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Former Kansans wanted: Kansas launches $2M marketing campaign inviting you back home
Kansas state government has launched a national marketing campaign with a $2 million budget to try to convince former Kansans to move back to the Sunflower State. The Kansas Department of Commerce announced Monday that it has launched the "Love, Kansas" talent attraction campaign. "It's simple: We need more humans in Kansas to keep...
Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach argues new agency rule on gun sales is unconstitutional
Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach argued that a rule implemented by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms is unconstitutional and moved that a temporary restraining order be issued on the rule Monday at the Robert Dole Courthouse in Kansas City, Kansas. The ATF rule deems that firearms sold with...
‘Special Hunt’ applications open in Kansas
Applications are open for the KDWP's Special Hunts program following a press release issued on July 1. This offers hunters interesting hunting opportunities with limited access to public and private lands. This includes select refuge areas for deer, upland game, waterfowl, doves, turkey and furbearers.
Kansas gets $45 million for infrastructure improvement projects
TOPEKA (KSNT) – Kansas Governor Laura Kelly announced several major state infrastructure projects Monday morning which are receiving nearly $45.3 million in federal funds. The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) grant program is responsible for the injection of funding into the Sunflower State. These grants go towards […]
Kansas GOP candidate in 2nd District fighting for enrichment of ‘American exceptionalism’
A Kansas National Guard veteran from Topeka attempts to persuade Republican primary voters to support his campaign for the U.S. House. The post Kansas GOP candidate in 2nd District fighting for enrichment of ‘American exceptionalism’ appeared first on Kansas Reflector.
Physical altercation leads to arrest
A physical altercation June 30 at approximately 5:30 p.m. in the area of 11th and Keller Street, led to the notification of Galena Police.As officers arrived on scene, one of the individuals took off on foot. While chasing the individual, he attempted to enter three residences then ended up taking a bicycle from the rider as she rode past him.He eventually ditched the bicycle south of Baker…
Ottawa County shooting victim intoxicated during fatal altercation
MIAMI, Okla. — An autopsy report shows an Ottawa County man fatally shot during an argument tested positive for drugs and alcohol. Matthew Vincent Locastro, 27, of Miami, died on Jan. 5 from a gunshot wound to his head. The manner of death is listed as a homicide, according to the nine-page autopsy report released […]
Miami closer to resolving flooding issues
MIAMI, Okla. – Miami Mayor Bless Parker is celebrating a recent Federal Energy Regulatory Commission order that strengthens the City of Miami’s claims in its decades-long battle with the Grand River Dam Authority over flooding issues facing Miami residents. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, or FERC, affirmed in their June 27 order, that the GRDA […]
Hearing set to determine if a Missouri death row inmate is innocent. His execution is a month later
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A Missouri judge on Tuesday set an Aug. 21 date for a hearing to determine if Marcellus Williams is innocent of the murder that landed him on death row — a hearing that comes just a little over a month before Williams is scheduled to die.
Missouri presidential delegates rejected by Republican National Convention committee
The Missouri Republican Party must replace 54 national convention delegates and alternates selected at its chaotic state convention because of “alarming irregularities” in the process, the Republican National Convention Committee on Contests ruled Friday. The list of rejected delegates includes two of the major GOP candidates for governor, Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft and state […] The post Missouri presidential delegates rejected by Republican National Convention committee appeared first on Missouri Independent.
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