Kansas districts struggle with teacher certification and shortages
In Oklahoma and Kansas, emergency and exchange licenses fill gaps for teachers lacking full licensure. A Kansas district reports 7 percent emergency certified staff and notes red tape blocks full qualification, while 91 percent are fully licensed. districts rely on substitutes as vacancies rise. Dennis cites travel, recruiting miles, and no local four-year university as obstacles to staffing Western Kansas schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Collins
Kansas
Kansas State Board of Education
Martha Gage
Gage
Dodge City Middle School
Iowa
Nebraska
South Dakota
Wisconsin
Michigan
Missouri
Illinois
Garden City
Dennis
Harvest crops in Kansas show drought hit yields hard
Sebelius calls harvest not great news as yields run to 75 percent of normal. Lane County and Kansas see significant acreage abandonment. In Scott and Wichita counties, harvest began last week with southern fields yielding 18 to 25 bushels per acre and northern fields 30 to 35. Seaboard Foods tests triticale as a feed crop for pigs amid drought and rising corn demand. Farmers report drought, freeze damage, hail, and many fields too poor to cut, with crop insurance helping share costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lane County
Kansas
Gary Friesen
Scott City
Ehmke
Triticale
Seaboard Foods
Scoti
Matt Johnson
Seaboard
Eugene Boone
Dighton
Boone
Pentagon report on detainee abuse and civilian accountability
ACLU says Formica and Jacoby reports reveal serious abuses by detainees in Iraq and at Guantanamo. The 2004 Formica findings show harsh interrogation methods and degrading treatment contrary to Geneva protections, with eight recommendations implemented after release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Iraq
Bush
Baghdad
Formica
Jacoby
Amrit Singh
ACLU
Singh
Special Operations
Pentagon
Mark Ballesteros
Guantanamo Bay
Cuba
Abu Ghraib
U.S
Administration
Condi
Convicted killer Pham appeals life sentence in Garden City case
Pham, the third man sentenced for the Garden City robbery and killings, challenged his murder conviction over trial judge permission to review an FBI confession. The Supreme Court limited the impact, finding only one robbery conviction valid and upholding the life term despite partial wins. Courts note Pham understood English and declined an interpreter. Counselor Wheeler commented the ruling offers limited relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pham
Thang Nguyen
Finney County
Philip Vieux
FBI
United States
Supreme Court
Wheeler
Starr and Linton enter Republican primary for district seats
Starr announces bid to challenge Mayo for District 4 as the Aug. 1 Republican primary approaches. Dan Linton, a Republican, recently filed to run against incumbent Larry Jones, who was appointed to the seat in December by the Finney County Republican Central Committee. The general election is set for Nov. 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Starr
Mayo
Dan Linton
Larry Jones
Repub
Lican
Finney County Republican Central Committee
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sebelius
Pentagon Report
First Southern Baptist Church
Rachel Davis
Crosswalk Christian School Assembly
Sublette
Hannah Horvick
Smoky Hills Public Television
Reading Rainbow Young Writers and Illustrators
Rockell the
Hannah
Lennet Froelich
Catherine Odson Codson
Xctelezram
Office of
Kevin J. Sterling
D.D.S
Grant K. Vollertsen D.D.S
Oberlin
Grant
Creighton University Dental School
Wendy Vollertsen
R.D.H
Billie and
Pat Swilley
Wendy
Colby Hygiene School
Grant K. Vollertsen
Mary Jo Ortiz
Nancy Holt
G.C
Diana Garcia
D.A
Suzi Fuller
Sally Guy
Kansas Ave
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!