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TSnews To borrow from songwriters Robert Hunter and the late Jerry Garcia, every silver lining has a touch of gray. That line from a Grateful Dead song might sum up the crop situation in south-central Kansas at the moment.

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Kansas Reflector Seventy percent of Kansas school districts are repaying amounts from hundreds to millions of dollars after a Medicaid calculation error by a state contractor, a Kansas official testified this week.

When it comes to helping their children achieve academic success, it sure doesn’t hurt if parents remember how to multiply fractions and diagram sentences.

From August 1948 The graduating class of 1943 held its first class reunion Aug. 22 in the yard of the Wimp home.

120 Years Ago Last Tuesday was the hottest day of the year. The government thermometer went to 105.

From August 1906 Conway Springs has many things of which the people justly boast.

A thank you note, and even a shiny, red apple, are nice. But Kansas State University child development specialist Bradford Wiles said being kind to your children’s teachers is one of the best things parents can do.

Extension A Kansas State University agricultural economist predicts “a sizeable increase” in Kansas farm income this year, spurred by one-time government payments meant to blunt the effects of recent economic- and disaster-related losses.

Extension A family’s or individual’s income may drop for a variety of reasons. Kansas State University family resource management specialist Elizabeth Kiss said individuals may lose a job, or get fewer hours at a current job.