Beverly News

Two candidates for Kansas Insurance Commissioner praised the Legislature's last-minute reconsideration and passage of a bill to open the state insurance market to stripped-down health plans.

Mary Jane Miller, 85, died March 29 at her home in Victoria. She was born April 1, 1927, in Victoria, to Joseph C. and Catherine Weigel.

The Topeka Metropolitan Transit Authority has identified replacing its aged fareboxes as its first priority for the new year, and the board expects a staff recommendation within the first two months of 2013.

At 8:20 a.m., school counselor Beverly Cress is standing in the entryway of Quincy Elementary School greeting children.

Gov. Sam Brownback's school efficiency task force met for the second time Friday and heard testimony from school administrators who assured the panel their districts work diligently to save taxpayer money.