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Steam Saturday will take on a cowboy theme this Saturday
The Geary County Historical Society will be hosting a cowboy themed STEAM Saturday on July 20th. The event will be held at the museum, located at 530 N Adams, from 1:00-3:30pm and will feature cowboy themed interactives including DIY cattle brands, balancing cowboys, western instruments and more. This is a...
Family pet killed in weekend house fire in Garden City
WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - A family pet died in a weekend house fire in Garden City. The Garden City Fire Department reported being dispatched to the fire a little before 4:30 a.m. Saturday in the 2700 block of Belmont Place. “All members of the family were reported to have evacuated...
Notebook: Big 12 Looks to Expand, Again
The Kansas baseball team is about to get a little more clarity about what its roster will look like next season — just over a month before the start of the fall semester. Several outlets reported on Friday night, with the New York Knicks about to begin their Summer League campaign on Saturday, that as Newsday’s Steve Popper put it on X, McCullar “stayed back in New York to continue rehab on the same injury suffered during his time in college that made him miss the NCAA Tournament” and “will not be in Vegas with the team.”
⛳ Hague wins City Match Play
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The City Match Play tournament concluded Sunday at Carey Park Golf Course. In one semifinal of the Championship Flight it was second seed Jake Winchester against third seed Zach Surface. Surface took an early 3 up lead and never let up. He wound up with 4 birdies and no bogeys through 14 holes. He played flawless golf and seemingly made every putt he had a he got by Winchester 5&4.
Topekan Will Pope's Jan. 6 trial delayed after Supreme Court decision
A former Topeka City Council candidate whose federal criminal trial was set to start later this month on charges connected to the Jan. 6 attack at the Capitol has had his case delayed following a U.S. Supreme Court decision. Will Pope had been set to go to trial starting July...
Kansas nursing home owners say they can’t afford to hire more staff. Advocates say it’s essential
The call came late on a cold night in February, from the Overland Park, Kansas, nursing home where Georann Whitman’s mom was living. “They said that they found her on the floor,” Whitman said. “She had gotten up in the middle of the night, and had fallen.”
Only 12% of eligible Kansas families signed up for programs to make child care cheaper
The families of nearly 100,000 children in Kansas were potentially eligible for child care subsidies in 2020. Yet barely more than one in eight got the federal benefit designed to make child care more affordable. That happened even as Kansas has been expanding its child care subsidy and has more room for families to apply. […] The post Only 12% of eligible Kansas families signed up for programs to make child care cheaper appeared first on The Beacon.
Governor appoints Regehr to committee
TOPEKA — On Monday, Kansas Governor Laura Kelly announced the appointment of Reno County Community Corrections Director Randy Regehr to the Juvenile Justice Oversight Committee. The committee's purpose is to oversee the implementation of reform measures intended to improve the state's juvenile justice system.
What makes a Kansan draftable for military service?
KANSAS (KSNT) – Do you have a Kansas driver’s license? If so, you might be eligible to be drafted if the president or Congress enacts a draft. Last month, the U.S. House of Representatives Friday passed a measure within the National Defense Authorization Act that would automatically enroll men 18-26 for the draft. A draft […]
Change is coming & with it, storms
WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - After the extreme heat, chances for showers and storms are on the way and a big cool down will follow as well. In fact, most of Kansas will return to highs in the 80s for midweek. Scattered showers and storms will be a possibility in central...
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