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High School Football Previews: Garden Plain Owls
GARDEN PLAIN, Kan. (KSNW) — Garden Plain football is locked in and ready to make a deep playoff run in the 2024 season. Over the summer, the Owls had 95 percent attendance. Head coach Todd Rice says he’s never seen so many athletes show up to summer training in all his years of coaching. The […]
CAMPBELL: Pantry pest control measures
Someone recently came into the Cottonwood Extension office with a tiny insect, asking what it is. Fortunately, it had a distinctive long snout. So that meant it was a weevil and I was able to narrow it down considerably and identify it as a rice weevil. I did get verification from J.P. Michaud, entomologist at the Ag Research Ct. in Hays, too.
Ribbon Cutting Held Friday Evening for New McPherson High School Field
McPHERSON, Kan. — The formal ribbon cutting for McPherson High School’s new outdoor athletic facility took place Friday evening prior to a community pep rally to kick off the fall sports season. A number of the amenities for the project were funded through private donations in the Fund...
Liberal looking to continue turnaround after breakthrough season
WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - After dominance in the 1990s, it’s been a rough couple of decades for the Liberal High School football team. That is until third-year head coach Bryan Luetters entered the program. “It was a change. We we all questioning about it, like anyone would, but he’s...
Heartland Community Foundation grant supports HPL Kansas Room remodel
The Heartland Community Foundation recently awarded over $6,800 to the Hays Public Library to assist with the project to remodel the Kansas Room. The library’s grant request specifically targeted funds to purchase new tables for the Kansas Room. The update of furniture, flooring, lighting, and layout will improve the Kansas Room for presentations, group gatherings and research. The Kansas Room project is part of a larger remodel of the library’s basement.
Kansas football's schedule could prove to be more challenging than anticipated
From the moment the Big 12 schedule was announced, it's been deemed that the Kansas football schedule was one of the easiest in the country. Bryan Clinton of Heartland College Sports broke down the Big 12 and ranked the teams by their strength of schedule. He has the Jayhawks with the easiest slate of game.
Students play mini golf and discover library services
As part of Kansas State’s Week of Welcome, Hale Library hosted a “Purple Pride Putt Putt” event from 2-4 p.m. on Tuesday. Nine stops spread throughout the library guided students in exploring much of what Hale has to offer, and participants received free popcorn, cookies and Arnold Palmers upon completing their competitions.
Many in Missouri Want a Secure Border – From Kansas
I predict this will turn into a dumpster fire of political comments, but that's certainly not the way I intend it. It's a true story about how many in Missouri are concerned about a secure border - not from Mexico, but Kansas. It's not often that a political statement on...
Arkansas City Fire Department makes statement of the passing of Wellington native Trevor Rusk
——— It is with a heavy heart that we share the news of the passing of Arkansas City Firefighter/EMT Trevor Rusk, who passed away while off duty. Trevor served our community with courage, professionalism, and dedication, and his loss is deeply felt by his family, friends, and colleagues.
Judge approves settlement in Wichita police gang list lawsuit
A federal judge has given verbal approval to a settlement between the ACLU of Kansas and the Wichita Police Department in a lawsuit challenging the department’s gang database. The lawsuit was filed in 2021 by the ACLU of Kansas, Kansas Appleseed, and Shook, Hardy, and Bacon LLP, and it...
Motorcycle rider critical after Wichita crash
An unidentified man was taken to a hospital with critical injuries after his motorcycle crashed early Saturday east of downtown Wichita. Police said the motorcycle was going west on Kellogg when it hit a guard rail and then fell off an overpass, landing on Hydraulic. The crash was reported around...
Medicine Lodge records hottest temperature in U.S.
WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - The National Weather Service said Medicine Lodge reached 115 degrees as of 7 p.m. on Saturday. The high temperature made the Kansas town the hottest city in the contiguous United States. The highest temperature of 121 degrees was recorded in Kansas in 1936 during the Dust...
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