Linwood News

H1N1 Vaccination clinics are being held today at four Wichita elementary schools--McCollom, Peterson, Benton and Kensler.

October just started, but attendance rates at Wichita schools are looking more like they do during the midwinter height of flu season.

Rachael Jones, 18, knows how it feels to be different from other kids. Jones has sickle cell anemia, a disease that sometimes separated her from other children growing up.

Both A 44-year-old teacher and a 29-year-old teacher at Basehor-Linwood High School were suspended after a 16-year-old girl told administrators about a consensual sexual relationship.

A northeast Kansas high school teacher has been suspended over sexual allegations involving a student.

Before two big eagles took the stage, third-grader Erin Fabing made her first big public speech to thank other students at Sunflower Elementary School in Gardner.“Without you, the eagles wouldn’t be here today,” the 9-year-old said.A student coin drive collected more than $300 of the almost $850 that Erin raised to help rescue two ...

Severe thunderstorms spawned at least two tornadoes that damaged rural homes and structures Saturday night and sent race fans fleeing from the Kansas Speedway.

Utility crews in southern Michigan have been working to restore power to thousands of homes and businesses blacked out by thunderstorms that raked the region with wind up to 70 mph.

A tornado touched down in Leavenworth County on Saturday evening, damaging property.The tornado was first seen at 6:35 p.m. 6 miles west of Linwood, Kan., said Dave Beusterien of the National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill.

Tornado warnings hit several Kansas counties on Saturday as severe weather moved through the area.

Few students will deny their pure exuberance at the sweet sight of snow on a bitterly cold school day.But the blissful rush of adrenaline that accompanies a snow day passed many students by this year.