The films nominated for best picture at the Academy Awards on Sunday evening are a mixed bag for Christians. The recent Movieguide Faith & Values Awards, however, recognized movies that the whole ...
Read More »Bottt Radio Network founder Dick Bott inducted into Missouri Broadcasters Hall of Fame
Dick Bott, founder of Bott Radio Network, was inducted into the Missouri Broadcasters Hall of Fame earlier this summer. Isabella Fernandez, Bott’s great-granddaughter and College of the Ozarks communications major, served as ...
Read More »Brit Hume receives lifetime achievement award
At a time when television journalists have become increasingly partisan, Brit Hume of Fox News has been widely praised for his fairness and objectivity. As a result, he has been awarded the ...
Read More »Dove Awards return in person with Steven Furtick, CeCe Winans
The GMA Dove Awards will return to a live, in-person event Oct. 19. The show, broadcast from Lipscomb University’s Allen Arena in Nashville, Tennessee, will air exclusively on TBN on Fri., Oct. ...
Read More »With 2% chance of survival, Christian cancer patient brings America’s Got Talent to tears
On Tuesday night, Jane Marczewski who goes by her stage name “Nightbirde,” was awarded the Golden Buzzer after singing her original song, “It’s OK” on NBC’s “America’s Got Talent.” It’s something that ...
Read More »Max Lucado presented with Pinnacle Award for writing
Bestselling author and pastor Max Lucado was awarded the 2021 Evangelical Christian Publishers Association Pinnacle Award for the outstanding contribution of his writing, both to the publishing industry and to society at ...
Read More »April 17 local ‘Reagan-Lincoln Day’ dinner battles cancel culture
The Jackson County Reagan-Lincoln Dinner is scheduled for Saturday night, April 17 at Adams Pointe Conference Center in Blue Springs. The annual event is a fundraiser for the local GOP’s grassroots efforts ...
Read More »Pro-life Operation Rescue recognizes President Trump as its person of the year
Although “Time” magazine selected Joe Biden and Kamala Harris as its persons of the year, Operation Rescue honored President Trump with its 2020 Person of the Year Malachi Award. The organization gives ...
Read More »Secretary of State Mike Pompeo receives Friends of Zion Award
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, former Kansas congressman, earlier this week was awarded the Friends of Zion Award. The award was commissioned by the late Shimon Peres, the ninth President of the ...
Read More »Topeka selected as finalist for All-America City Award
In the throes of the coronavirus pandemic that has us all on edge, a little bit of good news is a welcome prescription. The City of Topeka has been selected as a ...
Read More »President Trump honored with ‘Witness for Life’ award
Pro-life organizations have repeatedly said Donald Trump is the most pro-life president in American history. Now, he has been chosen by a major pro-life organization to receive the first Dr. Bernard N. Nathanson “Courageous ...
Read More »Soul Train award winner Nicole Henry releases her holiday single ‘Angels We Have Heard On High’
Jazz/soul vocalist Nicole Henry will release her first-ever holiday single, Angels We Have Heard on High on Friday, November 8, 2019. Described as appropriately reverent and always uplifting, this track aims to ...
Read More »Local singer/director receives music education award
Susan Ives is the recipient of the 2019 Sweet Adelines National Association for Music Education Award. Ives has been the director of the local Sweet Adelines chapter, Topeka Acappella Unlimited Chorus (formerly ...
Read More »Hall of Fame QB Bart Starr, whose ‘ultimate role model’ was Jesus, passes away
Former Green Bay Packers quarterback Bart Starr passed away at the age of 85 on Sunday. A 1977 inductee into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, Starr threw for 24,718 yards in his ...
Read More »Michigan coach John Beilein receives John Wooden Keys to Life award
Coach John Wooden might be known to many as a head coach at UCLA, but he was also a legendary player. As a guard for the Boiler Makers, Wooden was the first ...
Read More »Girl Scouts honors member for pro-abortion activism
Girl Scouts of America chapter has openly revealed its pro-abortion stance by honoring an Arizona girl for her work on so-called “reproductive health justice.” The Girl Scouts of Southern Arizona granted Meghna ...
Read More »Japan nominates President Trump for Nobel Peace Prize
Ahead of his second meeting with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, the leader of Japan is nominating President Donald Trump for a Nobel Peace Prize for his work to open up a ...
Read More »Maxine Waters honored with leadership award by editors
The nation’s newspapers say partisanship has run amok in Washington. “We need bridge builders,” they say. “The president’s comments are inflammatory,” they opine. So, you would think, in choosing someone to honor ...
Read More »Senora Kelly honored for exceptional travel service
Senora Kelly, the owner of Paradise Travel Service LLC in Grandview, has been awarded a prestigious honor within the Travel Agent/Agency community. She was presented with the South Central Regional Director of the Year 2016 Crystal Award ...
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