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INSIGHT KANSAS: Kansas childcare is unaffordable for most families
Last month during the state legislature’s special budget session, one contentious issue in the budget bill was doubling the state’s childcare tax credit. Rep. Mark Steffen (R-Hutchinson) made comments saying the tax credit served as an “incentive” for mothers to enter the workforce and weaken “traditional families”.
Miss Kansas Stuns Audience By Confronting Abuser Mid-Pageant: ‘My Abuser Is Here’
Miss Kansas 2024. Alexis Smith || Image credit: @missalexissmith. The Miss Kansas pageant took an emotional and daring turn when Alexis Smith, the newly crowned winner, used her victory speech to confront her abuser, who was surprisingly in the audience. A scene from the 2024 Miss Kansas pageant is making...
$2.5 million Medicaid grant will expand mental health services in Kansas schools
TOPEKA — The Kansas Department of Health and Environment and Kansas Medicaid secured $2.5 million for school-based services, including funding for in-school mental health services, increased outreach and enrolling more families in Medicaid. The goal of the grant, announced by KDHE on June 25, is to increase Medicaid health...
Lawrence man, 31, shot and killed in Topeka
A Lawrence man was killed in an overnight shooting Saturday in Topeka, according to police. Officers were dispatched around midnight Saturday to a shooting in the 2900 block of Sotuhwest Topeka Boulevard, according to a news release from the Topeka Police Department. “Upon arrival, officers located one individual suffering from...
SKCvSTL Quotes: "These are games that you want to watch as a spectator"
It's a game that I expected the way it would be. It would be intense. These games will continue to take on that life as we move forward. So from that perspective it was fine. I don't really think we gave up a lot in the game, to be honest with you, other than I don't know what Tim (Melia) was doing on that goal kick in the second half. Other than that, everything else was pretty much back and forth with both teams. The goalkeeper made a great save on the tip on Tim (Leibold) in the first half with his right foot, which I've never seen him do before (but he did) finally. The fact that we came back was good. We had a good mentality to do that. I think after we scored the goal, maybe we missed a little bit of push, but I think you have got to take into consideration we've had a lot of games. The guys have expended a lot of energy. I do thank the Gods today because the weather was very helpful, for sure, because if it would have been a hot day, I think it would have affected us a lot and maybe them as well. I don't know. But us a lot just because of the number of games.
Athletes shine at Special Olympics Kansas flag football event
PITTSBURG, Kan. — Athletes hit the field running today, for the Special Olympics Kansas state flag football in Pittsburg. “Win, lose, you get either one. We’re having fun today,” said Conner Jackson, Special Olympics Kansas athlete. Conner Jackson has been an athlete for Special Olympics Kansas since...
NCAA Basketball Recruiting: Analyzing the 11 teams in play for 4-star C Eric Reibe
Like many other teams in NCAA basketball, Kansas Jayhawks have largely shifted their focus toward the transfer portal instead of incoming recruits. However, their impact on recruiting should never be underestimated. After this season, the Jayhawks will see the departure of 2x consensus All-American Hunter Dickinson, making a viable path for Reibe to make an instant impact for the Jayhawks in 2025-26.
Meet the Manhattan City Manager finalists
Members of the public will have the opportunity to meet the four finalists for the position of Manhattan City Manager from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Monday, July 22 at Flint Hills Discovery Center. According to a social media announcement by the City of Manhattan during this reception, the public will have an opportunity to meet each finalist in an informal setting, ask questions, and share their feedback in writing or electronically.
Nebraska Football Recruiting: 4-Star DL Commits to Huskers over Oklahoma Sooners, Kansas State Wildcats
As the President of the United States steps away from race, Nebraska football is stepping up its recruiting. The Huskers snagged the commitment of 2025 defensive lineman Kade Pietrzak Sunday. Pietrzak is the No. 1 ranked recruit in North Dakota and is a 247Sports Composite four-star prospect. The 6-5, 260-pounder...
Geary County Commissioners are in session Monday
The 2023 County audit presentation is on the agenda at 10:45 a.m. Monday for the Geary County Commission. There will also be a joint meeting with the County Public Building Commission at 11 a.m. The agenda for that session includes a Hospital Update and the Geary County Detention Center Feasibility Study.
This week in Kansas State tweets | 07.22.24
These were the best tweets about the Wildcats last week. July is coming down the home stretch and August means college football is here. There, however, been no shortage of news this summer and it continued last week, too. These are the Kansas State athletics tweets of the week. It's...
Andre Roberson's lockdown defense on Jacob Pullen hastened Purple Reign's TBT exit
WICHITA — Jacob Pullen and Andre Roberson's paths did not cross often in their Big 12 playing days. Pullen, Kansas State's all-time leading scorer, was an All-America senior for the Wildcats in 2010-11, when Roberson came into the league as a Colorado freshman. So, who knew that when they reconnected on Saturday in the opening round of The Basketball Tournament at Koch Arena that their matchup would play such a large part in determining the outcome?
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