An Andover elementary school will remain closed for the rest of the school year after being heavily damaged in Friday’s tornado. District officials said students at Prairie Creek will not have school this week.
Dear Doctors: I’ve been seeing a lot of news stories lately about people who thought they had irritable bowel syndrome, but then it turned out to be something called “SIBO.” I’ve never heard of that before. Can you please explain what it is? How do you know if you have it? Can it be cured?
What happened to 14-year-old Cadence Santana on April 1 was no joke. She was trying to walk across the street, navigating the intersection of 12th and Main.
Editor’s Note: This is the second of a multi-part series from a story by The Kansas Reflector HESSTON — Brad Heppner’s vision to transform his hometown’s main street into a thriving commercial hub is so breathtaking, local and state officials would rather not question the operations of a uniquely regulated trust company he describes as a pawn shop for rich people. Few in the Kansas Legislature, or even the investment world, understood Heppner’s business model when lawmakers agreed last year to let him launch the nation’s first technology-enabled fiduciary financial institution — known as a TEFFI — which is operated by his Dallas-based company, Beneficient.
Connie Brown Collins felt ecstatic when a WyandotteCounty judge recently struck down a congressional redistricting map drawn by the Republican-led Kansas Legislature. The Kansas City, Kansas, resident said she and others repeatedly told lawmakers that the map unfairly split racially diverse Wyandotte County into two separate congressional districts.
TOPEKA — The Kansas Legislature sent Gov. Laura Kelly a multifaceted election reform bill containing an unfunded mandate that local governments use ballots printed on watermarked paper.
TOPEKA, Kansas — Samantha Bishop used drugs to feel better about herself. That, coupled with social pressures, drove her ever deeper into addiction.
TOPEKA — Gov. Laura Kelly pledged to sign a bill approved Thursday by the Legislature gradually eliminating the state’s 6.5% sales tax on groceries by January 2025.
Dear Doctors: When my family tried to visit my parents at their assisted living facility, we were turned away at the door. I thought COVID-19 was going to be the reason, but we were told it was because of a norovirus outbreak. What is that? Is it really so contagious?
Walton UMC to host salad luncheon The Walton United Methodist Women will hist a salad luncheon at 11:30 a.m. May 7 at Walton United Methodist Church, 201 Blaine Street, Walton.