Caney artist to open solo exhibition in Bartlesville
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Caney's Jessica Holeman began dabbling in the art world young — when she was five. Mostly self-taught until high school where she began to focus on honing her artistic side, she began competing both locally and state-wide in art contests, mostly in pen and ink, pencil and charcoal mediums. She was the recipient of the Kansas State Artist's Master's Medal several years running, with numerous Grand Champion, Reserve and People's Choice ribbons and plaques.
Distinguished alumnus and award winning journalist Sam Ford to speak at ICC commencement
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Independence Community College (ICC) is excited to announce that distinguished alumnus and esteemed journalist, Sam Ford, will be the keynote speaker at the upcoming graduation ceremony on May 11, 2024, at Memorial Hall.
Kansas Historical Marker Tour
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Historical Marker #52, Osage Nation, located 37° 36.072′ N, 95° 15.096′ W, Erie. At the intersection of US Highway 59 and Kansas Highway 146, next to the Mission Neosho Marker.
Kansas attorney general concludes Junction City Commission broke open meeting law
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■ Ranch owners alleged commission violated KOMA to conceal development details An investigation by Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach revealed the Junction City Commission violated the Kansas Open Meetings Act by convening a closed-door meeting to discuss an economic development project that included a livestock slaughter facility on the outskirts of the city. Public opposition to the once-confidential project, which could have forced sale of farmland for construction of roads and a traffic exit from Interstate 70, appears to have derailed the meatpacking project that was to have been built by Foote Cattle Co.
Kansas Legislature adopts $2.3 billion, 5-year tax cut despite bipartisan forecast of veto
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■ Gov. Laura Kelly not timid about using veto pen in hunt for sustainable tax policy The Kansas Legislature passed a tax reduction plan early Wednesday that closely mirrors the package vetoed by Gov.
Kansas lawmakers work toward wildlife and parks commission change
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The Legislature has revived an attempt to overhaul the Kansas Wildlife and Parks Commission following a long-raging debate over Kansas deer hunting and conservation. Sen.
Kansas prosecutors reviewing nearly 10,000 pages of documents in Marion newspaper raid
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Kansas special prosecutors have received “a detailed synopsis” of the Colorado Bureau of Investigation’s ongoing review of last year’s police raid on the Marion County Record. The CBI since November has been investigating whether journalists, law enforcement officers or anyone else broke the law in the events surrounding the newsroom raid.
City County
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- WILSON COUNTY April 26- Wilson County arrested Norbert Kisimba, 29 of address unknown, on a Wilson County failure to appear warrant. He was processed and released on a $200 cash bond with a next court appearance date.
Blackleg: A Preventable Disease
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Blackleg is a preventable, soilborne disease of both cattle and sheep. Caused by an anaerobic, soilborne bacterium, it’s almost always lethal. It will infect sheep of any age, but it mainly affects cattle from six months to two years old, usually the fast-growing, high-performance animals.