Recently there has been a growing demand by the public for the ability to conduct business with the government online. ELVIS (our Election Voter Information System) made Kansas one of the first few states to implement an online voter registration program in July 2009.The online voter ...
Only once in a blue moon do Kansas farm and ranch families have an opportunity to tell their story to people half way around the world. That was the case March 23-24 when a Dutch public broadcasting company television crew traveled to Smith and Sheridan counties to portray life on the farm in ...
A Tonganoxie police officer was one of 58 new law enforcement officers recognized for graduating from the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center on March 4 outside Yoder, which is near Hutchinson.Jarrod Gill of the Tonganoxie Police Department was part of the 211th basic training class ...
To the editor:Lately I have received quite a few calls from senior citizens who have fallen victim to email or telephone scams. These schemes are getting increasingly more complex, creative and devastating when successful. Some use personal information gleaned from the Internet to manipulate ...
When Congress debated the health care bill last year, then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi famously quipped, “We have to pass the bill, so you can find out what is in it.” One year later, the negative impacts of this law are clear: health care costs continue to rise and access to care has been ...
In 1956, the Leavenworth County United Way (formerly United Fund) raised $65,000 to support local non-profit organizations who help those in Leavenworth County. Last year, even with economic hardships, employers and employees and other donors supported our community to the tune of ...
Chances are you’re serving up some home-grown dinner on your kitchen table tonight.Kansas farmers and ranchers consistently rank at the top in wheat, sorghum and beef production, with corn and soybeans following close behind. We even have a few folks growing cotton now. Kansas farmers produce ...
It was a turbulent Tuesday for the Kaw Valley League, and suddenly the race for the boys basketball league title is wide open.In a stunning turn of events, the league’s top two teams in the standings both tumbled Tuesday night. First, Mill Valley took down Basehor-Linwood, 51-46, at BLHS in a ...
To the editor:My feeling is that the City Council is making an attempt to control costs and expenditures — current and future. Good for them. The fall elections were a shot across the bow by demanding elected officials reign in the out-of-control spending that’s been going on for ...
After a tornado, we are all cautioned about doing business with fly-by-night repair companies that promise a great job at half the cost of our local roofing company. We call these people who showed up at the door with quick talk, sub-standard supplies and out-of-state tags "flim-flam" men.Last ...
