andover, KS, Mackenzie (Kyle) Linn, Newton, KS, Jonathan and Alyson Beyer, Colwich, K