The Shawnee County Health Department announced Monday it had hired a registered nurse, Felicia Turk, for its Nurse-Family Partnership program, a national effort that provides assistance free of charge to low-income, first-time mothers who qualify. The program was created in 1977. It has the capacity to accommodate up to 92 young mothers in the Shawnee County community, the release said. NFP helps the expectant mother both with prenatal care and becoming economically self-sufficient, Monday’s news release said. “NFP helps women in poverty who are pregnant with their first child become the best moms they can be,” it said. “Each expectant woman [...]

Since the Kansas Lottery began in November 1987, it has provided about $1.8 billion to the state, including about $74.7 million in fiscal year 2018. “In general, I’d say most of the money from the lottery goes to programs that create jobs or retain jobs here in the state, workforce training and that kind of thing,” said Sally Lunsford, director of public affairs for the Kansas Lottery. Topeka resident Deb Manning asked #TopCity What?, which answers questions submitted by readers, where all of the money from the lottery goes. “In the beginning it was a hard sell to the state on [...]