Parsons News

Three House Republicans questioned Thursday whether the state would save money by closing Kansas Neurological Institute in Topeka and moving disabled residents of the facility to community housing or a state hospital in Parsons.

Three Topeka-area State Representatives are vowing to fight the closure of the Kansas Neurological Institute.

As chairman of the Kansas Facilities Closure and Realignment Commission, I would like to comment on The Topeka Capital-Journal's Nov.

Some 4-State companies are using state grants to send employees to community college.

That is how long some developmentally disabled Kansans have been on state waiting lists to receive home and community services.

The Kansas Neurological Institute in Topeka will stay open, but only for now. The state's Facilities Closure and Realignment Commission voted seven to three Monday to downsize both KNI and Parsons State Hospital.

A commission in Kansas recommends that the state close its hospital for the developmentally disabled in Topeka.

Its comforting to think that someone is watching after you. Say, a guardian angel.Or two.Yes, we all have two assigned at birth, hypnotist Magda Blanco said Saturday during a free lecture at Kansas Citys 39th annual Fall Psychic Fair.Forty of us sat in molded plastic chairs under stark, fluorescent lights in a room walled off by blue and white ...

Women in their snazziest, dressed to the nines, and men in their best bib and tucker were in attendance as wine flowed, cheese and crackers were nibbled and the bids flew in competition for beautiful works of art.

Staff Sgt. Nekl B. Allen was buried yesterday at Arlington National Cemetery, The Washington Post reported.

Every farm woman has a unique story. Few are able to use that story to benefit others.

One junior biology major is so discouraged with the Pittsburg State Chemistry Department that she is paying $500 extra per course and driving 30 to 40 minutes to take classes from Labette Community College in Parsons.

One of the hundreds of people Monday afternoon lining Parsons' Main Street in a drenching rain said his slight discomfort didn't matter.

The Department of Defense says a Parsons, Kan. man died earlier this month while serving in Afghanistan.

So, naturally, severe weather erupts the day I have a story published saying "Second Season" has been awfully quiet so far this year.

Daniel Cox had big plans for the future. The Army corporal told his family that he couldn't wait to get out of Afghanistan in a few weeks and return home to Kansas to stay.

Two Kansas communities are coming together to give their fallen heroes a final farewell.

A group of volunteers in Parsons, Kansas wraps up a project surrounding the oral history of farming.

Jill Schlagel and Lonnie Singmaster announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Rebecca Schlagel of Spring Hill, to Mark Grisier of Yates Center, Kan.

Two Third Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division Soldiers were killed in Afghanistan Sunday, September 12, and one of them was from Rochester.