The Missouri state budget for the next fiscal year will take a major as a result of economic fallout from pandemic lockdowns. The budget year that begins in July is expected to ...
Read More »Local retired Topeka pastor finds new purpose as Santa Claus
Gary Roten, retired Topeka pastor with 30 years of ministry, has found another way to minister to local communities. He appears as Santa Claus for various charities and other organizations, and is ...
Read More »Former Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline encourages return to paper ballots for elections
The United States needs to go back to paper ballots and processes to stamp out vulnerabilities that accompany the growing digital footprint in elections. That’s the assessment made by Phill Kline, former ...
Read More »Missouri and Kansas finalize plans for distribution of vaccine
The newly approved COVID-19 vaccine, which many are now calling the “Trump Vaccine,” has arrived in Missouri and Kansas. “Today is an exciting day for Missouri as we have received the first ...
Read More »Kansas loses voter I.D. effort before US Supreme Court
Kansas voter integrity was given a setback by the U.S. Supreme Court as they rejected Monday an appeal by the state’s secretary of state who sought to revive a law requiring voters ...
Read More »Are Kansans soon paying for unlimited abortion? Yes, but together we can stop it!
Kansas has come a long way in its fight to build a culture of life. Remember the days when people used to fly from around the world to Wichita to get an ...
Read More »Missouri, Kansas join Texas in lawsuit alleging serious ‘swing state’ illegality
Missouri and Kansas are joining a growing list of states, led by Texas, in contesting the legality of how four states handled the Nov. 3 election. Eric Schmitt announced that the “Show-Me ...
Read More »Inspiration led to Ears to Hear Collection
“Ears to Hear.” That’s the inspiration that Jerry Hudgins received about two years ago. He didn’t act on it right away, though. “The timing was not right,” he said. So he waited. Now, ...
Read More »The beloved Joyland Carousel is restored and rideable at the Wichita Botanica Gardens
For many Kansans, Wichita’s Joyland was a part of their childhood summers, as it ran for 55 years before closing down. It’s sad to know that Joyland is completely gone, but there ...
Read More »Kansans for Life questions Standridge appointment to state Supreme Court
Kansans for Life is disappointed in Gov. Laura Kelly’s appointment of pro-abortion judge Melissa Standridge to the state Supreme Court on Monday. As a Court of Appeals judge, Standridge upheld the district ...
Read More »Franklin Graham responds to Kansas school banning Operation Christmas Child
Franklin Graham said he is disappointed after the atheist Freedom From Religion Foundation pressured a Kansas middle school to suspend donations to Operation Christmas Child. Graham expressed his disappointment over the decision ...
Read More »Kansas and Missouri earn low grades in latest March of Dimes report card
Missouri and Kansas do not fare well in the March of Dimes’ 2020 report card. The preterm birth rate in Kansas is 10.1 percent, earning it a grade of C+. Missouri comes ...
Read More »One-third of Kansas adults are obese
A 2019 adult obesity report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows that more than one-third of Kansas adults ages 18 and older are obese, or 35.2 percent. This ...
Read More »Kansas school cancels Operation Christmas Child after atheists complain
Students at Liberty Middle School in Pratt, Kan., will not be participating in Operation Christmas Child this holiday season after an atheist group complained. The school must “cease participation in Operation Christmas ...
Read More »Historic Lecompton has Midwest’s largest Christmas trees and ornaments display
Experience the holiday magic of Christmas when visiting Historic Lecompton, Kansas. Visitors can see an indoor display of over 150 trees decorated in antique, Victorian, vintage and theme decor – including turn ...
Read More »Heated race for Kansas Second Congressional District
With the election at hand for the vacant seat in the Kansas Second Congressional District, the candidates have gone head to head in televised debates on KSNT TV in Topeka, and also ...
Read More »KU Sorority student placed on probation due to political retweet gets national attention
Recently, University of Kansas sophomore Katherine Lauer re-tweeted a political tweet posted by a conservative political pundit. The response to the retweet was being placed on probation from the Kappa Alpha Theta ...
Read More »VOTER GUIDE: Adkins vs Davids in Kansas’ 3rd Congressional District
There is a myth that Kansas is a deep red state. Not true. Kansas has one red congressional district in the big red 1st. It is the only Congressional District in Kansas ...
Read More »Kansans for Life releases Bollier abortion voting record
Kansans for Life is providing the voting record on abortion by Kansas U.S. Senate candidate Barbara Bollier. The move comes after a Oct. 22 debate with Republican candidate Dr. Roger Marshall. “Barbara ...
Read More »“Our House”? State Senator Hensley uses home that is not his in TV ad
State Senator Anthony Hensley’s current television commercial shows his daughter Katie Hensley Bivens saying “whether it’s in the statehouse, the schoolhouse, or our house my dad is somebody you can always count on.” The problem is, ...
Read More »Is Barbara Bollier a real doctor?
Let’s Talk About U.S. Senate candidate Barbara Bollier. Call me old fashioned, but I like honesty and transparency in candidates for public office. I don’t respect a candidate who pretends to be ...
Read More »Voter Guide: Kansas Judges
For many Kansas voters, the most difficult offices to vote for are “the judges.” From the State Supreme Court to your local District Court, there is little information to assist the voter, unless you ...
Read More »VOTER GUIDE: The truth about Barbara Bollier
Perhaps the most interesting aspect of Democrat Barbara Bollier’s campaign is the way it, like a commercial for a defective appliance, misleads people with regard to her every flaw and failing. As ...
Read More »Democratic Senate candidate Barbara Bollier backs gun confiscation
Gun confiscation suddenly has become a hot topic in the final days of the Kansas race for the U.S. Senate between Republican incumbent Roger Marshall and Democrat challenger Barbara Bollier. The Marshall ...
Read More »Where, when and how should you vote? Deadlines loom for Shawnee and Douglas County
The General Election, November 3, will take place in less than a month. In order to vote in this election, residents of the state of Kansas must be registered to vote by ...
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