Kansas Secretary of State Scott Schwab violated state open records law when he ordered a software vendor to disable the ability to produce a public record, the Kansas Court of Appeals ruled on Friday.
The Ottawa Kansas Area Chamber of Commerce held a Chamber Coffee at Corner Market on July 22 to recognize the Ottawa Police Department and Ottawa Police Foundation’s work in the commu nity. Programs highlighted included the Drug Abuse Resistance Education, or DARE program, which has been a staple of the community for several decades. The Police Department hosts a three-day free DARE camp each summer in Williamsburg for incoming fifth grade students.
Kansas’ largest electric utility, Evergy, must pay $500,000 for allegedly violating consumer protection laws by sponsoring home electrical warranties that provided no benefit. Attorney General Derek Schmidt’s office announced the agreement between prosecutors and Evergy in a news release Wednesday.
University of Kansas researchers and colleagues at two other universities reported every 5% increase in enrollment in the federal nutrition assistance program for low-income families could reduce the number of children a state placed in foster care or protective services from 7.6% to 14.3%.
The first update in three years for the Sunflower Army Ammunition plant was presented at a public forum Wednesday, July 21. U.S.
Wellsville’s Black Jack Battlefield will be hosting a reenactment of its eponymous Battle in honor of its 166th anniversary July 23. The Battle of Black Jack occurred on June 2, 1856.
The Ottawa City Commission met for its regular meeting on July 20 at City Hall. Here are some of the items discussed during that time: • Commissioners voted to award the K-86 Highway surface preservation project to Burlington Construction.
The Franklin County Board of Commissioners met for their regular meeting at the Franklin County Annex on July 20. Here are some of the items discussed during that time: • Commissioners approved a 1.6 percent Cost of Living Adjustment, or COLA, for county employees.
TOPEKA — Operations at the Lansing Correctional Facility were expected Wednesday to return to normal following lockdown of inmates and deployment of a tactical team and officers from other prisons to quell a melee in the maximum-security unit, state officials said.
TOPEKA — The first public poll for the Kansas constitutional amendment on abortion shows a close race and exposes other ideological divides over reproductive rights. Kansans will decide in the Aug.