Author Archives: KRPSNews

Kansas schools are struggling to find teachers. As Stephan Bisaha of the Kansas News Service reports, the state has more than 800 vacant teaching positions. Kansas state Senator Barbara Bollier is jumping into the already crowded race for the U.S. Senate. Bollier – a retired doctor from Johnson County – was elected to the state […]

A Kansas state senator who recently switched parties is running for the U.S. Senate as a Democrat. As Jim McLean of the Kansas News Service reports, Barbara Bollier says she would be a — “voice of reason in Washington.” Kansas’ teacher shortage is getting worse. The state’s education department says there are more than 800 […]

The Organization for Competitive Markets, an advocacy group, and the Kansas Cattlemen’s Association have accused the Kansas Livestock Association of misusing millions of dollars. Corinne Boyer of the Kansas News Service explains. Former Democratic Kansas Congresswoman Nancy Boyda is dropping her bid for the Senate seat being vacated by Republican Senator Pat Roberts. Boyda and […]

It looked like Kansas Democrats were going to have their first high-profile primary for a U.S. Senate seat in decades. But as Stephen Koranda reports for the Kansas News Service, that changed on Thursday. White House adviser Ivanka Trump heard from Kansas City-area parents and child care providers Thursday about issues they have with affordable, […]

Kansas Congresswoman Sharice Davids called out President TrumpWednedsay  for betraying the United States’ Kurdish allies in Turkey. Laura Ziegler has more on the Democrat’s statement. Base pay for a Kansas legislator is about 22 thousand dollars a year — less than the salaries of lawmakers in most neighboring states, according to a new state audit.

The Kinetic Storytelling workshop will be held at the Spiva Center for the Arts in Joplin on Saturday October 12. It starts at 10 am and there is a $20 registration fee. The Spiva 48-hour film competition starts on Friday October 18 at 6 pm and runs until Sunday October 20 at 6 pm. The […]

The Bicknell Family Center for the Arts welcomes Pittsburg State alum and operatic tenor Robert Dean Smith performing with the Southeast Kansas Symphony Orchestra on Thursday October 17 at 7:30 p.m. The performance at the Bicknell will be followed up an encore concert at the Helzberg Hall in the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts […]

Jurors are deliberating whether a protection order was taken out unlawfully against an anti-abortion protester by a Wichita abortion rights advocate. As KMUW’s Nadya Faulx reports, closing statements were given Tuesday in the federal trial. Voters in Pittsburg will go to the polls on Tuesday November 5th to elect three city commissioners. The two candidates […]

A Kansas City company has offered to buy the troubled 15-bed hospital in Hillsboro, Kansas, for six point nine million dollars. From KCUR Dan Margolies reports. On Tuesday afternoon the Pittsburg Area Young Professionals hosted a get to know to know the candidates forum at the Frisco Event Center that featured all six candidates running […]

With a hot labor market in Kansas, the state finds itself with more open jobs than unemployed people. As Stephen Koranda of the Kansas News Service reports, that trend is driven by a low unemployment rate of only 3.2 percent. Hundreds gathered Monday evening to honor the victims of last weekend’s deadly shooting at bar […]