TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Some Kansas dentists say a low reimbursement rate and slow processing of KanCare claims are preventing them from accepting new patients covered by the state’s managed care program. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports Manhattan dentist E. Hamrick Swan Jr. says the reimbursement rate for KanCare patients is about 40 percent of his fee. While he still takes KanCare patients, he said he has to limit the number of new ones he can accept. A spokeswoman for Kansas Department of Health and Environment’s health programs says last year’s switch to KanCare included a requirement that rates couldn’t fall below…
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) An eastern Kansas Republican who is the main proponent of a House measure that would nullify Common Core reading and math standards in the state admits he hasn’t read what’s in them. Rep. Willie Dove, of Bonner Springs, says he is driven by a firm belief that the federal government shouldn’t be involved in education. He is pushing a bill in the Kansas House that would also nullify recently adopted Next Generation Science Standards and prohibit school districts from administering any tests aligned to those standards. The Lawrence Journal-World reports Dove serves on the House Education Committee,…
A special performance will be held at St. Bernard in Wamego next month. As part of a three night event, John Michael Talbot will be coming to town. Talbot is a music legend, author, and a Christian Evangelist. The event will be March 12, 13, and 14 at 7:00 pm at St. Bernard in Wamego. For more information, call 785-456-7869.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Rural development advocates are seeking passage of a bill that could lead to the expansion of smaller farms and food production in Kansas communities. The bill would create an 18-member task force to explore options for helping the production of locally grown food. A hearing on the proposal is scheduled for Wednesday in the Senate Agriculture Committee. The task force would develop a plan for expanding food systems and removing any obstacles that impede farmers and food producers from developing locally grown crops and products. Such obstacles can include funding, distribution and processing. The task force would…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A Wichita family says someone fired a bullet that lodged itself in their daughter’s playroom wall over the weekend. KWCH-TV reports Wichita police responded to a call of shots fired around 2 a.m. Saturday morning in the neighborhood, with some neighbors reporting they heard a car race away shortly afterward. Mike Santee says he first noticed a bulge in the hallway wall, and then found the curtains in her playroom had been torn. Santee says he, his wife and their 4-year-old daughter were sleeping in the room next door to the playroom, just feet away from where…
On today’s InFocus, Cathy talks with Rick Petrie, Kevin Clark and John Tviete on the Fairmont Park Disc Golf Course ribbon cutting.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) The suspect in the death of a 25-year-old Steckline Communications employee and former K-State student has been moved from a hospital and booked into the Sedgwick county jail. The Wichita Eagle reports a 31-year-old identified in a police report as the suspect in Daniel Flores’ death was booked into jail Friday night on suspicion of first-degree murder and aggravated burglary. (Wichita media identified that suspect as Antwon Banks the day after the arrest.) Flores’ body was found around 8 a.m. Monday in a basement area of the Steckline offices. Preliminary autopsy reports indicate he died of blunt-force injuries.…
An explosion tore through a bus filled with South Korean sightseers in the Sinai Peninsula on Sunday, killing at least four people and raising fears that Islamic militants are trying to wreck Egypt’s tourism industry.
A Fla. man was convicted Saturday of attempted murder for shooting into a carful of teenagers after an argument over what he called their “thug music,” but jurors couldn’t agree on the most serious charge of first-degree murder.
A conference designed to educate women in agriculture concluded Friday, February 14th. Women Managing the Farm 2014 was held at the Hilton Garden Inn, holding countless events for over 200 women across Kansas. “People are in agriculture because of love,” Janet Barrows, Vice President of Marketing and Communications for Frontier Farm Credit said Thursday the 13th. “They either love the industry or they have fallen in love with someone and may find themselves married into a farm operation.” Barrows is a major figure in the conference, coordinating events alongside the Planning Committee. Events are inclusive to a very diverse set of women,…