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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.
ABILENE The first of Ike s 2021 virtual book club series is scheduled at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 12.
The program is free and open to the public and will be offered online or by phone. Community members can join this program as if they were meeting friends in a cozy café or living room with a glass of wine, even if they have not read the book.
January s book selection is Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth by Sarah Smarsh. Her memoir was an instant New York Times bestseller and recipient of numerous awards. As a fifth-generation Kansas wheat farmer, her story is told as part social analysis and part cultural commentary. It closely examines class, identity and the perils of economic hardship in a wealthy nation.