TOPEKA – Many organizations are helping farmers and ranchers with rebuilding fences, cleaning up debris and offering support for those who were hurt by recent storms. Some of these organizations are getting funds from large companies like Tyson and Cargill, as well as individual donors, for help help with feed, outbuildings and homes.
Gov. Laura Kelly said Tuesday it remained premature to consider whether the state should mandate the COVID-19 vaccine for schoolchildren.
WARM SPRINGS, Ore. – Erland Suppah Jr.
NAIROBI, Kenya – An estimated 22 million Ethiopians will require humanitarian assistance in 2022, according to a United Nations report. Ethiopia’s already high humanitarian needs are expected to rise in the coming year due to the ongoing conflict, drought, flooding, disease outbreaks and locust infestation, the U.N.
In recent weeks, researchers in Australia discovered “the first true millipede” – a 3-inch-long creature with 1,306 legs. But that bug doesn’t come close to a recently discovered ancestor from over 300 million years ago, one that scientists in England say was a giant millipede “as big as a car” at nearly 9 feet long.
SANTIAGO, Chile – When Gabriel Boric is sworn in as Chile’s president he’ll not only be the youngest to lead the South American country but also the first in Latin America to sport several tattoos.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Researchers studying the wreckage of the last U.S. slave ship, buried in mud on the Alabama coast since it was scuttled in 1860, have made the surprising discovery that most of the wooden schooner remains intact, including the pen that was used to imprison African captives during the brutal journey across the Atlantic Ocean.
Gov. Laura Kelly unveiled a proposal Wednesday calling on lawmakers to give Kansas residents a one-time, $250 tax rebate in light of the state's significant budget surplus.
A Reno County native and his young family were among a dozen Anabaptist missionaries who made a daring escape from kidnappers in Haiti last week. His family in Reno County, who said they were praying almost continuously for him and his family and the other captives, described it as a Christmas miracle.
State workers are set to return to the office in January after working remotely since August due to COVID-19 concerns, state officials said in a memo to staff Tuesday. The move caught employees by surprise given the ongoing concern about the omicron variant of COVID-19, as well as an increasing number of virus cases in Kansas since late November.