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Keith the Critic ranks the movies of 2018, promotes local Movie Festival

Keith Van Sickle is known in the Topeka/Lawrence/Kansas City area as Keith the Critic, local movie reviewer. He is also the force behind Slash ‘n Bash Horror/Sci-Fi Film Festival every year in ...

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Elder Care Plan 101: Set Yourself Up for Success as a Caregiver

How can you set yourself up for success as a caregiver? It helps to have a care plan. A care plan is a tool that professional caregivers and long-term care providers use ...

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HHHS holding Super Bowl LIII adoption special today

In honor of Super Bowl LIII Helping Hands Humane Society in Topeka will offer adoption of dogs and puppies for just $53 today, Sunday February 3, from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. It ...

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Zebra mussel-encrusted vehicle found submerged in Milford Reservoir

The Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism (KDWPT) reports good news about preventing the spread of aquatic nuisance species. According to Chris Steffen, KDWPT aquatic nuisance species coordinator, no zebra mussel ...

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Patrick Mahomes shows his class in acceptance speech for NFL’s MVP award; thanks God and others

Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes was named the NFL MVP at Saturday night’s NFL Honors ceremony in Atlanta. The 23-year-old quarterback received 41 of 50 votes from a nationwide panel of ...

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FROM THE CHEAP SEATS – Super Let-Down for the Super Bowl

After the results of the AFC and NFC Championship games, it’s evident that there isn’t a whole lot of excitement brewing for the Super Bowl this year. The New England Patriots and ...

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Melanie Few is celebrating 20 years of her Super Bowl Gospel Celebration

Melanie Few is a marketing executive with a huge vision — for 20 years, she has merged faith and football by producing the Super Bowl Gospel Celebration, which brings together some of ...

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“God” told “Moses” to check trash bin seconds before homeless man sleeping inside was crushed

TOPEKA, Kan. – A Topeka man is being honored for saving someone’s life, while emptying the trash. Vince Bateman, a Shawnee County Solid Waste Management trash truck driver, shared his story of ...

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Southwest Kansas is seeing fewer refugees, and a shift in the agencies supporting them

Saleh Mohammed fled his native Myanmar in 2015. “Too much fighting over there,” he said. As a member of the Rohingya ethnic minority, he was in particular peril. His life was in ...

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Topeka Metro & ATU #1360 partner with Dillon’s to ‘Stuff the Bus’ for Project Topeka

Topeka Metro and the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) 1360 are reaching out to the Topeka community to “Stuff the Bus” with non-perishable food items to benefit Project Topeka, the community food drive ...

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Separated at birth, twin sisters end up in the same convent

On February 23, 1962, Cecilia gave birth to twin girls. However, she never had the chance to meet them; she died in childbirth, from complications related to her Caesarean section. Faced with ...

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Kansas City upbringing: From books to movies and back again

When I was growing up in the 1970s in Kansas City (sometimes called “the buckle of the Bible belt”) my father, a Baptist minister, did not allow our family to go to ...

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Why I believe in Jesus Christ and the God of the Bible

Faith in God doesn’t have to be blind. Earlier this year, I had cancer. Thankfully, it was only a stage one melanoma that was easily removed, but to paraphrase Samuel Johnson, the possibility of ...

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How former president George H.W. Bush became pro-life is a beautiful story

Late last year, former President George H.W. Bush was laid to rest after his passing at the age of 94. While his time in office is packed with many great achievements that ...

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MidWest March for Life is Saturday

The ninth annual MidWest March for Life will take place this Saturday in Jefferson City at the Capitol. Activities begin at 7:45 a.m. with the Capitol Prayer Walk. Those who wish to ...

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Trump announces deal to end government shutdown

  President Donald Trump has announced a short-term deal to reopen the government for three weeks while negotiations continue over the president’s demands for money to build his long-promised wall at the ...

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NY bookstore stands against new abortion law, closes store to mourn ‘thousands of babies that will die’

A New York bookstore is taking a stand against a law that was signed in the Empire State on Tuesday legalizing late-term abortions. On Wednesday, Jon Speed, owner of the Jon Speed: ...

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US-Venezuela showdown: Trump recognizes new leader in effort to oust ‘illegitimate’ dictator Maduro

The Trump administration is refusing to pull US diplomats out of Venezuela after the country’s dictator, President Nicolas Maduro, warned the US to remove them within 72 hours. Maduro told them to ...

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Pelosi letter says House will not authorize SOTU until government reopens; Trump responds

With House speaker Nancy Pelosi suggesting to the President he was not welcome on the House floor to give the State of the Union due to security reasons while the government is ...

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Puppy Yoga to be offered at Helping Hands Humane Society

Yoga instructor Susan King has been holding kitten, cat, and puppy yoga classes at Helping Hands Humane Society since June 2016. Typically, classes are held while felines roam the room, stopping to ...

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Missouri gym owner defends ‘stance for tolerance’ after demanding member stop wearing pro-Trump shirt

The owner of an eastern Missouri fitness center in the town of Troy is defending herself from an online firestorm that erupted when a member said he was told to change out ...

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Poll: Only 7 percent of Americans think illegal immigration is not a problem

If you listen to the establishment media, one narrative becomes painfully clear: Enforcing the border is evil, illegal immigration is absolutely great and you’re a terrible person if you say otherwise. The ...

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Melissa Joan Hart opens up about how her faith in Christ impacts her parenting

Actress Melissa Joan Hart opened up on her Christian faith, detailing how it’s gotten her through many hard times in her life and changed her parenting. Hart, 42, also explained how she dealt ...

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All we did was survive: The state of the pro-life movement under President Trump

The pro-life movement faced a gathering storm in 2016. In California, pro-life pregnancy centers were forced to advertise abortion services or pay crippling fines. In New York, Catholic nuns were told to ...

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Sutton relieved of Defensive Coordinator duties

The Kansas City Chiefs have announced this afternoon in a statement on their website and social media that Bob Sutton has been relieved of his duties as Defensive Coordinator, a position he ...

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