Woodman Elementary School in Wichita is experimenting with a program called Meaningful Work. Students who need extra attention are paired with an adult mentor and offered something constructive to do on a regular schedule, like feeding fish or making copies. So far, behavior problems are down and attendance is up.
-
In the first of our series “The Injured,” a Kansas family remembers Valentine’s Day as the beginning of panic attacks, life-altering trauma, and waking to nightmares of gunfire. Thrown into the spotlight by the shootings, they wonder how they will recover.
-
In an unusually fast response from federal authorities, the men were not charged with shooting the weapons, but rather with trafficking, illegal sales and lying to federal agents. One of the weapons was illegally bought at Frontier Justice, where Missouri Gov. Mike Parson signed the since-blocked "Second Amendment Preservation Act."
-
Up until a few weeks ago, Lynette Woodard from the University of Kansas had scored more points in college basketball than any woman ever. But she was never recognized by the NCAA as a scoring champion.
-
The bill is supported by Sedgwick County and the city of Wichita, but a local advocacy group focused on ending homelessness is concerned about the language around enforcing ordinances about camping and vagrancy.
-
More than 130,000 immigrants live in the Kansas City metro, about half of them Latino. This population is growing every year, adding to the area's labor force and tax base, but a high percentage of immigrant residents struggle to access medical care they need.
-
Prosecutors wanted Golubski, who faces several federal criminal charges, to go back to lock-up because he took an unauthorized trip to Culver’s in January and lied to his probation officer about it. A federal magistrate denied the request, ruling it was a single violation, but tightened his release terms.
-
The Wichita school board will vote Monday on whether to close two middle schools and four elementary schools. Leaders say enrollment is declining, and the district can't afford to operate all its buildings.
-
Transgender Kansans and their advocates packed Statehouse committee rooms to urge lawmakers to reject proposed legislation that they say would harm LGBTQ youth.
-
This year marks the 75th anniversary of what’s known as the Pancake Day Race in the southwest Kansas town of Liberal. It’s an oddity, but these types of community festivals offer economic and less tangible benefits to smaller towns.
-
Polls show a majority of Kansans want lawmakers to expand Medicaid, but Republican leaders are fundamentally opposed.
A collaboration of public media newsrooms across the state.
Listen and subscribe to My Fellow Kansans from the Kansas News Service wherever you get your podcasts.