Earns endorsement
State Rep. Peggy Mast, R-Emporia, has received an endorsement from a statewide political action committee.
Kansas ChamberPAC announced its support for Mast in a recent news release.
“Rep. Mast has exceeded the rigorous pro-business standards established by the Kansas ChamberPAC board of directors,” said Kansas Chamber president and chief executive officer Amy J. Blankenbiller.
“Rep. Mast demonstrates a pro-employer approach to public policy decisions and has exercised personal leadership to improve the Kansas business climate.”
ChamberPac evaluated candidates according to their votes on its key legislative agenda issues, their leadership in committee and floor debates, and their work “behind-the-scenes,” among other considerations, the release stated.
Student dies
LITTLE RIVER (AP) — A Little River High School student who underwent an emergency liver transplant last week has died.
Little River school officials say 16-year-old Matthew Waters died Sunday at Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Mo. He had undergone a liver transplant last Friday, after becoming ill on Sept. 21.
Little River football coach Shane Cordell says Waters’ liver transplant was successful, but there was too much pressure on Waters’ brain.
Waters was a sophomore. He was starting quarterback and a linebacker on the Little River team.
Doctors have not determined a cause of his illness, but say it was not related to any trauma from football.