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Bluejay Women’s Soccer Picked 7th in KCAC Preseason Coaches’ Poll
WICHITA, Kan. (TaborBluejays.com) – The Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference (KCAC) released the 2024 KCAC Women’s Soccer Preseason Coaches’ Poll following their Virtual Media Day on Wednesday. Each coach from the KCAC’s 14 programs got their chance to give viewers a look at the coming season. The...
BKFC stars (mostly) siding with former champ in Friday's Main Event
Major rankings implications in the welterweight division are on the line Friday at BKFC Fight Night Kansas City as the weight class’ No. 2 contender “Gypsy” Jake Lindsey takes on former division champ Elvin “El Bandido” Brito, now the No. 4 contender in the division, LIVE globally on The BKFC App from Memorial Hall in Kansas City, KS.
New Planned Parenthood clinic expands abortion access for patients in and outside Kansas
PITTSBURG — A new Planned Parenthood clinic in southeast Kansas will be the closest abortion access point for many people in the South and will provide easier access to reproductive health care for southeast Kansans who previously had to travel to Overland Park. The center, which opens Monday in...
Storms rolled through the Four States Friday night causing widespread damage
QUAPAW. Okla. — Power remains off for residents in the Four State area as cleanup crews in Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma removed thousands of downed trees and tree limbs after Friday night’s storm. Liberty Utilities reported outages in Seneca, Anderson, and southeast Kansas. Quapaw Nation Marshal Service Chief Charlie Addington said, “Hopefully, power will be […]
Kansas clean energy projects get boost from the USDA
MANHATTAN (KSNT) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is funding three big projects in Kansas to increase access to domestic biofuels to help out the state’s farmers. USDA Rural Development State Director for Kansas Christy Davis announced on Friday, Aug. 16 that funding is being provided for projects in Manhattan, Sedgwick and Lenexa. These […]
Rep. Tracey Mann brings annual listening tour to a close
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Representative Tracey Mann wrapped up his annual listening tour across his 60-county district. Rep. Mann (R) of the U.S. House Kansas District 1 hosted the last two town hall meetings of his tour each in Holton at the Beck Bookman Library and Oskaloosa at the Oskaloosa Public Library to hear from residents and update them on local, state, and national issues.
Midwest Dream Car Collection hosts First Responders Day
MANHATTAN, Kan. (WIBW) - The Midwest Dream Car Collection showed appreciation to local first responders by hosting a First Responders Day on Saturday. The event was held from 10 A.M-noon and featured emergency vehicles, equipment, and first responders from the Manhattan and Riley County police, fire, and EMS departments. Manhattan...
Teen sentenced for robbery, killing at Kansas business
JOHNSON COUNTY — A Kansas teen is going to prison for a robbery and murder at a business in Shawnee, Kansas. This week, Johnson County Judge Christina Dunn Gyllenborg, sentencd 19-year-old Kyleigh I. Guzman, to 147 months for the murder of Jarod Rogers. In March, the Judge sentenced one...
Topeka’s new Oakland Pool to open for ONE weekend only
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - The Oakland Pool will open to the public before summer ends but for one weekend only. Officials will host a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Oakland Pool on Saturday, Aug. 24, at 11:30 a.m. Thus kicking off the one weekend the Oakland Pool will be open for the 2024 summer season on the Aug. 24 and Aug. 25 weekend from noon to 5 p.m.
Bubble tea shop Flower Tea coming to Overland Park’s Stanley Station
A new tea shop is on its way to southern Overland Park in the former home of a clothing boutique. Owners Wang Zou, Allen Liu and Kassie Wang plan to open their new shop Flower Tea at the Stanley Station shopping center in September. Flower Tea will be at 7699...
Low-income Kansans are going into debt because unpaid traffic tickets rack up interest
TOPEKA, Kansas — On a snowy night in 2004, Jamie Kuykendall was driving home from the store in Topeka when she came up to a traffic light turning red. There was a small amount of snow on the ground. When she hit the brakes, her car wouldn’t stop and she slid through the intersection. A Topeka police officer gave Kuykendall a ticket because she did not have a valid driver’s license.
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