Barbara “Barb” Ann Bickford, 71, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, February 22, 2022 surrounded by family in Houston, Texas. Barbara was born in Little River Kansas in 1951 and was raised by Virgil and Marie Schoen in McPherson, Kansas until she married Stephen Bickford in 1970.
Marie Estelle Twitchell, 95, of McPherson, KS, at 8:56 a.m., Sunday, February 27th, at Cedars House. .
TOPEKA — Members of the Kansas congressional delegation found unanimity in denouncing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and demanding imposition of the strongest available economic sanctions in reprisal.
WICHITA, Kan.— The Kansas Turnpike Authority has selected TransCore, Nashville, TN, as the vendor for the new roadside toll collection program for its conversion to cashless tolling in 2024. “This is a very significant milestone,” said KTA’s Director of Information Technology and Cashless Tolling Project Manager, Bruce Meisch.
TOPEKA — State Rep. Stephanie Byers believes the Kansas Board of Education’s retention of the state’s education commissioner after cracking a childish joke about alleged violent tendencies of First Nations people illustrated how deeply racism was buried in mainstream culture.
TOPEKA — A federal court on Friday struck down parts of a new Kansas law that criminalized the distribution of advanced mail ballot applications. The state agreed not to object to arguments raised by nonprofit organizations that said the 2021 law violates the First and 14th Amendments to the U.S.