March 2022

In rural places like western Kansas, the physical distance between support services and victims of domestic and sexual violence adds to the psychological and cultural barriers that might keep someone from seeking help.

Students are being reunited with their families following an hourslong lockdown. The suspect, an 18-year-old male student at Olathe East, was shot and injured.

If you decided to build a home in rural Franklin County in the last 20 years, chances are you worked with Larry Walrod. And judging by what his former coworkers have to say about him, it was most likely a positive interaction. Walrod served as Franklin County’s zoning and planning director from 2000 to 2021 and helped create the department, which oversees land development across the county, especially in rural agricultural areas. Walrod passed away on February 21, just eight months after retiring from his position with the county at the age of 83. Though he spent over two decades with Franklin County, his career in planning and zoning lasted over 50 years.

Mobile app Trucker Path has released its annual ranking of truck stops, compiled using reviews, ratings, feedback and votes from its over one million users, and a Wellsville location tops the list. The list was split into two categories, chain and independent.

TOPEKA — The Kansas Senate gave the tentative green light Thursday to a massive bundle of tax credit incentives for aerospace and aviation programs, housing investments, teacher supplies and income tax while declining to provide a $250 rebate to all Kansans.