Cell phones — the ultimate distraction — keep children from learning, educators say. But in attempts to keep the phones at bay, the most vocal pushback doesn’t always come from students. In some cases, it’s from parents.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Royals had qualified candidates to become their next manager already in the organization, including one hired by the Chicago White Sox just this week. Yet their six-person committee that waded through the options came to the conclusion that an outside voice was necessary.
Members of the public will have the opportunity to provide input next week for a countywide transportation study. Two open house events are scheduled as part of a project that is being called Priorities for Progress: Connecting Community Opportunities.
When Planned Parenthood decided four years ago to open a new clinic in a medically underserved working- class neighborhood in Kansas City, Kansas, it envisioned a place that would save women living nearby from having to take hourslong bus rides to obtain birth control, testing or an abortion.
Time to hunt. Hopefully by now you have sighted in your rifles or busted some clays with your shotguns.
Saint Mary finished the first half on fire to go into intermission with a double-digit lead. But the Spires couldn’t carry that momentum into the second half, falling 83-70 to Baker University Thursday night in their home opener.
Spouting simplistic slogans instead of facts To the editor: I recently was subjected to another one of Mr. Proctor’s innumerable internet ads.
To the editor: I miss our city. A dark cloud amassed over Leavenworth in 2020, and it has all but choked out the last remaining strong voices. This cloud has turned amazing people like Mark Presinger, Mike Griswold, Jermaine Wilson, Nancy Bauder, Judi Price, Vicki Kaaz, Mike Carney, Doug Darling and somehow the entire Pittman/ Shehorn family, into villains.
To the editor: I support Jeff Howards for Kansas Board of Education. Mr. Howards has been a judge for my Scholars’ Bowl program (and for Lansing’s). He is intelligent, thoughtful, and he asks questions before believing a one-sided argument.
Lois May Hittel Morris, 77, of Emporia, Kan. (formerly of Leavenworth, Kan.) died November 2, 2022, at Sunflower Care Home in Emporia, Kan.