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Kansas DCF launches program offering $120 for hungry students over summer
TOPEKA — Families that need food assistance during the summer could see relief through the state’s new student-geared program. The Kansas Department for Children and Families on Thursday announced Summer EBT, a program meant to help families struggling with food costs for school-aged children during the summer. DCF...
Kansans celebrate Memorial Day at Perry Lake
TOPEKA (KSNT) – As people honor and remember those who’ve fallen in the armed forces, some folks are celebrating this year’s Memorial Day out at the lake. Perry Lake makes Memorial Day a great holiday destination. With multiple restaurants, boat shops and of course, party cove, there’s something for everyone to enjoy. Sally Hamsa says […]
On this Memorial Day weekend, a civic prayer for the living and the dead
This commentary originally appeared in the Kansas Reflector. By the Sunday before Memorial Day my father would already have the flowers set out on the family graves. He would have called the flowers “decorations,” because being an original Ozarker he knew the holiday by its old name. The relatives whose remains were held safe by […] The post On this Memorial Day weekend, a civic prayer for the living and the dead appeared first on Colorado Newsline.
Watch for low-flying helicopter measuring groundwater in Kansas
TOPEKA —Beginning in late May and continuing for much of June, residents of northwest Kansas may see a low-flying helicopter towing a large hexagonal frame, part of a Kansas Geological Survey and Northwest Kansas Groundwater Management District No. 4 project to map groundwater conditions in the Ogallala aquifer in that part of the state, according to the KGS.
Kansas’ smallest school district prepares to close in warning sign for rural communities
HEALY — Eighth-grade graduates walked the stage May 16 as family members cheered them on, filling rows in the front of the Healy public school district’s auditorium. School board members were seated at the side of the stage to congratulate the students — all three of them. Celebratory cake and punch waited outside. The three […] The post Kansas’ smallest school district prepares to close in warning sign for rural communities appeared first on Kansas Reflector.
United Way of Central Kansas operating from new Great Bend location
United Way of Central Kansas has not changed its mission, just its location. At the end of April, the non-profit moved from its Williams Street office in Great Bend to its new location at 2000 Washington Ave. Director Charell Owings said the move has been a good one. "We were...
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