Month: January 2023
Pottawatomie County Board of Commissioners Expansion
Pottawatomie County, KS- A petition was circulated during the spring and summer of 2022 to have the question of adding two seats to the Pottawatomie
State Official Outlines Free Health and Safety Reviews for Kansas Businesses
By Pat Melgares, K-State Research and Extension news service Manhattan, KS– An official with the Kansas Department of Labor told a gathering of entrepreneurs
Governor Kelly Signs First Executive Order of Second Term to Improve Early Childhood Development
Topeka, KS- Governor Laura Kelly today signed the first executive order of her second term, Executive Order 23-01, to establish the Early Childhood Transition Task
Fifteen Specialty Crop Block Grants Awarded in 2022
Manhattan, KS— The Kansas Department of Agriculture was awarded $780,776 through the Specialty Crop Block Grant Program in 2022. Funds for the program were presented
Obituary-Carson Everett Simon
Carson Everett Simon, age 18, died January 6, 2023. He was born April 5, 2004, to Patrick and Lindsay (Christian) Simon, in Manhattan, Kansas. Carson
2023 Kansas Horizon Award Program Recognizes 32 Kansas Educators
Topeka, KS— Thirty-two educators from Kansas are being recognized for their outstanding teaching skills through the 2023 Kansas Horizon Award program. The 2023 Kansas Horizon
Cold? Snow? No Matter to Gardeners
K-State Research and Extension news service Manhattan, KS– It’s barely January, it’s cold and many landscapes are covered with snow, but in Kansas and
UPDATE: Governor Kelly Orders Flags Be Lowered to Half-Staff in Honor of Longtime Kansas Attorney General Robert Stephan
Topeka, KS- Last week, in accordance with Executive Order #20-30, Governor Laura Kelly ordered flags throughout the State of Kansas to be flown at half-staff
Kansas Found 188 Catholic Clergy Accused of Sex Abuse. Now the State’s Getting Pressed for Names
Janet Patterson remembers attending a Catholic Mass at her parish near Wichita and hearing the congregation’s newly assigned priest lecture the parishioners. “I remember him
Obituary-Dorothy M. Rombeck
Dorothy Mae Rombeck, 82, of Home, KS, died January 9, 2023, at Cambridge Place in Marysville. Visitation will be Wednesday, January 11, from 10 a.m.