KSHSAA has announced that students will be permitted to participate in fall sports and activities if they choose to receiving academic instruction remotely. A previous policy required students to be in class in person at least one day per week. File photo. The Kansas State High School Activities Association’s board last week approved a policy change that will allow students who choose to receive all of their instruction remotely for the fall semester to participate in sports and other activities. Standing policy prior to the board’s adoption of the change required that students be physically in class at least one day [...]

Kansas law gives local health departments and health officers the authority to slow the spread of infectious diseases in their jurisdictions by any means known to be effective, Kristi Zears, director of communications for the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, said. This includes the power to instruct businesses to close if they are the location of a known outbreak or associated with high-risk behaviors. In Sedgwick County, for instance, the local health officer ordered the closure of bars until at least September as the area teeters close to an overwhelmed healthcare system. In Johnson County, however, where the cases per [...]