Felony charges filed against 85-year-old in shooting of 16-year-old Ralph Yarl in Kansas City
The Clay County prosecutor’s office charged a North Kansas City man with two felony counts in the shooting of 16-year-old Ralph Yarl on Monday. Andrew D.
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NEW STUDY LINKS GUT MICROBIOME TO SATIETY
Dear Doctors: My boyfriend loves reading about the gut microbiome. He says there’s new information that feeling full after you eat has to do with your gut microbiome. I always thought it was just because your stomach gets filled up with food. Is it actually the gut where feeling full happens?
Railer baseball team gains split
The Newton High School baseball team split a pair of games Tuesday against Maize in AV-CTL I play at Klein-Scott Field. Newton won the first game 6-5 and lost the nightcap 7-5.
Bill adds work requirement for age 50+ SNAP recipients
There’s a bill in the Kansas statehouse that has Lona Kelly, the Harvey County Department on Aging director, a little concerned. It’s House Bill 2140, which passed the house 82-42 in March and has been referred to the Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare.
‘Pushing, shoving, hitting’: Post-pandemic student behavior at Kansas schools worries educators
Kansas schools are back to in-person classes after the pandemic, but students have come back rowdier and more prone to behavioral blow-ups. In Wichita, the school year began with several large brawls and weapons arrests.
CHS Inc. and MKC to expand grain marketing joint venture
Cooperative partners CHS Inc. and Mid-Kansas Cooperative recently announced their intention to expand their current grain marketing joint venture and create an end-to-end cooperative supply chain in the southern plains.
Insight: Community Bonds
Living in a small town is wonderful. Knowing people in the grocery store, the space and security for children to play in parks or yards and a shared sense of ownership with your neighbors to help and make life better for each other are some of the things that make this life sweet.
PREP SOFTBALL
Central Kansas League Hesston 15, Nickerson 0 Hesston 17, Nickerson 1 HUTCHINSON — The Hesston Swather softball team claimed a pair of wins over Nickerson Tuesday at the Fun Valley Sports Complex. Hesston won the first game 15-0 in three innings on the 15-run rule.
A lack of affordable housing in Kansas prevents Section 8 tenants from using rent subsidies
TOPEKA, Kansas — Kamber Corpening felt relief when she first landed a Section 8 voucher in 2020, a promise that she qualified for substantial rent subsidies from federal taxpayers. Then came the hard part — finding a landlord willing to deal with the accompanying red tape and to open units to lower-income tenants.
Deadline approaching in for drought loans
For non farm businesses seeking drought relief in connection with this winter’s drought, there is a deadline to keep. According to Tanya N.