Several initiatives were introduced Thursday as part of an ongoing conversation to address mental health, substance abuse and homelessness in the community. The initiatives were introduced by the Mental Health and Substance Abuse Coalition at an en banc meeting with the Sedgwick County Commission and Wichita City Council.
TOPEKA, Kansas — After Tyler Williams spent much of his teenage years locked up in the juvenile jail system, he found himself at 19 owing more than $1,000 to the state of Kansas — including an $840 fee for hauling him from Oklahoma to face charges in Junction City.
Newton board of ed to meet The Newton USD 373 Board of Education will meet at 7 p.m. Feb.
TOPEKA — The commissioner of the Kansas State Board of Education submitted a letter resignation Friday amid controversy about his comment during a video conference that during his youth he tried to persuade children to fear for their safety among American Indians.
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Invading Russian forces closed in on the Ukrainian capital Friday, in what appears to be an encircling movement after a barrage of airstrikes on cities and military bases around the country.
TOPEKA — Voting rights advocates are encouraging Senate legislators to consider an implementation date on a bill adding new audits of state elections and urging them to reject a bill amending the state’s vote roll laws.
LINCOLN — AltEn, which has operated a troubled Nebraska ethanol plant that used pesticide-coated seed corn to produce biofuel, is facing more legal trouble. On Tuesday, six seed corn companies that have been cleaning up the AtlEn ethanol plant site near Mead, Nebraska, filed two separate federal lawsuits seeking repayment for their work.
Have you ever refused to do something you knew God wanted you to do? That might be too difficult to answer, let me ask it another way. Have you ever done something you knew God would not want you to do?
COVID-19 numbers in Harvey County have been declining, and that has led to a sigh of relief at the Harvey County Health Department. Last week the county saw 58 new cases – and even adding in 24 new cases over the weeked the infection rate dropped from 233 just two weeks ago.
Planners of Sesquicentennial observances were a little skittish to plan something large for the actual birthday of Newton, Feb. 22, because the winter weather is so unpredictable.