Several active tuberculosis cases have been confirmed in Wyandotte County. free coronavirus testing is coming to an end this week in Kansas but COVID-19 vaccines will remain free. and a drug bust in Fort Scott leads to three arrests. Those stories and more headlines. here.
Giant DEA drug bust in KC nets hundreds of pounds of drugs, 400 guns and 72 arrests in Kansas and Missouri. two Parsons residents have been arrested in Missouri in connection with the death of a missing southeast Kansas man. and an audit finds problems with the way sexual abuse complaints are handled at Hesston College. Those stories and more. here.
Organized retail crime in Kansas has increased dramatically and Attorney General Kris Kobach vows to crack down on the problem. sources say K-State's football coach is getting a new $44 million deal. and state health officials have identified elevated levels of liver cancer among people living in several historically Black neighborhoods in Wichita. Those stories and more can be found here.
Humanities Kansas recently awarded $3,500 to the Friends of S.P. Dinsmoor's Garden of Eden to support Garden of Eden: The Naegele Years, a project to document and archive items related to Wayne and LouElla Naegele's preservation of the site.
Humanities Kansas recently awarded a SHARP Recovery Grant in the amount of $5,425 to the Grassroots Art Center in Lucas. Rosslyn Schultz serves as project director.