Commission revisits voting districts
It is not only the state Legislature that needs to redistrict — draw new voting district lines. Counties are charged with doing the same on a regular basis as well.
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Garden Party: Save time, energy, money by planning now
MANHATTAN, Kan. – Come spring and summer, the Big Three of many Kansas gardens are Tomatoes, Potatoes and Green Peppers.
Indoor plants may require pest control
By now your houseplants are settled in for what looks like it could be a short winter and you are careful not to overwater or water too frequently. Suddenly you see some wilting or yellowing of leaves and small insects hanging around your healthy plants. What are these creatures? They count be fungus gnats.
Wichita school board suspends meeting
A Wichita school board meeting was suspended unexpectedly Monday after three new board members refused to wear face masks during the meeting. Diane Albert, Kathy Bond and Hazel Stabler, who were elected in November and started their terms Monday, sat at the board table without masks when a livestream of the meeting started.
Gov. calls for tuition freeze, end of grocery sales tax
TOPEKA — Gov. Laura Kelly challenged Republicans who control the state Legislature to freeze tuition at the state’s public colleges and to give her a bill that ends the sales tax on groceries by month’s end.
Kansas tax revenue in December surpasses by $64M
TOPEKA — Supercharged revenue collections in December by the state Department of Revenue exceeded the monthly estimate by $64 million to expand the cash cushion available for tax reductions or spending investments by the 2022 Legislature and Gov. Laura Kelly.
Kansas doctors plead for you to take COVID-19 precautions
WICHITA, — Health care officials across Kansas and Missouri issued a dire warning Wednesday that COVID-19 has reached new and alarming crisis levels throughout the region. Hospitals struggling to care for sick coronavirus patients — the vast majority of them unvaccinated — find themselves short on staff after record numbers of health care workers are testing positive for the virus.
US, Britain may see rapid decline in omicron cases
Scientists are seeing signals that COVID-19’s alarming omicron wave might have peaked in Britain and is about to do the same in the U.S., at which point cases could drop dramatically. The variant has proved so wildly contagious that it may already be running out of people to infect, just a month and a half after it was first detected in South Africa.
Vaccine protest erupts in Bulgaria
SOFIA, Bulgaria – Protesters opposing COVID-19 restrictions in Bulgaria clashed Wednesday with police as they tried to storm the Parliament in the capital of Sofia. A heavy police presence prevented protesters from entering the building, and some were detained.
County COVID-19 numbers rising quickly
Lynette Redington looked at the county board of health Jan. 11 and spoke about being overwhelmed. She said that on that morning, the health department she serves as director of logged 84 new cases of COVID-19 in 24 hours.