Dealers are spiking drugs with fentanyl, and killing even more Kansans during the pandemic
Drug users who think they’re taking one substance sometimes unknowingly take fentanyl that’s mixed in to increase potency. Small doses of fentanyl can kill.
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Kansas farm women invited to farm management conference with ‘fancy cowgirl’ speaker
Join keynote speaker Kansas cowgirl turned television host, Courtenay DeHoff, at the 2022 Women Managing the Farm Conference. The conference - themed “Together Again” - is scheduled for February 9 to 11, 2022, at the Hilton Garden Inn in Manhattan, with early registration fees ending on January 12. DeHoff is a television
Kansas lawmakers, officials march in honor of Martin Luther King Jr., call for unity
TOPEKA — In anticipation of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday, Kansas lawmakers, civil rights advocates and other government officials spoke Thursday of unity among Kansans as a key to weathering challenging times and making positive progress as a state.
India’s rice and wheat subsidies draw ire from House members, swift action urged
WASHINGTON, DC – Earlier today, 26 Members of the U.S. House of Representatives signed onto a letter led by rice and wheat state Members Rick Crawford (R-AR) and Tracey Mann (R-KS) to U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack expressing support for a dispute settlement case at the World Trade Organization (WTO) against India’s domestic supports for rice and wheat production. “Ensuring all parties are cooperating under the same guidelines is paramount to international trade. The Indian government is subsidizing more than half of the value of production for wheat and rice when the World Trade Organization (WTO) rules allow only 10%, putting American commodity producers at a clear disadvantage,” said Mann. “It is our duty as members of Congress to safeguard American producers.”
Kansas finally cleared of 2,000-plus backlog of rape kits and is poised to require quicker processing: New legislation in Kansas will reduce rape kit backlogs. Advocates say it’s another step in the right direction.
TOPEKA, Kansas — In the mid-2010s, Kansas left as many as 2,200 rape kits languishing after they’d been used to document possible sexual assaults. That slowed prosecutions and undercut a valuable law enforcement tool for identifying serial rapists.
National sorghum programs swears in new board members, elects chairman
During the Sorghum Checkoff’s annual December meeting, leaders of the United Sorghum Checkoff Program (USCP) elected Charles Ray Huddleston of Celina, Texas as the 2022 Chairman along with three additional elected officers. Meanwhile, four directors were sworn in to complete their appointment or reappointment to the board by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary, Tom Vilsak. All four appointees will serve three-year terms starting December 2021 and ending December 2024. “With increased sorghum acres in 2021, improving yields, new markets, and new herbicide tolerant technology, this is an exciting time for U.S. sorghum, both internationally and domestically. I am grateful for the support of my fellow board members and I am honored to continue the great work of our checkoff,” newly elected chairman Charles Ray Huddleston said. “The Board is composed of experienced, well-respected leaders who provide valuable and strategic guidance. I look forward to continuing the board’s success and I am excited about sorghum’s future.”
Kansas State Board of Education adopts policy to stem substitute teacher shortage
TOPEKA — The Kansas State Board of Education unanimously agreed Wednesday to suspend until June a requirement that licenses for substitute teachers be limited to applicants who completed 60 credit hours of college courses.
Cattle Chat: Calve heifers early K-State beef cattle experts share the advantages of calving heifers before the mature cows
MANHATTAN, Kan. — Most would agree that watching a new life enter the world is a pretty amazing experience — whether that is a human or an animal.
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Marjorie L. Schmidt, 83, of Greensburg was one of two people were injured in an accident just after 4:30p.m.
Nominations now open for the 2022 American Humane Hero Dog Awards ® : National campaign honoring heroic and loving canines back for twelfth year; Winners to be honored at red carpet awards gala reaching millions
WASHINGTON, D.C. – American Humane, the country’s first national humane organization, has announced the official start of the 2022 American Humane Hero Dog Awards campaign. The twelfth annual, year-long campaign seeks to identify and honor the best of our best friends and will culminate this fall with the star-studded “American Humane Hero Dog Awards” gala on November 11 in Palm Beach. The event reaches and is eagerly followed by millions of animal lovers around the world every year.