Topeka, Nov. 21, 2013. There won’t be an increase in Thanksgiving travel this year, but the roads and skies will still be plenty stuffed, according to AAA’s annual travel forecast.
More than 3.7 million people from Kansas and the other six states that comprise the West North Central Region* will travel over the Thanksgiving holiday, a figure that remains virtually unchanged from....
Governor Sam Brownback launches “Reading Roadmap”
WHO: Governor Sam Brownback, Public School Superintendent Susan Beeson, Chetopa USD 505, Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum Brian Biermann, Pittsburg USD250, Superintendent Brian Smith, Galena USD499 and representatives of partner organizations including Kansas Enrichment Network, Reading Recovery, Save the Children and....
NORTH PLATTE, NE— The Golden Spike Tower and Visitors Center has a new Executive Director. The President of the Board of Directors, Jeanie Gilbert, made the announcement today.
“We are pleased to welcome Kirsten Parker as our new Executive Director.” said Gilbert. Parker will begin December 1, 2013....
CALDWELL, Kan. (AP) -- A fire at a downtown Caldwell restaurant last week caused an estimated $200,000 in damage.
The Wichita Eagle reports (http://bit.ly/1i94DB1 ) that Caldwell fire chief Pat York says the fire at Richard's Last Chance Bar and Grill is still under investigation but he says there is "nothing suspicious" about the blaze....
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) -- Kansas State Board of Education members are considering a proposal for a multistate group to develop new, standardized tests for public schools.
The proposal on Wednesday's agenda comes from the state Department of Education....
(AP) — A northeast Kansas couple has sued authorities after a SWAT-style raid of their home came up empty-handed for marijuana.
Adlynn and Robert Harte of Leawood filed suit in federal court Tuesday against the Johnson County board of commissioners, Sheriff Frank Denning and several deputies for the April 2012 raid....
(AP) — A former Wichita State student admits that he secretly videotaped his roommates while they were in the shower in their dorm.
Twenty-one-year-old Keanan Daniel Smith pleaded guilty Tuesday to three counts of breach of privacy. As part of the plea bargain, two counts of sexual exploitation of a child were dismissed. Smith was accused of taping the roommates in February.....
