The Smoky Valley Board of Education talked with three architectural firms Monday night about school district infrastructure renovation that could involve a multimillion-dollar bond election. The directors also approved staff estimates of how many students who live outside the district could be admitted to attend Smoky Valley schools in the 2025-26 school year, based on projected class sizes.
A defense attorney in the January 2024 street brawl case raised no objection to the prosecution using statements that police attribute to his client, including communication by phone after he was read his Miranda rights and declined to answer questions. Justin Ferrell, the public defender for Jaden Dashawn Evans, could later seek to keep statements from being presented at a trial scheduled for June 10, but expressed no concern at a short hearing before District Court Judge John Klenda on Friday in McPherson.
Communities in southwest Kansas saw an increase in federal immigration enforcement last week, causing unrest for the towns with heavily immigrant populations.
Navigators, who serve as a guide to help people select and enroll in health insurance plans on the federal marketplace, are likely to be harder to find in Kansas because of federal funding cuts.
A proposal to resolve decadeslong wrangling over water in central Kansas is slated for release this spring. The draft plan falls under a federal program that has under previous administrations traditionally opened doors to significant financial backing for water conservation projects.
TOPEKA — Three Republicans and three Democrats in the House dropped their opposition April 11 to overriding Gov. Laura Kelly on 15 budget vetoes to meet the Senate halfway toward restoration of spending earmarks on the verge of being deleted from the appropriations bill.
TOPEKA — The House and Senate moved forward last week to create a new Kansas Office of Early Childhood, merging three departments that govern child care in the state, while loosening regulations for child care providers and providing an opt-out for required child vaccinations. Both chambers passed House Bill 2045, sending the legislation on to Gov.
TOPEKA — The Kansas Legislature overturned the governor’s veto of a bill that opens state and county health officials to civil action for decisions about quarantines and takes away their authority to ban public gatherings in situations of infectious disease. Gov.
Egg hunt Saturday at Riverside Park There will be an egg hunt Saturday at Riverside Park. The event is free, but there will be food vendors.