Wet weather didn’t stop hundreds of pro-life advocates from gathering Tuesday, January 22nd, at the Kansas Statehouse to mark the 46th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision that made ...
Read More »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 ...
Read More »The amazing ways North Koreans secretly share the Gospel
A pastor and two North Korean Christians who defected from the hermit kingdom without being captured have revealed the creative ways they continue to share the Gospel with those back home. Peter ...
Read More »10 reasons to be optimistic about the church in 2019
Despite the tough reality many congregations face today, I remain an obnoxious optimist as we move into 2019. Just yesterday, I received an email about a church that I thought was headed ...
Read More »Why it’s good when presidents question US intelligence
President Donald Trump’s occasional questioning of the U.S. intelligence community isn’t dangerous; it’s exactly the sort of responsible leadership that President Ronald Reagan practiced. Many of the president’s critics claim he doesn’t ...
Read More »Patrick Mahomes a fan favorite this year
He’s one of the most popular players in Kansas City Chiefs history. Now, Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes is one of the 10 most popular players in the league in 2018, according to ...
Read More »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 ...
Read More »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 ...
Read More »World record for eating chicken wings this weekend?
The Chiefs won’t be in the game but that won’t stop Kansas City Chiefs football fans from trying to set a world record. Football fans across the nation will play a role ...
Read More »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 ...
Read More »Democrats propose massive 80% tax rate, policies like Venezuela’s
Following a proposal for a 70 percent tax on the rich by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), Ilan Omar, a freshman Congresswoman from Minnesota, suggested that wealthy Americans should pay as much as 80 percent ...
Read More »Warren apologies to Cherokee Nation over DNA stunt
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) has apologized to Cherokee Nation—the largest federally recognized tribal enterprise in the country—for taking a DNA test to prove her alleged Native American ancestry, only for the results to ...
Read More »Childhood football and irreversible brain damage
Football has long been a tradition of the college campus. Then came its widespread move into the nation’s high schools in the 1930s and 40s. And then middle schools in the 70s ...
Read More »Study: After an upbeat 1950s, pop songs have become dark, angry
From “All Shook Up” to “Uptown Girl” to “Uptown Funk,” music has gone through many changes over the decades. Not just stylistically, though. According to new research, lyrics to pop songs have ...
Read More »Cancer and a detour on the road of life
I sometimes find it hard to pray for, and comfort those with cancer. I felt I couldn’t possibly know what they were going through, the doubts they had or their fear of ...
Read More »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 ...
Read More »Democrats will keep ‘God’ in oath after protests
The Democrat-controlled House Natural Resources Committee will not remove “so help you God” from the oath taken, reversing course on a proposed rules draft that would have done so. News outlets reported ...
Read More »ANTIFA leader arrested for assault of marines, terrorism
The leader of the Washington D.C. chapter of the violent pro-communist group Antifa has been arrested on 17 charges stemming from an attack on two Marines. Joseph “Jose” Alcoff faces charges that ...
Read More »Defying odds, Chicago Christians get political
You wouldn’t necessarily think of Chicago as a center of organized Christian political activism. It’s not part of the Bible belt, is one of the largest and most liberal urban areas in ...
Read More »School principal’s decision to keep teacher out of church overruled
A school principal’s attempt to prevent a teacher from attending a church event has been reversed by the superintendent after pressure. The principal had forbid the teacher at an undisclosed mid-west high ...
Read More »Kansas teen killed in church van crash inspires Bible reading
The memory of a Kansas teen who was killed in a horrible church van crash last year continues to live on as a result of her unshakeable trust in Christ and love of ...
Read More »Wednesday could see -35 wind chills across region
Forget the often silly names meteorologists give weather conditions. Just stick your head outside. It’s cold. But don’t keep it out too long on Wednesday as temps may stay in the single ...
Read More »10 children in Tanzania killed for body parts
Authorities in Tanzania say that 10 children who were kidnapped in December have been found dead and were killed for their body parts. The children’s ears, teeth and “private parts” were removed, and ...
Read More »Amazon changes course again, will ban ‘No Dress for Timmy’
[Editor’s note: as of 1/28/2019, Amazon has again banned the book.] Amazon, the retailing giant that will sell just about anything, has backed down and will sell a children’s book titled, “NO ...
Read More »Congressman Cleaver hopes President’s speech inspires unity
Congressman Emanuel Cleaver, who represents Missouri’s 5th Congressional District, has some advice for the President’s State of Union speech…be inspiring. President Donald Trump will give his State of the Union address February ...
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