12 years ago
Uncertainty shadows the Kansas Legislature as it prepares to open its annual session Monday. Lawmakers are waiting for a state Supreme Court decision on whether the state is spending enough money on its public schools. Leaders from both parties believe education funding will be the Republican-dominated Legislature's most pressing issue once the high court issues ...

12 years ago
A northeast Kansas county's program that pairs farmers and preschoolers to teach the children about healthy food is looking for more funding. The Lawrence Journal-World reports Douglas County's farm-to-preschool "Healthy Sprouts" program has been funded mainly by grants that expire this year. Officials of the three-year-old program put out the word in November that Healthy Sprouts was ...

12 years ago
A University of Kansas task force exploring ways to update the classroom experience says one option is to minimize the amount of lecturing and using class time to work on problems and projects. Students in that kind of "flipped" class would read and watch lectures on their own time. Associate professor and task force member Andrea ...

12 years ago
An Emporia woman who lost more than 200 pounds is telling her story to a national audience. Denise Wolford, the office manager for the Lyon County Department on Aging, lost 217 pounds on Weight Watchers and will be featured on the company's website later this spring. She's also scheduled to appear on NBC's Today Show on ...

12 years ago
An experiment devised by Valley Center high school students has been launched into space. The Wichita Eagle reports the space flight launched Thursday included an experiment that five Valley Center high school students submitted to the Student Spaceflights Experiments Program. The experiment looks at the effect of microgravity on bacterial growth and its resistance to antibiotics. For ...

12 years ago
Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence has named a longtime university employee to the school's top position. The federal Bureau of Indian Education announced Friday that Venida Chenault, Haskell's vice president of academic affairs since 2004, will become the school's president effective Sunday. The Lawrence Journal-World reports Chenault also attended Haskell as a student and has held ...

12 years ago
A 58-year-old Garden City surgeon has died in a rollover traffic accident. The Garden City Telegram reports Dr. Michael J. Baughman died Friday after the one-vehicle accident south of Garden City. Baughman opened Sandhill Orthopaedic and Sportsmedicine in Garden City in 1993. He was also team physician for Garden City Community College and Garden City High School. The ...

12 years ago
A thief suspected of shoplifting an iPad  is caught on video. According to Salina Police, on January 7th a white female in a yellow sweatshirt allegedly stole an IPad from Walmart,  at 2900 S. 9th Street. The suspect left in a white Chevrolet pickup.  If you can identify the woman in the video, or if you have ...

12 years ago
Kansas State University Salina will open its campus to junior high and high school students next week on Wednesday when it hosts the Kansas Science Olympiad. K-State Salina is one of five regional locations and play will begin at 8 a.m. for the high school level and 9 a.m. for junior high participants. The nationally recognized ...

12 years ago
The Agriculture Department says it's making permanent rules that allow schools to serve larger portions of lean meat and whole grains in school lunches and other meals. Guidelines restricting portion size were originally intended to combat childhood obesity, but many parents complained their kids weren't getting enough to eat. School administrators say that rules establishing maximums ...

12 years ago
Flu season is ramping up, with illness widespread in at least 35 states including Kansas. That's up from 25 in the previous week. A flu expert with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the agency's weekly report released Friday shows "We're in the thick of flu season." The CDC's Lyn Finelli says the season likely ...