Month: January 2019
KanCare officials showed a surprising but encouraging willingness to roll back unwelcome changes in mid-December in response to feedback. A new system of codes for formerly bundled services meant that Kansas pediatricians who see children…
Seventy years ago January 1949 Several hundred persons lined up to buy motor car license tags this morning at the courthouse. Some got the numbers they were after, but some were disappointed, and others gave…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Insurance Commissioner-elect Vicki Schmidt has picked a high-ranking Kansas Department of Transportation official to serve as her top deputy. Schmidt announced Wednesday that upon taking office, she will appoint Barbara Rankin…
WASHINGTON (AP) Home alone no more, President Donald Trump had a lot to share when he convened a rambling Cabinet meeting on Day 12 of the government shutdown. The president, eager for company after…
BEIJING (AP) Apple Inc.s $1,000 iPhone is a tough sell to consumers in China unnerved by an economic slump and the trade war with the U.S. CEO Tim Cook said in a letter to…
Hi Carolyn: My friends boyfriend passed away last week and the funeral is tomorrow. My friend told her roommate that she didnt want her friends going to the funeral if they were going just for…
Dear Dr. Roach: For the past four weeks now, I wake up during the night because both of my hands have gone numb. I work my hands to get the feeling back and walk around…
A dozen hearty hikers and bikers took part in a New Years Day trek along several legs of the Lehigh Portland Trail complex south of Iola. The frigid temperatures never got much above 20, but…
WASHINGTON (AP) Democratic and Republican congressional leaders are expected to attend a briefing on border security at the White House as the government remains partially shut down and President Donald Trump asks in a…
The new year marks the start of numerous new state laws affecting a broad swath of life from birth to marriage to death and, of course, taxes. Most take effect Tuesday. A look at…
