TOPEKA, Kansas — Christina Smith says her son has threatened to kill her. Smith was recovering from knee surgery when her child threw her against a wall because he didn’t want to go back to a psychiatric ward.
TOPEKA — The restaurant industry statewide has been plagued by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, inflation and workforce shortages, with new issues making it difficult for restaurant owners to bounce back, officials have said.
TOPEKA — State Treasurer Steven Johnson endorsed legislation Tuesday adding $1 billion to Kansas’ budget stablization fund and recommended the bill include provisions prohibiting withdrawals from the rainy-day account for one-time state government expenditures.
TOPEKA — Gullible Kansas consumers and the state’s elderly population repeatedly victimized by telephone scammers land on so-called sucker lists sold to unscrupulous marketers, charities and organizations willing to pay for leads on potential victims.
TOPEKA — Assessments by the Kansas budget director and an independent tax policy institute Monday showed the flat tax proposal by the Kansas Chamber would reduce the state budget by $1.5 billion per year and primarily benefit the state’s most affluent wage earners.
For newly elected county commissioner Becky Reimer it is mission accomplished – one of her campaign priorities was to begin having the county commission open each meeting with the Pledge of Allegiance and prayer.
Fine Arts boosters plan fundraiser The Newton High School fine arts booster club will host a hog roast during basketball games from 5 to 9 p.m. Feb.
County treasurer Becky Fields first requested an additional employee for her office on Jan. 17, a request that was neither granted nor denied.
Tad and Jamie Remsberg have run the Newton Flyers, a youth track and field program, for decades. But all good things come to an end at some point, and for the Remsbergs, this is the time to end.