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Parsons High School football preview
PARSONS, Kan. -- The Parsons Vikings enter the 2024 season coming off the most successful season under 5th year head coach Jeff Schibi. Parsons finished the regular season with a 7-1 record and went on to finish the year 9-2 after a playoff loss in the state quarterfinals round.
‘We’ve had a long wait to get it’ Oakland pool officially opens for weekend
TOPEKA (KSNT) – The new Oakland swimming pool cut its ribbon and officially opened to the public Saturday, August 24. The pool took four years to come to life. It has has a diving board, water slide, and a lazy river. Director of Shawnee County Parks and Rec, Tim Laurent, tells 27 News he’s greatful […]
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce Turn Heads in Outing With Patrick Mahomes, Wife Brittany Mahomes at Singer's Mansion
After spending much of the summer apart, Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce managed to squeeze in some quality time before the start of the Kansas City Chiefs season. Swift just concluded the European leg of her Eras Tour, coming home to the United States after performing more than 50 shows across the continent. Kelce was able to join her for some of the performances, even making a surprise appearance on stage during a show in London in July.
6 DAYS TO 2024 KICKOFF: Sterling Lockett
Goal No. 6: SELF-DISCIPLINE. Do it right; don’t accept less. Redshirt Sophomore | 5-10 | 170 lbs. | Leawood, Kansas. Sterling Lockett (b. Oct. 8, 2003) is a shifty, smooth wide receiver from Blue Valley High School who is majoring in business administration. He redshirted and did not play in 2022.
1200 Canines Compete for Best in Show at the Capital City Cluster Dog Show
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - The Capital City Cluster hosted its 74th annual dog show, drawing more than 1,200 dogs to compete for top honors. The event, organized by the American Kennel Club, featured a variety of activities including dock diving, obedience training, and scent work trials. Dogs competed for the...
Nightingale updates USD 309 bond projects
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Nickerson-South Hutchinson USD 309 Superintendent Curtis Nightingale gave Hutch Post an update on their bond projects. "There's still a lot of supply chain issues," Nightingale said. "A lot of the stuff that's not completed is just because we're waiting on stuff. You know, we're waiting on aluminum for storefronts. We're waiting on glass."
Small group of nuns vex big companies
Among corporate America’s most persistent shareholder activists are 80 nuns in a monastery outside Kansas City. The Benedictine sisters of Mount St. Scholastica have taken on the likes of Netflix, Amazon and Google – calling on companies to do everything from AI oversight to measuring pesticides. They invest in corporations that match their religious ideals, but also in some that don’t, so they can push change. As activist investing becomes politically polarized, the nuns are no strangers to making a statement. Recently they went viral for denouncing a speech from fellow Catholic Harrison Butker of the Kansas City Chiefs.
CFB analyst surprisingly chooses Kansas football to represent Big 12 in CFP
Aside from the two most recent college football seasons, the past 15 years or so have not been too kind to Kansas Jayhawks fans. Fans have endured the lowest of the lows, but those who stuck with the program are now being rewarded generously. Everything is coming together thanks to head coach Lance Leipold.
Beef Fest culminates with heavy attendance for Saturday activities
From hamburgers to steaks and everything in between, area residents enjoyed the fruits of the grass cattle industry with the core of activities for Flint Hills Beef Fest at the Lyon County Fairgrounds. Friday’s activities included the annual live stocker show, beef producers seminar, ranch feed and ranch rodeo. Those...
Annual Appreciation Night recognizes Topeka Civic Theatre volunteers for their work
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - The Topeka Civic Theatre hosted their 42nd annual Volunteer Appreciation Night. The night recognizes volunteers for their commitment and time to the theatre making their shows possible. This year over 630 volunteers were recognized. The theatre tallied up the volunteers’ contributions and efforts which totaled $2,527,356....
Giant crop art portrait of Kamala Harris in Lawrence, Kansas, now complete with Tim Walz
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has had many firsts in the three weeks since Kamala Harris picked him as her running mate. A huge rally in Philadelphia after his announcement, a national speech in Chicago to accept the nomination, and now a quarter-acre portrait in Lawrence, Kansas. When world-renowned crop artist...
Cloud County Volleyball Falls Twice on Final Day of Dallas College Eastfield Invitational
Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 The Cloud County Community College volleyball team was defeated in its final two matches of the 2024 Dallas College Eastfield Invitational on Saturday, August 24. The T-Birds fell to the Independence Pirates, 24-26, 18-25, 19-25, and then lost to Dallas College Eastfield, 9-25, 13-25, 20-25.
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