Month: September 2018

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Board of Regents is seeking $25 million from state lawmakers to fund a financial aid program for college students. The board’s budget request is part of a plan to…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Christine Blasey Ford’s lawyers said Wednesday they have given the Senate sworn affidavits from four people who say she told them well before Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination that she had been…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Washburn University will dedicate a statue to former U.S. Sen. Bob Dole to celebrate his life of public service. Dole, who is 95, plans to attend the dedication ceremony Friday in…

Calendar Thursday-Saturday-Kincaid Fair; Monday-Cemetery Board meeting, City Hall, 7 p.m.; Oct. 3-Lions Club, United Methodist Church basement, 7 p.m.; 4-County Bus to Garnett, phone 24 hours before you need a ride, 785-448-4410 any weekday; Community…

LOS ANGELES — We’ve become accustomed to restaurants with open kitchens, coffee shops with on-site roasters, taquerias where you can see the tortillas being made — but how about a shop where you can watch…

HUMBOLDT — Humboldt High School will be repurposed to a spook house Saturday night to raise money for the school’s after-prom party next spring. The junior class is in charge of converting the school’s halls…

Marmaton Valley High School’s 2018 Homecoming King and Queen will be crowned Friday, prior to the Wildcats’ football game against Crest. The queen candidates are, front row from left, Paige Becker, Kari Shadden, Sarah Spillman…

NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — At an age when other Hollywood stars are settling into retirement and collecting lifetime-achievement awards, an 81-year-old Bill Cosby was led away to prison in handcuffs Tuesday, sentenced to three to…

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — President Donald Trump is endorsing a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. He says that while he’s with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “100 percent,” Israel will have to do something…

You know you’re in trouble if your boss questions your very existence. So when Jon Hamdorf, director of Medicaid for Kansas, says he struggles with the concept of whether health care is a right or…