11 years ago
Kansas education officials plan to ask for an extension of their waiver from the No Child Left Behind law. The U.S. Department of Education put Kansas on notice that it's at "high risk" of losing its waiver because Kansas hadn't taken enough steps to use student growth data as part of teacher evaluations. The waivers give ...

11 years ago
Gov. Sam Brownback's administration says it expects the state to get federal permission soon to add long-term services for Kansans with developmental disabilities to KanCare on Feb. 1. Those services were taken out of the Medicaid managed care plan that began Jan. 1 after intense lobbying by disability advocacy groups. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports the administration still ...

11 years ago
Lawrence police are investigating the death of a man whose body was found inside a home officers were checking on a missing person report. Sgt. Trent McKinley said Saturday that officers went to the home late Friday in an attempt to contact the individual reported missing by family members. Officers found the body of the man, ...

11 years ago
The Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site in Topeka has a full slate of activities planned to mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Monday's lineup includes music and dance performances, dramatic readings and a student art exhibition. Throughout the day, park rangers will also offer art projects, games and other activities. All activities and performances ...

11 years ago
A new study by researchers at the University of Kansas shows that air turbulence created by wind energy turbines could pose safety problems for small aircraft. Tom Mulinazzi, a KU engineering professor, says wind turbines can set up a circular vortex that can roll a small plane if it gets in there. He says the ...

11 years ago
Members of the Kansas congressional delegation have split their votes on a federal spending bill that includes $404 million for building the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility in Manhattan. The $404 million was part of the $1.1 trillion appropriations bill to fund federal government operations through the federal fiscal year that ends Sept. 30. The ...

11 years ago
State officials are asking for public comment on a change in the permit for Sunflower Electric Power Corp. to build a coal-burning electric plant in southwest Kansas. The permit changed after the Kansas Supreme Court in October told the Kansas Department of Health and Environment the permit had to comply with Environmental Protection Agency regulations ...

11 years ago
Salina USD 305 School board members met with Salina area legislators Saturday morning to discuss education concerns as the new session in Topeka gets underway. Senator Tom Arpke and Representatives JR Claeys, Diana Dierks, and Steven Johnson were all at the event, as was Deena Horst from the Kansas State School Board. According to USD 305, ...

11 years ago
Visitors can extend football season into the winter and spring of 2014 by experiencing Football, a popular traveling exhibit. The exhibit opens this weekend at the Flint Hills Discovery Center in Manhattan. Football is a 3,000 sq. ft. exhibition that introduces visitors to the science, mathematics and technology behind the game and how they relate to everyday ...

11 years ago
Kansas is no stranger to howling winds, but blowing soil has caused serious problems in northwest Kansas this winter, creating concern for the remainder of the winter and spring, said DeAnn Presley, K-State Research and Extension soil management specialist. The blowing soil problem this year stems largely from high winds coupled with a lack of ...

11 years ago
Former Kansas Senate Majority Leader Jay Emler has taken a seat on the state commission that regulates utilities. Emler was sworn in as a member of the Kansas Corporation Commission on Friday, one day after the Senate voted 38-0 to confirm his appointment by Gov. Sam Brownback. Emler abstained from that vote, and another senator ...