A life-sized sculpture of famed Dodge City bad boy Dennis Hopper will one day invite passersby to join him on the iconic freedom ride down the counterculture highway he immortalized in the 1969 movie “Easy Rider.”
TOPEKA (AP) — Republican legislators in Kansas are pushing a redistricting plan that the state Senate’s top GOP leader hopes will move the state school board to the right and give conservatives more say over what’s taught in public schools.
HAVILAND — Fifteen years ago, Robert Ellis got a letter he never wanted. Haviland’s drinking water had failed a state safety test.
WICHITA — A Derby school district committee decided not to remove the Bible from libraries or classrooms despite a challenge that the book contains mature themes. Cheryl Bannon, a former member of the Derby City Council, asked the district’s library committee to review the Bible after the group decided to remove an award-winning young-adult novel from its list of approved classroom materials.
The Swiss Mennonite Cultural and Historical Association is offering educational grants to individuals preparing for full-time Christian service, Mennonite ministry, Mennonite voluntary service, or other related careers.
TOPEKA — The Kansas and Senate voted to send Gov. Laura Kelly a measure Thursday mandating able-bodied adults without dependents hold down a job for 30 hours a week or enroll in a job training program to receive federal food assistance.
In the state of Kansas, COVID-19 response is changing - from pandemic to endemic. March 31 Governor Laura Kelly and the Kansas Department of Health and Environment announced pivoting from “emergency pandemic response” to “endemic normalcy.” “Kansas is continuing the transition to a new phase of understanding and living with COVID-19,” Governor Laura Kelly said.
Launched at the end of February, the Newton Recreation Commission Indoor Soccer League is going strong – with 262 players across nine divisions of play in the NRC gymnasium. The Newton Recresation Commission will host games through April 12.
World’s Funniest Animals 8 p.m. on KSCW Season 2 draws to a close with a finale that features another assortment of amusing clips spotlighting such alliterative animals as happy horses, daring deer, curious cats and blissful bears.
With more than 20 different volunteer projects scheduled for this weekend, one would think it would be hard to find enough volunteers to go around. But that is not the case for Grace Community Church’s “Big Serve” slated for April 3.