Kansas farmers rushed to grow hemp when it became legal, but now they’re ditching it (lawrencekstimes.com)
Fewer Kansas farmers are signing up to grow hemp each year, likely because of the diminishing demand for CBD oil. But hemp advocates say there are markets for hemp fiber and grains that could still be a boon for Kansas.
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Don't leave your cocaine at QuikTrip, Kansas police say (www.kake.com)
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'Project Hope' aims to get people off the streets and into housing in Wichita (www.kake.com)
The city of Wichita's Project Hope program aims to reduce homelessness in the city's core downtown areas.
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M.T. Liggett Art Environment in Mullinville pulls in the curious (www.kmuw.org)
Some of artist M.T. Liggett’s work is preserved in a building for people who want to slow down for a better look. For decades, people zipping along U.S. 400 through Kiowa County have been treated to a vast display of strange metal sculptures as they passed by Mullinville.
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Large Kansas City employer T-Mobile plans to cut 5,000 jobs nationwide, CEO says (www.kansascity.com)
Cellular giant T-Mobile announced Thursday it intends to lay off around 7% of its U.S. workforce across the country, putting around 5,000 employees out of a job.
Altered evidence list indicates Marion police kept illegal copy of evidence from Kansas newspaper - Kansas Reflector (kansasreflector.com)
Police secretly copied one or more computers they seized from the Marion County Record and unlawfully failed to hand over the copy when they returned evidence last week, an attorney for the newspaper asserts.
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Kansas submits five-year plan for high-speed internet (www.ksnt.com)
TOPEKA (KSNT) – The Kansas Office of Broadband Access and Deployment (BEAD) submitted its $451 million Five-Year Action Plan (FYAP) to expand high-speed internet access to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA).
Democratic lawmakers announce legislation in wake of Marion newspaper raid (www.ksnt.com)
TOPEKA (KSNT) – A pair of Democratic state lawmakers want to see changes in the way search warrants are issued. This comes after the controversial raid of a Kansas newspaper and the home of its publisher.
Sheriff is '100% certain' Dennis Rader is involved in 1976 disappearance of Oklahoma teen (www.kake.com)
A northeastern Oklahoma sheriff says he in 100% certain that Wichita-area serial killer Dennis Rader is involved in the disappearance of a 16-year-old girl in 1976.
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‘Reckless’: Marion vice-mayor speaks out about controversial police raid (www.kake.com)
Tempers flared Monday in the small town of Marion, Kansas, over the controversial raid of a city councilwoman, a local newspaper office, and its owner’s home.
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Judge allows transgender Kansans to intervene in gender marker lawsuit (www.ksnt.com)
TOPEKA (KSNT)— Shawnee County District Court Judge Teresa Watson has granted a motion for five transgender Kansans to intervene in a lawsuit over gender markers on driver’s licenses.
‘Ideological, partisan breakdown’: Proposed legislation reveals conflict among agriculturalists - Kansas Reflector (kansasreflector.com)
Rifts between family farmers and large agribusiness companies have expanded as debate over animal confinement legislation and a fairness in farming act hits new heights.
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Former Burns Police Chief arrested for child sex crimes (www.kake.com)
A former Police Chief from a small town in Marion County is in trouble with the law after being arrested, he’s accused of child sex crimes.
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University of Kansas released designs for a new $250 million football district. Here's a first look (www.kmuw.org)
University and Athletics officials said the new stadium and surrounding facilities, which they're calling the Gateway District, would transform campus and drive economic development in Lawrence. It's projected to open for the 2025 season.
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Warrant for ‘chilling’ raid on Kansas newspaper withdrawn by prosecutor, lawyer says (www.kansascity.com)
The prosecutor in Marion County has withdrawn the search warrant executed at a small-town Kansas newspaper that was raided Friday by police, the paper’s lawyer said Wednesday....
Judge who approved raid on Kansas newspaper has history of DUI arrests (www.kansas.com)
The Kansas magistrate judge who authorized a police raid of the Marion County Record newsroom over its probe into a local restaurateur’s drunken-driving record has her own hidden history of driving under the influence....
Dolly Parton celebrates statewide expansion in Kansas of literacy program for children - Kansas Reflector (kansasreflector.com)
Singer Dolly Parton and Gov. Laura Kelly celebrate statewide expansion in Kansas of a literacy program delivering books to children ages 0-5.
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Powerful voices speak up for Kansas paper after shocking raid. Meanwhile, where's the affidavit? - Kansas Reflector (kansasreflector.com)
Another day, another avalanche of news from the flabbergasting raid on the Marion County Record. Here's a roundup.
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Illegal raids contribute to death of newspaper co-owner (marionrecord.com)
Stressed beyond her limits and overwhelmed by hours of shock and grief after illegal police raids on her home and the Marion County Record newspaper office Friday, 98-year-old newspaper co-owner Joan Meyer, otherwise in good health for her age, collapsed Saturday afternoon and died at her home.
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Police stage 'chilling' raid on Marion County newspaper, seizing computers, records and cellphones (kansasreflector.com)
In an unprecedented raid Friday, local law enforcement seized computers, cellphones and reporting materials from the Marion County Record office, the newspaper's reporters, and the publisher's home.
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Thousands of tarantulas are about to crawl through parts of Kansas and Colorado looking for mates (www.kake.com)
The Texas brown tarantula, with a leg span of about 4 to 5 inches, typically makes the journey from late August to October once it reaches sexual maturity at around 10 years old.
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Kansas abortion providers face off with State in injunction hearing, judge raises concerns (www.ksnt.com)
A Johnson County District Court judge has held off on ruling on a temporary injunction request from Kansas abortion providers, amid an ongoing lawsuit
With SB Mowing, this Wichita man turns overgrown lawns into internet gold (www.kmuw.org)
SB Mowing has more than 20 million followers on YouTube, TikTok and Instagram. His time-lapse videos of lawn transformations have garnered more than 2 billion views.
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Kansas birth rate hits all-time low as women contemplate health and finances - Kansas Reflector (kansasreflector.com)
Kansas documented the state’s lowest-ever recorded birth rate for the 2022 year, according to a preliminary report.
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