KSCB News

What You Need To Know About Common Core State Standards - January 05, 2014

What do you know about Common Core State Standards? The problem is that these national standards create expectations for our teachers without equipping them to fulfill those expectations. You know tha...

4 Injured In Haskell County Crash - January 05, 2014

A Haskell County sheriff's deputy was injured in an accident Saturday evening.The accident happened on Highway 160 near the Haskell Grant County line. The sheriff's office says the deputy, Gary Neal J...

Sub Zero Temperatures Could Affect Wheat Crop - January 03, 2014

The subzero cold being predicted for the Plains next week threatens to damage winter wheat across Nebraska and Kansas in places with little snow cover to protect crops. Low temperatures of mi...

2013 Kansas Traffic Deaths Lowest Since 1947 - January 03, 2014

Kansas Department of Transportation officials are reporting a drop in the number of traffic fatalities in 2013 to 344 deaths, the lowest number since statistics were first kept in 1947. KDOT sa...

Ulysses’ Alford Files To Seek Re-election - January 02, 2014

State Rep. J. Stephen Alford, R-Ulysses, filed last week to run for re-election in the 124th House District. He is the only candidate to date in the district. The primary election is Aug. 5....

Events Being Offered By SCCC/ATS - January 02, 2014

CITIZENSHIP CLASSES The Business & Industry Office at Seward County Community College/Area Technical School is offering new citizenship classes from 1-5:30 p.m., Sundays, Jan. 19-May 18 at ...

Keystone Pipeline Closer To Coming Online - January 02, 2014

The operator of a $2.3 billion pipeline between Cushing and the Gulf Coast of Texas expects to begin shipping oil on Jan. 22. TransCanada Corp. began injecting crude oil into the 485-mile, 36...

Kansas Tax Revenues Up In December - January 02, 2014

Kansas revenue officials say the state took in $3.3 million more in taxes than anticipated in December and collections met expectations for the past six months. The Department of Revenue repo...

State Looks To Expand Rural Opportunity Zones - January 02, 2014

A group Kansas House members has filed legislation for the 2014 session that would add three southeast counties to the state's rural opportunity zone program. Gov. Sam Brownback established t...

Oklahoma Expects More Marijuana After Colorado Change - January 02, 2014

MARIJUANA SALES-OKLAHOMA Okla. expects more marijuana after Colorado change (Information in the following story is from: The Oklahoman, http://www.newsok.com) BOISE CITY, Okla. (AP) - Oklahoma...