As pharmacies across the U.S. report being in short supply of some medicines ahead of winter, 12 News spoke with some Wichita area pharmacists who urge people to think, “prevention,” as we approach peak flu season.
The Kansas Highway Patrol said Thursday night, 20-year-old Christian Evans, of Elk City, and 18-year-old Emily Stein, of Wichita, were working to change a flat tire on the side of the northbound ramp from Interstate 135 to eastbound K-96 when a Dodge pickup went onto the shoulder and hit them.
Saint Francis Ministries on Friday confirmed a federal indictment against former CEO and President Rev. Robert N. Smith and former CIO (Chief Information Officer) William Whymark.
Colorado voters have passed a ballot initiative to decriminalize psychedelic mushrooms for people 21 and older and to create state-regulated centers where participants can experience the drug.
Kansas now is nearly surrounded by states that have either decriminalized marijuana to some degree or made it legal for recreational or medical use. With that, some law enforcement agencies in the Sunflower State are changing some training strategies.
The Kansas State Board of Education on Thursday voted to recommend changes for schools with Native American-themed mascots. It’s the latest in an ongoing conversation that’s drawn strong responses from both sides. Hays is one of more than two dozen school districts that could be affected.
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE), partnering with a public charity of the national Rockefeller Foundation, is providing a second round of free at-home COVID-19 tests to households in every Kansas community.
As cold weather moves in, the Homeless Outreach Team (HOT) will begin guiding unhoused residents to day shelters such as Open Door or Union Rescue Mission and overnight emergency shelters such as HumanKind Ministries.
Registered nurses at Ascension Via Christi St. Francis Hospital in Wichita, Kan. voted by 66 percent, 378 to 194, to join National Nurses Organizing Committee (NNOC), an affiliate of National Nurses United (NNU).
There are still thousands of potential votes left to be counted before election results can become official and the Kansas Secretary of State’s office said in a briefing Wednesday that more than 25,000 mail in ballots have yet to be returned.
It’s too early to call a winning side in the effort to give the Republican-controlled Kansas Legislature a bigger say over how the state regulates businesses, protects people’s health and preserves the environment.
Republican Kris Kobach has won the Kansas attorney general’s race after two big losses tied to his national reputation as an immigration and election law provocateur.
By Shain Bergan, Joseph Hennessy, Nathan Vickers and Betsy Webster
The new amendment allows people to carry up to three ounces of marijuana on them, and it allows people with marijuana-related non-violent offenses to get those dropped.
Democrat Chris Mann conceded in the Kansas Attorney General’s race, saying the remaining count of mail-in ballots likely won’t be enough to flip the projected final result.
As late Tuesday night rolls into early Wednesday morning, Kansas Governor Laura Kelly holds a slim lead in her bid to lead the state for another four years.
As the night waned on Tuesday, Democratic candidate for Kansas Attorney General, Chris Mann, recognized that his race against Republican opponent Kris Kobach may be too close to call.
Voters in the Newton school district on Tuesday approved a bond issue of about $8.4 million to renovate the Santa Fe 5/6 Center and the neighboring historic gym facility, Lindley Hall.
Board members approved recommendations for a boundary change in which some students currently in the boundary to attend Wichita Southeast High School, near Pawnee and 127th East, would change to being within the boundary for Wichita Heights High School, near 53rd Street North and Hillside.
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