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Heather Hollingsworth and John Hanna, Associated Press photo by: Associated Press Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly speaks during a news conference, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021, at the Statehouse in Topeka. MISSION — Kansas school districts are rushing to vaccinate their teachers in preparation for an eventual return to a full reopening of classrooms and before a more contagious strain of the coronavirus can spread throughout the state. Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly told leaders of the Republican-controlled Legislature on Wednesday that about 60% of the state’s school districts have started vaccinating the...

Andover restaurant reopens Butler County Times Gazette Following a four year absence, the Applebee's location in Andover reopened following a ribbon cutting ceremony this week.   he South Central Kansas Applebee's, including the Andover location,  were purchased in 2020 by the Wichita based Thrive Restaurant Group.  The first new Applebee's to open under Thrive is the reopening of the Kellogg Ave. and Andover Rd. location. Kristi Turner, the general manager at the time of the restaurant's closing, has returned as the general manager.  The ribbon was cut by Thrive president Jon Rolph. Do ...

Kansas is making it easier to remove tenured faculty. What does that mean for academic freedom? Recently, the Kansas Reflector reported on the Kansas Board of Regents’ endorsement of a policy that, for the next two years, would “mak[e] it easier for state universities to suspend, dismiss or terminate employees, including tenured faculty members, without initiating the process of formally declaring a financial emergency.”  The reasons why such a policy would be attractive to a public university system are understandable. Thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic keeping many students away from ca...

Kansas COVID trends improve 'dramatically,' Norman says as vaccine roll-out trudges on Jason Tidd, The Wichita Eagle Jan. 27—As coronavirus pandemic trends improve "dramatically" and doses of COVID-19 vaccines continue to "trickle" in, public health officials are urging Kansans to keep wearing masks and following other guidelines. "I think there's a lot of reason for some optimism throughout the state ... the numbers statewide are improving rather dramatically," said Dr. Lee Norman, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment secretary, during a Tuesday media briefing ho...

COVID-19-related hospitalizations continue to decrease in the state, experts say, as the state's caseload eases after fears of a holiday surge. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment reported a rise of 3,262 cases since Monday. The agency also noted 96 deaths recorded in that timeframe, though most of those appear to be from earlier in the pandemic. But there is concern that a coronavirus variant that is more easily transmittable could complicate matters. KDHE Secretary Lee Norman said Monday that the department is investigating whether another strain of COVID-19 was responsible for...