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Elk County Free Fair Continues This Weekend
The Elk County Free Fair continues today through the weekend in Longton, KS. This afternoon, turtle and kid races will take place at 2 p.m. The pedal tractor pull will be tonight at 5 p.m., and there will be a free barbecue tonight at 6 p.m. The 4-H beef show also takes place tonight at 6 p.m., followed by VIP showmanship. There will also be a food auction at 7 p.m. plus bingo tonight.
New $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 care services for children and their […] The post New $2.5 million Medicaid grant will expand mental health services in Kansas schools appeared first on Kansas Reflector.
K-State Agriculture Today: 1728 – Grain Market Here and Abroad…Weather Outlook
00:01:05 – Grain Market, International and Domestic, Part 1: Dan O’Brien, K-State grain economist, and Guy Allen, the senior economist at the IGP Institute at K-State, start today’s show with an update on the domestic and international grain market. The pair discusses corn and sorghum in their first segment.
Kansas Courts impacted by global cyber outage
KANSAS (KSNT) – The Kansas Courts are currently being impacted by a global cyber outage. On Friday, Lea D. Welch, Court Administrator for the Third Judicial District issued a press release regarding a global cyber outage. According to Welch, some electronic systems and devices may be impacted this morning. “The issue appears to have been […]
Middle School Students In Kansas Compete In First-Ever Civics Competition
Politically, our country is seemingly at the edge of a precipice – where intense division on social issues causes deep crevices along partisan lines and lasting resentment toward our fellow man. A pandemic, economic turmoil and revisions to fundamental statutes are consistently and combatively debated with no middle ground met.
Missouri uses money, laws to push evidence-based reading instruction
A Missouri law adopted in 2022 requires that all public school elementary students get reading instruction that has proved “highly likely to be effective" (Getty Images). If you drop into an elementary reading lesson, you might see kids learning about the long U sound, building their vocabulary or practicing how to read aloud without sounding like robots.
State treasurer: Kansas resident victim of government imposter scam
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – The Kansas State Treasurer’s Office says a resident was the victim of a scam by a government imposter. The office says the scammer contacted the victim via phone call and claimed to be a representative of the Kansas State Treasurer’s office. The victim was told that he had recently won a […]
Kansas Storm Forecast: Heavy Rainfall, Hail Expected Tonight
Wichita, KS – Kansas is facing an increased chance of storms tonight, with central parts of the state expecting the strongest weather. The National Weather Service in Wichita reports that the stormy conditions will include small hail, winds reaching 40 to 50 mph, and heavy rainfall. According to the...
Some rain and rumbles around through the weekend
Many of us are off to a quiet start to the day. There is a chance for a few showers to the west early this morning. Some raindrops may try to move into Central Kansas this morning. For those that are able to see some rainfall, skies will be drier...
How Kansas governor is influencing Democratic primaries and what Vic Miller says about it
Kansas Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly is using her Middle of the Road PAC to influence Democratic primary races, despite indicating she wanted to use the political action committee and its money to break the Republican supermajorities in the Statehouse. Kelly's PAC on Thursday endorsed four Democratic legislative candidates in contested...
Kansas governor and conservative senator form 'unusual pairing' to GOP's chagrin
After a failed run for governor as a conservative independent and ongoing feuds with his own party's leadership, Republican Sen. Dennis Pyle has an ally in Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly. Pyle is heading into a three-way Republican primary for the Senate seat representing rural northeast Kansas he has held since...
Blue catfish harvest regulations change in Kansas
PRATT (KSNT) – Wildlife officials are spreading the word to Kansas anglers of some recent changes made to blue catfish harvest regulations. The Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP) made several changes to fishing regulations in June during a meeting of KDWP commissioners in Hays which are now active in the state. This includes […]
Corn harvest nears in northeast Kansas
PERRY (KSNT) – Harvest season for corn farmers in northeast Kansas is right around the corner. Emma Jenks is an agronomist and a fifth-generation farmer. She grows corn, winter squash and soybeans all on her 225 acres of land. Right now, her main focus is preparing all her crops for this season’s harvest. “Harvest takes […]
Former Kickapoo tribal chair indicted for assault
BROWN COUNTY (KSNT) – A former Kickapoo official has been indicted for multiple assault charges that took place on the reservation within the past year. The former chairman of the Kansas Kickapoo Tribe, Lester Randall, was indicted by a Federal Grand Jury Thursday. The Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas posted on social media that Former Tribal […]
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