Governor Kelly Announces New Youth Mental Health Hospital to Begin Providing Care in Hays
Hays, KS– Governor Laura Kelly announced today that Camber Children’s Mental Health (previously KVC Hospitals) is expected to begin accepting patients and providing care by early February at its new youth mental health hospital in Hays. Governor Kelly first announced the partnership between Camber and the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services (KDADS) to open […]
Kids Regularly Run Away from Kansas Foster Homes. Some Have died. The State Hopes to Improve
Topeka, KS — Two Kansas foster runaways died in 2022. The body of one turned up in an empty lot in Kansas City, Kansas. The second stole a car and crashed into a semi truck near Parsons. The deaths of those children prompted criticism of the Kansas Department for Children and Families, the agency ultimately […]
Village Manor Maintains Five Star Rating From Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Abilene, KS- Village Manor in Abilene, an affiliate of Memorial Health System (MHS), has once again been awarded five stars by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The rating will be published on the Care Compare website at medicare.gov. “This is the result of hard work and perseverance by the staff of […]
Kansas Lawmakers Can’t Ban Abortions, So Some Want to Give That Power to Local Governments
Wichita, KS — Kansas joins a handful of states debating the power of local governments to restrict abortion. Legislation proposed this week seeks to give local governments the authority to ban abortion. That marked the second bill concerning abortion introduced by Kansas abortion opponents so far this legislative session after a landslide statewide referendum in favor of abortion rights last […]
Kansas Profile – Now That’s Rural: Dixie Pachta, Rose Creek Suds
By Ron Wilson, director of the Huck Boyd National Institute for Rural Development at Kansas State University “Mommy, it doesn’t sting!” That statement from a young woman’s three-year old daughter helped launch a business of producing handmade soaps and other skin care products in rural Kansas. Dixie Pachta is founder and owner […]
Kansas is a Rare State Without a Long-COVID Clinic, Leaving Some Patients Far from Specialists
It’s been over two years since Barry Guyer came down with COVID-19. “(I) was just out in the harvest field. I just got feeling terrible,” said Guyer, who farms near Goodland in northwest Kansas. “I got home that one night I said, ‘I think I’ve got this stuff.’” Guyer was admitted into the hospital for […]
Tips for Parents: Keeping Lines of Communication Open
By Lisa Moser, K-State Research and Extension news service Manhattan, KS- When sitting in the stands at a youth event, it is easy to pick up on a wide range of parenting approaches, as well as varied levels of interest shown by the children participating. As the new year begins, Bradford Wiles, a K-State […]
How Kansas Lawmakers Could Try to Restrict Abortion This Year
Wichita, KS — A resounding statewide vote in Kansas to protect abortion rights last summer won’t stop the Republican-controlled Legislature from attempting to make it harder to get an abortion this year. Whether anti-abortion lawmakers will be able to enact further restrictions this legislative session — in spite of a 2019 Kansas Supreme Court decision ruling that the […]
Recent Water Testing by KDHE Shows Decrease of Contaminants in Washington County Streams Caused by Oil Spill
Topeka, KS- The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) announced today that results from recent water testing on Mill Creek show a decrease in the concentration of contaminants over time and a downward trend in contaminants on Little Blue River. KDHE has been sampling the water in Mill Creek, located in Washington County, following […]
Governor Kelly Signs First Executive Order of Second Term to Improve Early Childhood Development
Topeka, KS- Governor Laura Kelly today signed the first executive order of her second term, Executive Order 23-01, to establish the Early Childhood Transition Task Force. The Task Force is charged with reviewing Kansas’ early childhood programs and developing a roadmap for the creation of a new state, cabinet-level agency focused solely on supporting the […]