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TOPEKA — Drug-soaked paper was smuggled into at least one Kansas prison, according to state officials, who cited the ordeal as the reason for changing print newspaper subscription policies.
TOPEKA — The Kansas Board of Regents answered political pressure to avoid aggressive 2026 budget requests for public universities and colleges by endorsing a plan calling for a $4.6 million cut from the current year’s state appropriation.
In dry years, Tuttle Creek Lake and other reservoirs keep the Kansas River flowing strong enough to provide drinking water for hundreds of thousands of people. But these manmade lakes are disappearing.
Lower recidivism rates and successful societal reintegration now seem easier out at the Butler County Detention Facility where additional inmate services are now being offered to offenders in custody.
In 2023 Bluestem Public Schools USD 205 passed a $13.5 million bond that improved classrooms, athletic facilities and gave students what Superintendent Joel Lovesee describes as more opportunities that have been a long time coming.
On Saturday, September 13, the Andover Police Department set up patrol vehicles outside of Dillons Marketplace to collect food donations for the Andover Community Food Bank. In doing so, they raised a ton of food – literally.
El Dorado — Butler County is looking for public input as we work to update the Butler County Comprehensive Plan. The County has reached the mid-point in development of the Comprehensive Plan and the goal is to provide the community with a compelling vision and framework to be used as a guide for future decision-making and development. The Plan will provide an inclusive framework for the orderly and consistent planning of future growth in Butler County with collaboration from the public, municipalities and townships within the County. The Plan focuses on land use, development patterns, housing types, infrastructure and economic development.
TOPEKA — The Kansas Supreme Court swore in a new justice Wednesday, marking Gov. Laura Kelly’s fourth appointee to the bench.
WASHINGTON — U.S. House Republican leaders released a seven-week stopgap government funding bill Tuesday that’s intended to avoid a shutdown when the new fiscal year begins Oct. 1.