TOPEKA – The Kansas Department of Health and Environment announced Dec. 16 the state Health and Environmental Laboratories has found the Omicron variant of the COVID-virus in one Kansas resident — an adult from Franklin County.
I was given one week to learn about a man named Bob Dole. Seven days- that was my deadline.
The McPherson Opera House welcomes back Sammie King’s InsideOut Jazz Band on Dec.17. The band features their Cool Yule Christmas show.
Kansas is having a bumper year for tax revenue, and a Republican-led group of lawmakers are brainstorming ways to limit government spending. As state coffers are flush with cash and politicians ponder how to spend the windfall, the Legislature’s Special Committee on Taxation is weighing tax and expenditure limitation policies.
WICHITA — Worried about safety, resistant to mask orders and troubled by a lack of confidence in public schools, thousands more Kansas parents are opting to teach their kids at home. The shift comes in the wake of the pandemic that convinced those families they could handle the job.
2021 EVENTS CALENDAR Thursday, December 16th Cookies with Santa - 5 p.m.-6:30 p.m. at Sunflower Mercantile, 106 N.
If you’re confused about President Joe Biden’s 30 x 30 initiative, you’re not alone. State legislators, officials with the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, research staff and advocacy groups remain largely perplexed and cautious about the federal plan, which aims to protect 30% of U.S.
Would you like to buy a four-door truck for $180? How about a semi truck for $225? Maybe a stock trailer for $150? Those prices can’t be real, so you must know that I’m just toying with you. Today we’ll meet an innovative Kansas company that has diversified its product line to include miniature-sized trucks and farm equipment -- toys that are being shipped coast to coast and beyond.
Whether I am baking breads, cookies, granola, fruitcake or bread pudding, I will be reaching for raisins to add moisture, flavor and texture to those holiday goodies. It’s such a great addition that many overlook the convenience of having this dried fruit in the pantry.
A little way from where two dirt roads cross on the Kansas prairie sits a newlypurchased $30 million hunting compound — the Hooray Ranch. This exclusive lodge serves five-star meals three times a day and includes lush accommodations and a more than one-to-one employee to guest ratio.