February 1 – The Jerry Moxley family is sixth generation Council Grove ranch family tracing back to the Civil War…The Heart of the Flint Hills Chapter of the Santa Fe Trail Association welcome 30 seventh grade students to program at the Carnegie Reading Room in honor of Kansas Day…Iris Sanders, 94, Junction City, passes away Jan. 28, in Manhattan.
In May of 2023, the Dickinson County Sheriff’s Office Drug Enforcement Unit began an investigation into the distribution of Methamphetamine in Herington. The approximate seven month long investigation, resulted in an arrest and a seizure of methamphetamine.
TOPEKA -- Kansas’ 2.9% unemployment figure in November — identical to November 2022 — mirrored stability in joblessness reports emerging from 38 states, state and federal officials said.
PHOENIX (KSNT) – Kansas football had the opportunity to win its ninth game of the season with a matchup against UNLV in the Guaranteed Rate Bowl on Tuesday.
Nate Butler, Kansas House Representative for the 68th District, visited with the Morris County Commissioners on December 12 regarding the upcoming legislative session. It is anticipated that Medicaid Expansion and Local Ad Valorem Tax Reduction Funding (LAVTR) will be topics of discussion when the Kansas Legislature reconvenes. The commissioners requested that LAVTR Funding be advocated for, as the agreement between the State and Cities/Counties has not been honored nor funded since 2004. The original agreement from the State was to share a percentage of certain excise and sales taxes with local governments for the purpose of reducing property tax collections.
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