Chronic absenteeism, missing 10% or more school days in a year for any reason, can often be predicted by the number of a student’s absences in the first month. According to the national nonprofit organization Attendance Works, half the students who miss two-four days in September will go on to miss nearly a month of the school year.
During the Aug. 19, 2025, City Press Briefing, Hays Police Department (HPD) Lieutenant Brandon Wright urged all residents to be mindful of the extra traffic in town now that all the local schools are back in session.
DEAR DR. ROACH: My grandson has just been diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes.
An open letter from Kansas Catholic bishops urges people to approach immigration with compassion, and condemns portrayals of all immigrants as criminals — rhetoric President Donald Trump frequently uses.
Leon Patton, a retired assistant U.S. attorney who once prosecuted immigrants for violent crimes, is tired of feeling shamed for supporting immigration enforcement efforts and referring to people as “aliens.”
Dear Eric: I’ve been in a relationship with my partner for most of my 20s, and while I still love him, I find myself wondering if I am still attracted to him. In the last few years, he has significantly stopped taking care of himself.
Sunflower Electric Power Corporation is pleased to announce board leadership changes and new board appointments. Josh Young, representing Wheatland Electric Cooperative, and Nick Zerr, representing Western Cooperative Electric, were elected as directors on the Sunflower Board of Directors.
More than 220 high school students from across the State of Kansas participated in the 2025 session of the American Legion Boys State of Kansas, held June 1-7 at Kansas State University in Manhattan. This was the program’s 33rd consecutive session at KSU and 87th overall.
Both City Commissioner Alaina Cunnigham and Mayor Sandy Jacobs used a portion of their Commissioner Comment time on August 14th to ask the public to watch out for kids on scooters as school begins. And on August 18, 2025, an Ellis resident asked the Ellis City Council to address the same problem, kids on scooters darting out between cars, before someone gets hurt.