Miss Able News Today

Here's an ad-free summary of KPR's news headlines: Kansas Governor Laura Kelly calls lawmakers back to Topeka June 18 for the start of a special session on tax relief... officials in Iowa are slaughtering 4 million chickens due to an outbreak of avian influenza while Kansas ag officials begin holding informational sessions about the virus... and there is such a thing as a free lunch, at least for Kansas kids. Details inside.

Kansas becomes the first state to offer older teens in foster care a new option for a permanent home...workshops are scheduled across the state to address avian influenza and other concerns confronting the Kansas livestock industry... most teachers in Wichita think their school district is headed in the wrong direction... and we remember a Kansas-born monkey that blasted into space 65 years ago. Details inside.

After eight years of devoting his time to improving his community, Kamvelihle Kalani has joined the corporate world as a marketing and communications intern at Buffalo City College.

New Orleans composer-pianist Louis Moreau Gottschalks jazz-like creations predated ragtime and New Orleans blues by half a century