RIVERTON, Kan. — A Southeast Kansas town is getting some extra T.L.C. today - thanks to hundreds of volunteers pitching in to help. "You know, tourists come through Route 66 all the time. To be able to see this house and be like, Oh, this is like a nice neighborhood," said Dillon Leggett, Riverton Senior. []
SOUTHEAST KANSAS — A stream advisory has been issued for a Southeast Kansas river. The body of water in question — The Verdigris River, from 75 Highway East of Neodesha, Kansas in Wilson County, to the Oklahoma state line. An oil well spilled approximately 500 feet from the river, resulting in an advisory for residents []
CRAWFORD COUNTY, Kan. — A Pittsburg woman is dead following a car crash Saturday evening. It happened just after 9:00 p.m. on K-3 at mile marker 1 - also known as 630th Avenue in Girard. The Kansas Highway Patrol says a vehicle driven by Ann Marie Edgett, 53, was traveling northbound when it went off []
FRANKLIN, Kan. — A new exhibit at a Southeast Kansas museum is showcasing the history of the mining industry. The Miners Hall Museum is hosting the Southeast Kansas Coal Camp - West Mineral exhibit. A presentation of the history was hosted by David R. Wallace. The exhibit contains photos, maps, coins, and high school uniforms []
By Sherman smith, Kansas Reflector This article was originally published on Kansas Reflector. When Lawrence Public Schools deployed spyware last fall, district officials said it would help them respond to a growing mental health crisis by monitoring students’ correspondence, photos, classwork and files. But student journalists were alarmed by the First Amendment problems inherent with the district’s implementation of the surveillance program, made by Gaggle. As district officials dismissed...
Southeast Asia was coping with a weekslong heat wave on Monday as record-high temperatures led to school closings in several countries and urgent health warnings throughout the region.
TOPEKA (KSNT) - A Kansas program designed to funnel new faces into rural counties is getting a major overhaul. Lieutenant Governor and Secretary of the Kansas Department of Commerce (KDC) David Toland says the Rural Opportunity Zones (ROZ) program is being updated to increase participation. The program helps people moving to rural Kansas counties with []
Students at a high school in York Region have been awarded perfect marks on their midterm exams in three subjects – not because of their academic performances however, but because they had no teacher. On Tuesday, York Catholic District School Board (YCDSB) confirmed with CTV News that it had given pupils at St. Maximilian Kolbe Catholic High School in Aurora, Ont. perfect marks on exams in two biology classes and one business class. "These classes have not had a permanent teacher for much...
By Adesina Wahab Just like the Tertiary Education Trust Fund, TETFund, which is meant to be an intervention agency in the education sector, especially at the tertiary level, the Nigerian Education Loan Fund, NELFUND, has been set up to also provide succour for the sector. However, both agencies are not for the benefit of private […]
Student debt, a new Gallup report shows, is making it harder for young people to reach key life milestones. According to a Gallup survey of over 14,000 adults, over 70% of people say student debt has “delayed major life events” including moving out of their parents’ home, getting married, and having a child. Strikingly, there […]
Bri Adams received national recognition for her effort to advance nonpartisan student voter registration, education and turnout efforts in her community.
A group of students at one local elementary school have been working on a project with other elementary students who are on the other side of the world. Two teachers at Woodsdale Elementary School in Wheeling have teamed up with Crumlin Primary School in Ireland after they were recruited by a non-profit organization known []