TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) – Someone in northeast Kansas is a new multimillionaire.

Kansas lottery officials say a single ticket sold in northeast Kansas matched all six numbers in Wednesday night’s Powerball drawing. The jackpot was worth an estimated $50 million.

The ticket matched the numbers of 5-8-20-23-30 with a Powerball of 3.

State lottery officials say the cash option for the prize is an estimated $32.6 million.

Details of where in the ticket was sold were not immediately released.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) – Students at the state’s six universities will pay more for room and board next year.

The Kansas Board of Regents on Wednesday approved rate increases for all six schools, ranging from a 3.7 percent increase at Emporia State University to 1.08 percent at Fort Hays State.

The Lawrence Journal-World reports other rate increases will be 2.5 percent at the University of Kansas; 3.5 percent at Kansas State and Wichita State universities; and 3 percent at Pittsburg State.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) – Beginning in 2016, students wanting to study at the University of Kansas will have meet increased admission standards.

The Kansas Board of Regents on Wednesday approved the new standards. Admission standards will remain the same at the other five regents universities in Kansas.

The Lawrence Journal-World reports the new standards will require graduating high school students to complete a pre-college curriculum. They also will be required to have either a minimum 3.0 GPA and an ACT score of at least 24 or SAT of at least 1090, or a minimum 3.25 GPA and an ACT score of 21 or SAT of 980.

A committee will review applications from students who don’t meet the criteria for possible exemptions.

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) – Crews from the Kansas Geological Survey will be in western Kansas in early January to measure groundwater levels in more than 500 wells.

The work is part of the survey’s efforts to track changes in the depth of the region’s aquifers.

The University of Kansas said in a news release that crews will work near Colby, Goodland, Syracuse and Liberal during the first week of January. The state’s Division of Water Resources will measure water levels in nearly 900 more wells in the central and western park of the state.

The monitoring focuses on the massive High Plains aquifer system, which consists largely of the Ogallala aquifer. The data is used by landowners, state and federal agencies, local groundwater management districts, private entities and the general public.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) – Driving remains challenging in northeast Kansas as workers struggle to keep roads clear of snow driven by strong winds.

Interstate 70, which was closed on Wednesday, was reopened across the state early Thursday. But U.S. 183 north into Nebraska and U.S. 36 in northwest Kansas remain closed.

Kimberly Qualls, a spokeswoman for the Kansas Department of Transportation, told KMBC-TV that many roads were snow packed and travel remains difficult, particularly in northeast Kansas. She says the high winds were blowing snow back onto roads as soon as it’s removed, causing several vehicles to slide off roads.

More than 30 schools called off classes across the state, with some opening late.