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Take a look back at Week 1
Welcome to Five From Friday our weekly feature that highlights some of the best quotes, notes, stats and performances of the games Friday night. My team relies on me to make big plays whenever I can. Coming into the second half everybody’s mindset changed. It was no longer this is our first game. It was, we’re going to come out here and play our game.” Oak Park senior running back Travon Pankey talking about his team’s 28-21 win over Staley after trailing 21-7 at halftime to its rival.
Wheat Scoop: South African trade team explores Kansas wheat
South African milling companies know their wheat — both in terms of the quality they need to produce the high-loaf pan bread their consumers eat and the price advantages and disadvantages of global wheat supplies. That means promoting U.S. wheat requires sharing information and demonstrating the advantages of the U.S. marketing system — both goals of a South African trade team visit that traveled to the Sunflower State August 22-24, 2024.
Kansas Grape Stomp is Saturday at Fair
MANHATTAN, Kansas — Feel the squish of the grapes in the time-honored tradition of grape stomping as you help celebrate the grape and farm winery industries in Kansas. The Kansas Department of Agriculture will host the 18th annual Kansas Grape Stomp on Saturday, September 7, at 1:00 p.m. in Gottschalk Park at the Kansas State Fair in Hutchinson.
Renovation Sensation Debuts a Contemporary Neoclassic Home in Leawood
Black against white. Square lines meet soft arches. Marble and stone contrast with plush upholstery. This year’s Renovation Sensation Homes Tour features a new build that proves the old dictum: Opposites attract. From design inspiration to elegant reality, the entrepreneur homeowners with two young children relied on the advice...
WINKEL: Community health boosts personal health
Most folks generally accept that maintaining good health includes an annual visit to the doctor to check their heart, teeth, ears and more. But there’s more to personal health than some may realize. “The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has done quite a bit of research over the years that...
In Culinary News: Penny’s
A coveted restaurant space with a pretty patio in The Shops of Prairie Village will soon open as Penny’s, a fourth restaurant concept from Penny and Doug Mufuka, owners of Bamboo Penny’s, KC Thai, and Aqua Penny’s. Their newest concept will open in the space that housed Blue Moose and Gravity, featuring more signature dishes from chef Penny’s native Thailand, including some that are currently only seen as limited weekly specials at Bamboo Penny’s. Beverage director Jenn Tosatto is also working on a cocktail menu with a signature low-and-no alcohol cocktail section, in addition to a large selection of wine and beer. The couple, along with local concept design and development specialist Michael Werner, opened Bamboo Penny’s in Leawood’s Park Place in 2021, and followed that with Aqua Penny’s in the same shopping center earlier this year.
States force drugmakers to keep selling cheaper meds under federal program
In their ongoing quest to lower prescription drug prices, Kansas and other states are forcing drugmakers to continue to sell cheaper medications to thousands of pharmacies through a federal drug-discount program. Under the 32-year-old 340B program, pharmaceutical companies that participate in Medicaid must sell outpatient drugs at discounted prices to clinics, community health centers and hospitals that […]
North Kansas City Hospital receives American Heart Association accolades
NORTH KANSAS CITY — For the second consecutive year, North Kansas City Hospital and Meritas Health received the highest level of recognition awarded by the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association for participating in its quality improvement registry: Get With the Guidelines, according to a hospital press release. Among the...
Two years ago, sports betting became legal in Kansas. It wasn’t worth the risk to some.
Outrage is my beat. Somebody asked me the other day what exactly my beat was in writing a regular opinion column. The query came during a phone call with a producer for a television documentary while she was doing a pre-interview to decide if anything I had to say was compelling enough to appear on […]
Kansas City Renaissance Festival returns for 48th year in Bonner Springs
BONNER SPRINGS, Kan. — The Kansas City Renaissance Festival in Bonner Springs has returned for its 48th year. The annual tradition brings a variety of historical experiences and entertainment opportunities. Lucretia Pettigrew, Lady Mayor of Canterbury, highlighted the diverse offerings at the festival. "There are so many different items...
Reward offered: Search continues for Kan. bank robbery suspect
DOUGLAS COUNTY —The FBI is offering a reward of up to $2,000 for information leading to the identification, arrest, and conviction of the individual responsible for a bank robbery, which occurred at the Bank of America located at 900 Ohio St., Lawrence, KS, on July 2, 2024, at approximately 9:21 a.m.
Clear the Shelter Day is Saturday, but these dogs have their fees waived now at Lawrence Humane Society
Clear the Shelter Day, the annual effort to find furever homes for shelter animals nationwide, is coming up Saturday — but it’s getting an early start this year in Lawrence. Saturday, Sept. 7 will be the big day when all animals’ adoption fees are waived at the Lawrence...
Eight seniors ready to lead Louisburg soccer after tough 2023
It wasn’t the season anyone with the Louisburg boys soccer program wanted to see. The Wildcats posted just four wins in 2023 as they featured a roster with only one senior at the time. It was a young, and inexperienced group. Fast forward to the present and this year’s...
Illini Inquirer Podcast Ep. 852 | J Leman's top takeaways from EIU win, Kansas preview
All-American linebacker and Illini Inquirer football analyst J Leman joins Illini Inquirer's Jeremy Werner to Illinois football's 45-0 rout of Eastern Illinois. Leman gives his five biggest takeaways from the rout over an FCS opponent, including some standout performances on either side of the ball. Leman then previews Saturday's huge home game against No. 22 Kansas and breaks down some keys to Illinois beating the Jayhawks.
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