Rural communities across Kansas are losing population, often because young people are leaving. How can you get them to return? One rural county has come up with a solution: pay them to come back.
Plus, more on these stories:
- Fort Hays State University officials confirmed Monday night that the Sternberg Museum of Natural History will close by the end of the year.
- Researchers at the University of Kansas will get to use NASA’s most advanced space telescope to study distant galaxies.
- U.S. Senator Roger Marshall and Democratic nominee Adam Hamilton have agreed to another debate on October 21st. The debate will come seven days after early voting starts in Kansas.
- United States Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett visited Kansas over the weekend and urged more understanding in politics.
- The Kansas Highway Patrol is reminding drivers of increased traffic as fall harvest approaches.
- Wichita Police have arrested a 21-year-old man in connection with a triple homicide in Wichita.
- Exploration Place has launched a new outdoor concert series that will feature live music every Thursday in October.
- The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has rescinded a stream advisory for two bodies of water west of Sedgwick County.
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