Wichita, KS – Social Security Administration (SSA) Commissioner Frank J. Bisignano today visited the Social Security field office in Wichita, Kansas with Representative Ron Estes, Chair of the House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee, to discuss how SSA is deploying technology and streamlining processes to improve the customer experience.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced it had improved and expanded its Farm to School Grant program and would invest up to $18 million to connect locally grown food to child nutrition programs.
TOPEKA — President Donald Trump granted a disaster declaration for Kansas Friday in the wake of destructive June storms and after bipartisan support from lawmakers concerned with recovery efforts. Severe storms landed in southeast and south-central Kansas on June 3, causing tornadoes, straight-line winds and flooding that lasted until June 7 and damaged farms, homes and power lines.
The Big Kansas Road Trip made the second of three stops this year on Sept. 6, picking Halstead for the stop.
TOPEKA — Rob Morgan, owner and publisher of the Neodesha Derrick News in southeast Kansas, knew something wasn’t right when four subscriptions in a row were canceled.
More than 650,000 soccer fans are expected to descend on Kansas City next summer for the FIFA World Cup 26. And starting this week, they’ll be able to purchase tickets.
Time stood still at 8:46 a.m. on Tuesday, September 11, 2001, and I can still remember every single moment that followed.
FREDONIA – It’s a Monday morning at the Wilson County Citizen, and the paper’s staff is chasing breaking news: the annual Fall River barbecue won’t be held this year. Staff might be an overstatement.
GraceMed Health Clinic will close its McPherson Family Clinic this fall, ending seven years of service to families in central Kansas. Patient care will conclude on September 26, 2025, with the clinic officially closing its doors on October 1, 2025.
During the 2024 election campaign, the Republican Party’s historically fraught relationship with organized labor appeared to be changing. Several influential Republicans reached out to unions, seeking to cement the loyalties of the growing ranks of working-class Americans who have been backing Donald Trump’s presidential runs and voting for other members of his party.