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The compounding influence of adverse dry, hot and windy climate patterns slashed wheat yield 4% in Kansas and five other Great Plains states over the past 40 years, Kansas State University researchers reported in the scientific journal Nature Communications. Xiaomao Lin, professor of agricultural climatology, said the study was the first to quantify a connection between change in the nation’s climate and wheat production.

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Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly wants to accelerate the phaseout of the state’s food sales tax. That could have the greatest impact on people with low incomes. But Republican lawmakers may not feel the need to do it.

Dodge City Catholic Harold Flax carved and connected the familiar and sacred scene that now hangs in his foyer as an early Christmas present for his wife Glenda. Aspen, basswood, bloodwood, blue pine, cherry, Douglas fir, lignum, mahogany, maple, oak, paduk, pecan, purpleheart, red cedar, redwood, sassafras, sycamore, walnut, wenge, western red cedar, yellow pine and yellow satin comprise the wooden puzzle.