TOPEKA — The Kansas State Board of Education has established a temporary advisory council to improve and reform American Indian learning systems in the state. Cheryl Harrison-Lee, chairwoman of the Kansas Board of Regents, said the creation of the council will help state education officials as they try to close enrollment gaps for underserved Kansans.
Dear Doctors: My dad is 77 years old and still steady on his feet. But he tripped on a throw rug recently and sprained his wrist. He won’t let me declutter his house, and he won’t get serious about preventing another fall. Can you please explain how falls are dangerous for older adults, and ways to prevent them?
WICHITA — The San Antonio Missions won the first half title of the Texas League South Division after three wins against the Wichita Wind Surge in weekend play at Riverfront Stadium. The Missions won 2-1 Sunday.
Efforts to build a new public library facility in Newton received a boost this week, as the Dwane and Velma Lunt Wallace Foundation of Wichita announced a gift of $100,000 to the Newton Public Library capital campaign.
On June 22, by popular demand, US president Joe Biden asked Congress to pass a three month “holiday” on collection of the federal gasoline tax. With prices hovering at around $5 per gallon, Americans want something done.
Nationwide, state education departments face a drastic shortage of K–12 teachers. Although the focus is on these last several years of stressful teaching during the pandemic, this decline in teachers and students desiring to enter teaching began several decades ago. Even without the upheaval caused by necessary and required social distancing, hybrid and fully online course delivery and thousands of missing students, the numbers of new teachers has been declining due to a wider range of measures that have taken away the professional authority of teachers. This decline in teachers varies by grade levels and by subject.
An unusual theater performance is looking for an audience, as Bethel College’s Prison Theater Project returns as a summer term course. Two students, under the direction of John McCabe-Juhnke, professor emeritus of communication arts, are collaborating with seven inmates at Hutchinson Correctional Facility’s medium-security East Unit for a performance titled Inside Story.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The last team to get into the NCAA baseball tournament was the last team standing.
Three dead after truck/train accident By Chad Frey Newton Kansan At about 1:42 p.m. June 27 Amtrak’s Southwest Chief struck a truck near Mendon, Missouri,… Login to continue reading Login Sign up for complimentary access Sign Up Now Close
On June 27, several cars derailed on the Southwest Chief train 4 traveling from Los Angeles to Chicago after striking a dump truck at a… Login to continue reading Login Sign up for complimentary access Sign Up Now Close