TOPEKA — Kansas House Speaker Dan Hawkins said the 2026 Legislature would strive to slash $200 million from the state government’s budget and seek to reduce expenditures on the Medicaid program delivering health care to low-income adults and children.
As students return from summer break, Kansas school districts are still figuring out how to comply with a new law that requires certain classes to show a three-minute video of human development in the womb.
The Bethany College volleyball team lost all four games in its season-opening tournament, the Siouxland Invitational in Sioux City, S.D., Friday and Saturday.
For fans and each other, coaches from Bethany College and Smoky Valley schools previewed their coming seasons Tuesday, in this year’s first edition of the weekly 7 a.m. gathering called the Quarterback Club, although it’s not all about football.
TOPEKA — Kansas officials refused persistent demands from the federal government for access to residents’ personal data solely based on the legal responsibility to protect that data, a state leader says.
Bethany College said that 101 of its alumni teach in Kansas schools, with 40 of them serving local districts that include Smoky Valley, McPherson, and… Login to continue reading Login…
The Red Barn Studio Museum will take part in Play Music on the Porch Day, which aims to get musicians performing outside. The Red Barn invites them to… Login to continue reading Login…
$15,486 approved to fix AC at Sundstrom
Scott Bontz News-Record In 2026 budget discussion on either side of its regular meeting Monday night, the Lindsborg City Council hashed out whether to more than double the cost for a police retirement program and whether to fund the Old Mill & Swedish Heritage Museum at all, after a 19-year-old policy statement was found that could be read to preclude such help for nonprofits. The consensus was to make the police insurance change and again give the museum $30,000 of the $50,000 it asked for.
MALETA ANN FORSBERG Maleta Ann Forsberg was born in Iola, Kansas, on November 24, 1931, to Bill and Bess Lockart. She passed away on August 12, 2025, at Bethany Home,…