The Kansas Senate has voted not to override Governor Laura Kelly’s veto on Senate Bill 55, which would have banned transgender women from participating in women’s’ sports at public schools and state colleges. The override needed 15 votes to pass, but only received 14, along with 26 “no” votes. The Bill, also known as the Fairness in Women’s Sports Act, had originally passed through bot...
Shots fired outside Manhattan Town Center mall Wednesday Riley Co. Police say a man is in critical condition after he was shot after a road rage incident late Wednesday afternoon. Riley Co. Police say they were called to Manhattan Town Center’s northeast parking lot at 5:18 p.m. on reports of shots fired. Riley Co. Police say a man, 21, and a woman, 20, were in an isolated altercation with a 33...
A bill legalizing medical marijuana in Kansas has passed out of a House committee and will eventually move to the House floor for a vote. The Federal and State Affairs committee in the Kansas House passed the bill in a gut-and-go of Senate Bill 158 Monday morning. Multiple amendments were made to the bill during the process, including child-resistant packaging and prohibiting cannabis companies fr...
A meat processing plant in Clay Center caught fire late Tuesday night. Fire crews responded to a blaze at Clay Center Locker Plant, near Highway 15, around 11:30 p.m. The highway was closed Tuesday night as crews worked to put out the fire. No employees were at the plant at the time of the fire. It appears to be a total loss....
picture courtesy of Brad Anderson The Abilene High School basketball teams swept an opponent fo...
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