Story updated at 4:53 p.m. Wednesday TOPEKA — Gov. Laura Kelly plans to keep Kansas' K-12 schools closed until after the Labor Day holiday in September as the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic continues to increase in the state. Kelly announced the plan during a news conference Wednesday and will formally issue the decision Monday through an executive order, which is subject to approval from the Kansas State ...
Republican U.S. Rep. Steve Watkins on Tuesday was charged with three felonies and a misdemeanor related to voter fraud he allegedly committed during the 2019 election. The charges, announced by Shawnee County District Attorney Mike Kagay, landed less than an hour before a televised debate between Watkins and his challengers in the Aug. 4 primary election was set to begin. Despite the charges, Watkins appeared ...
UPDATED STORY (July 15): Everyone returning to KU’s campus in the fall will be tested for COVID-19, Girod says; masks will be required • • • Original story: Five weeks before thousands of students, faculty and staff members at the University of Kansas are scheduled to return to some form of in-person instruction while the COVID-19 pandemic continues, a plan to widely test the community for the disease ...
The details of the fall semester for K-12 schools in Kansas will become clearer Wednesday, as Gov. Laura Kelly will announce her administration's plan for how the state's children will be educated amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Lee Norman, secretary of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, and Randy Watson, the Kansas commissioner of education, will join Kelly at 3 p.m. Wednesday to discuss the ...
The athletics department at the University of Kansas at the end of June settled a dispute involving the now-former assistant athletic director for alumni engagement for $600,000, a settlement agreement shows. Allegations regarding events that took place in 2014 were brought forward by Jen Allee, who had worked in the department since 2004, according to the agreement. The document does not specify what the ...
A plan to add sidewalks, curbs and guttering to assist a redevelopment project in Eudora was officially granted funding from the Kansas Department of Transportation on Thursday, with construction now set to begin in August. KDOT Secretary Julie Lorenz and Eudora Mayor Tim Reazin announced the roughly $1.25 million award to complement the Nottingham redevelopment project in a virtual event Thursday morning, and ...