DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Kansas’ best two players were neutralized for long stretches, its point guard played on a sprained ankle in the second half, and the Jayhawks once again were without their Hall of Fame coach.
TOPEKA — A top public defender in Kansas says the state is at a crisis point on the 60th anniversary of a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that guarantees legal representation for those who can’t afford to hire an attorney.
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Markquis Nowell never lost faith, not when Kansas State had hardly anyone left on the roster for a new coach nor when the Wildcats were picked last in the Big 12.
HALSTEAD — The Halstead Dragon baseball team will have a new coach and some new faces lead it in a quest to return to state. Mitch Boese will serve as head coach this season.
There is a bill awaiting a vote by the Kansas House that has some local leaders concerned - as it could eliminate some local revenues. Senators voted in February eliminate the food sales tax – including locally levied sales taxes – during a Senate debate.
Exhibit opens at Bethel His exhibit “Printing the Plains: Relief Prints by Ian Huebert,” will be in the Regier Art Gallery at Bethel College through April 14. Gallery hours are Mon.Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m., and Sunday, 2-4 p.m.
BRAINERD — The Remington Bronco softball team will have six starters returning to try and bolster the team’s hopes for an upper-division finish in the Heart of America League. Remington is coached by Lyn Lawler in his ninth season.
SEDGWICK — Seeking their third straight Heart of America League title, the Sedgwick Cardinal baseball team enters the season with four returning starters and four other letterwinners. Doug Mabry returns for his 15th season as the Sedgwick coach, where he is 202-63.
Both K–12 teachers and college professors are in major discussions over how to deal with the recently-released AI program that generates answers, essays and poetry upon request. However, Jonathan Swift (1667–1745) perhaps anticipated this situation in his classic “Gulliver’s Travels” released in 1726. While some youngsters today may remember reading excerpts from this tale, where Captain Gulliver ends up in countries where he is either a giant or a miniature dwarf, few will recall reading of his trip to the land of Lagano where he visits the Academy of Projectors and watches them use a machine called “The Engine.”
It appears wealthy families in Johnson County owe a big “thank you” to many of Kansas legislators outside of the area. There have been several bills circulating through the Kansas Senate and House over the past few weeks that, if implemented, will shift millions of dollars in taxpayer funds from western parts of Kansas to Johnson County.