GOP defections thwart some of conservatives’ plans in Kansas
Key conservative initiatives are likely to fail in Kansas this year because a few Republicans are breaking with the rest of the Legislature’s veto-proof GOP supermajorities.
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As fertilizer pollutes tap water in small towns, rural Kansans pay the price
Haviland’s drinking water had failed a state safety test. It had more nitrate than federal limits allow. And as mayor of this small town east of Dodge City, it was his job to help the town figure out what to do.
An out-of-this-world exhibit lands in a small Kansas museum
GENESEO — In the Rice County town of Geneseo, population 200, there is a sign at the entrance of the city museum beckoning visitors. All kinds of visitors.
1 in 6 Kansans lives in a food desert. Some in central Topeka insist they can build an oasis
For nine decades, generations of neighbors ran into each other at the corner of Huntoon and Lane streets in central Topeka.
Kansas is on path to make it easier to get your seized property back from police
TOPEKA, Kansas — Police can keep seized property “as long as necessary,” state statute says, if they believe it could be evidence in a trial. A proposed change to state law would require police to give items back.
El Dorado Wildcat softball drops two in triangular
The El Dorado Wildcats dropped their season openers after in a triangular battle with Wellington and Goddard on Monday night. In the end, it was two innings in each game that was the major difference. A 9-run inning against Wellington and an 8-run inning for Goddard.
AUTISTIC MAN ILLUSTRATES BOOK
Family seeing something special in a child is not something uncommon, and it was the case when Trent Landreth of El Dorado about the time he turned three - though there have been challenges along the way.
History of oil in El Dorado to be celebrated
A quest for oil, discovered in El Dorado, fueled growth of the city in its younger years, when El Dorado became home to the largest Lease Town in history. That history will be the focus of a Friends of the Library evening with Warren Martin to celebrate El Dorado’s 150 anniversary at 7 p.m.
UNEMPLOYMENT DIPS AT STATE LEVEL
The unemployment rate for the state of Kansas dropped in the latest report issued by the Kansas Department of Labor - both from month-to-month and year-over-year. Preliminary estimates reported March 26 by the Labor Market Information Services division of the Kansas Department of Labor (KDOL) and the Bureau of Labor Statistics show a seasonally adjusted unemployment rate of 2.5% in February.
An out-of-this-world exhibit lands in a small Kansas museum
GENESEO — In the Rice County town of Geneseo, population 200, there is a sign at the entrance of the city museum beckoning visitors. All kinds of visitors.