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Kansas woman drowns after kayak overturns in river

Published May 23, 2024 07:30PM

Kansas woman drowns after kayak overturns in river

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BOONE COUNTY —Authorities in Boone County Arkansas say a Kansas woman identified as 69-year-old Judy Henderson-Bailey of Topeka drowned last weekend at the Carver, Buffalo National River.

Just after 5p.m. May 19, the Buffalo National River dispatch learned of a possible drowning in the upper district of the river near Carver, according to a media release from the National Park Service.

Judy Henderson-Bailey, 69, Topeka, Kansas, was floating in a private kayak that overturned a ... Read more

Topeka woman drowns after kayak turns over on Buffalo Nation

Authorities were notified about 5 p.m. May 19 of a possible drowning in the upper district of the Buffalo National River near Carver, Arkansas. Judy K. Bailey, 69, of Topeka, Kansas, was floating in a one-person kayak that overturned after striking a ... Read more

Learning for Justice helps connect “Brown” decision to e

Seventy years ago today, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas. The 1954 decision struck down the notion of “separate but equal” within public education. It declared that school segregation violated the 14t ... Read more

70 years after Brown v. Board, former students remembers Top

Carolyn Wims-Campbell is a former student of McKinley Elementary, one of the four Black elementary schools in Topeka.

Seventy years after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas that segregated schoo ... Read more

Kansas issues new Medicaid contracts with emphasis on expanding care, maternal needs • Kansas Refl

Published May 16, 2024 02:21PM

TOPEKA — Kansas health officials have selected three health care insurance companies to manage the state’s privatized Medicaid system after conducting the selection process for the first time in six years.

These managed care organizations will serve KanCare, the state’s system for the federal Medicaid program. In a Tuesday contract announcement, Kansas Department of Health and Environment officials said the determination process focused on the needs of the 458,000 Kansans enrolled for services.

“This was a majo ... Read more

Supreme Court’s Landmark Brown v. Board Decision Marks 70t

Seventy years ago today, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously decided that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional.

Brown v. Board of Education centered on Linda Brown, a young Black student denied admission to her neighb ... Read more

Dallas Asst. City Manager Tapped To Lead Topeka, Kansas

The Topeka City Council in Kansas has chosen Robert Perez, Dallas’ assistant city manager, to become its new city manager.

“I’m extremely honored and excited to begin leading the City of Topeka as its next city manager,” Perez sa ... Read more

Brown v. Board is 70 years old. Why are so many schools hype

First Person is where Chalkbeat features personal essays by educators, students, parents, and others thinking and writing about public education.

I was 21 when I started teaching at Hope-Hill Elementary School in Atlanta. I had big dream ... Read more

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