Bethany opens the academic year
The theme of the Bethany College convocation on Friday was community. The school’s new president, Laura Crawley, said to the assembly in Presser Hall, “We grow best when we grow together.
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DUI added to charges against Erin Plumer The county attorney added drunken driving to complaints of threat and assault already made against Erin Plumer. The new complaints were filed Aug.
Institute analyzes new law's effects on Medicaid
The federal tax and spending bill enacted July 4 has major implications for KanCare, the program that combines Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program in Kansas, the Kansas Health Institute said in an online report.
Social Security will diminish without legal action
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed a proclamation celebrating the 90th anniversary of Social Security last week, though he offered no plans for avoiding insolvency and a steep drop-off in benefits within the next decade.
U.S. lawmakers back Kelly's request for disaster help
The six members of the Kansas congressional delegation urged President Trump on Monday to approve the governor’s request for federal assistance to help the state recover from damaging weather in early June.
Prairie chicken loses legal protection
TOPEKA — The lesser prairie chicken, a dancing grouse that has long teetered between threatened and endangered classifications, lost its federal protections in court in a victory for Great Plains petroleum and cattle industries.
GOP leader blames fire on liberals
TOPEKA — Firefighters responded to an overnight fire outside headquarters of the Johnson County Republican Party in Overland Park that resulted in no injuries.
Privatize or downsize the Postal Service?
Rural letter carrier Roger McDonald missed driving his 150-mile route outside Scottsbluff in northwestern Nebraska earlier this year. He was injured in a serious car accident that kept him from mail delivery for three months.
Old 81 to reopen today
Fourteenth Avenue between Mohawk and Navajo is scheduled to reopen this afternoon, McPherson County Public Works said. Traffic between Lindsborg and McPherson will no longer… Login to continue reading Login…
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While workers at Messiah Lutheran Church clean up after serving meals for a children’s summer lunch program, into Fellowship Hall float the faint notes of Bach. Trace them down the hall, make a left, climb steps, and steer left again.