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August 2024
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Commerce secretary, Senate president deflect claims tied to deceased former state worker
TOPEKA — The Kansas Department of Commerce issued a blanket statement Thursday describing as “categorically false” the allegation attributed to a recently deceased former agency employee that Lt.
Kansas COVID-19 spike coincides with unexplained tuberculosis infections
TOPEKA — As the Kansas and Missouri medical communities prepare for respiratory illness season, health officials grapple with an early COVID-19 infection spike and higher-than-normal tuberculosis infections in Wyandotte County.COVID positivity rates have been steadily increasing in Kansas, Missouri and across the country since July.
Acclaimed Kinsley musician Johnston returns to create a mural celebrating his hometown
Musician Freedy Johnston sang he “sold the dirt to feed the band” after leaving his hometown of Kinsley, Kansas, to pursue a career in New York City.
Southwest Medical Center announces Community Health Fair, free lab testing
Liberal — Southwest Medical Center (SWMC) is proud to announce the 2024 Community Health Fair, set to take place on Saturday, October 5th, at the Seward County Activity Center.
Preserving the Western Trail: A historian’s perspective
Michael Grauer, the McCaslin Chair of Cowboy Culture and Curator of Cowboy Collections & Western Art at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, is scheduled to present at the 150th-anniversary Western Cattle conference at Boot Hill Museum in Dodge City on Nov.
Wheat Scoop: South African trade team explores Kansas wheat industry
South African milling companies know their wheat — both in terms of the quality they need to produce the high-loaf pan bread their consumers eat and the price advantages and disadvantages of global wheat supplies.
Jackson County lawmakers reject Chiefs-only sales tax measure aimed at saving stadium talks
It’s back to square one for the Jackson County Legislature as it tries to figure out how to keep the Chiefs from leaving Kansas City.In a 5-4 vote, the legislature rejected a proposal to place a Chiefs-only sales tax measure on the November ballot.The quarter-cent tax would go into effect in October 2031 — after the current 3/8th-cent sales tax ends — and would fund improvements for Arrowhead Stadium and the Truman Sports Complex and would not include Kauffman Stadium.It was a compromise that 1st District Legislator Manny Abarca IV, who sponsored the measure, hoped would ease voters’ concerns about funding a new Royals ballpark.In April, Jackson County voters rejected an extension of the current tax to fund a new Kansas City Royals stadium downtown and renovations at Arrowhead Stadium for the Chiefs.“The goal is to make sure that voters have another crack at an opportunity to support the Chiefs,” Abarca said before Monday’s vote.