Environment and nature

General newsApr 28, 2022

Police: Paint in Kansas team's water; 2 juveniles suspected

Police in the central Kansas town of Lindsborg announced two boys are suspected of being involved in the contamination of a water cooler used by the Kansas Wesleyan baseball team during a doubleheader at Bethany College last weekend

Environment and natureApr 25, 2022

Kansas college looking into alleged water cooler tampering

Bethany College officials are investigating an allegation that someone associated with its baseball program intentionally contaminated the water cooler used by the opposing team

LifestyleApr 12, 2022

Gov. Kelly vetoes local bans on plastic bags, straws

Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly has vetoed a bill that would prevent cities and counties from banning, limiting or even taxing plastic bags, straws and food containers

BusinessApr 11, 2022

First commercial case of bird flu found in McPherson County

State and federal agriculture officials say they have identified the first case of bird flu in a commercial flock in Kansas

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Environment and natureApr 4, 2022

Kansas researcher to mount defense over China ties at trial

The trial of a researcher accused of illegally keeping secret work he was doing for China while employed at the University of Kansas has resumed with defense attorneys trying to cast doubt on the government’s handling of his prosecution

Environment and natureMar 29, 2022

Flamingo that escaped Kansas zoo in 2005 spotted in Texas

Wildlife officials say one of two flamingos that escaped from a Kansas zoo during a storm 17 years ago has been spotted on the coast of Texas

Environment and natureMar 29, 2022

Kansas GOP lawmakers move to prevent local bans on plastic

Republican legislators in Kansas are trying to prevent cities and counties from banning, limiting or even taxing plastic bags, straws and food containers

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Social affairsMar 17, 2022

Kansas impasse shows green energy opposition has lost steam

Efforts to propel Kansas’ renewable energy future are mired in legislative stalemate

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BusinessMar 1, 2022

Farm groups stymie reorganization of Kansas water programs

Powerful Kansas agriculture groups have blocked a bipartisan proposal to tie a big increase in funding for water conservation programs to a reorganization of state and local agencies that regulate water use