As winter 2025 draws near, residents of Missouri and Kansas are wondering what’s in store. Long-term forecasts are always a bit of a crapshoot, but some predictions are starting to roll in. ...
Read More »News Briefs: Tornado sinks yacht; Chicken recall; Chicago business board-up
Today’s news briefs include a tornado sinking yacht off Sicily, Wire in chicken forces recall and Chicago business board up ahead of Democrat convention. Six missing after tornado sinks yacht A tornado ...
Read More »Wheaton College responds to “woke” label
Wheaton College is firing back after being labeled “woke” in a Fox News column. President Philip Ryken called the claim “incendiary” in a statement. Columnist Tim Scheiderer wrote in his article that the school ...
Read More »Selah Freedom helps victims rebuild their lives after sex trafficking
The faith-based organization Selah Freedom has helped thousands of sex trafficking survivors find a place of healing thanks to three women who heard horrendous stories and decided they wanted to make an ...
Read More »Moody Bible Institute seeks court protection for its view on women in ministry
Moody Bible Institute in Chicago has asked a federal appeals court to protect its religious beliefs regarding men and women in leadership. It is in response to a lawsuit by a former ...
Read More »Missouri, Kansas among states planning for centennial of Route 66
Missouri and Kansas are among the eight states planning for the centennial of the iconic Route 66 in two years. When the road connected Chicago to Los Angeles in 1926, it represented ...
Read More »Lori Lightfoot loses Chicago mayoral race as crime soars
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot was the darling of the national media, the Obamas and the Democrat Party. She ticked all the right boxes for the left and was heralded as the first ...
Read More »Democrat-led Colorado joins Florida in busing illegal immigrants
With illegal entries into the United States at crisis levels, Democrat-led Colorado will join Republican states in busing migrants to New York and other Democrat-run cities. The announcement by Colorado’s Democrat Governor ...
Read More »The fascinating history of air travel in Kansas City and the Midwest
When we think of air travel today, we think of the airports around the country, and we think of the number of flights that go through Chicago or Atlanta. We think about ...
Read More »Amtrak derailment leaves 3 dead 100 miles from Kansas City
Authorities have now confirmed three people died in an Amtrak train derailment 100 miles northeast of Kansas City, Missouri. Dozens are injured and many remain in regional hospitals as of Tuesday. Eight ...
Read More »Crock-Pot remains popular 50 years after its debut in Kansas City
Chili in the Crock-Pot is as much a part of fall as cooler weather and football games. The popular appliance can trace its roots to Kansas City. Before the Crock-Pot was a ...
Read More »Where is God in Afghanistan?
What I Know About Afghanistan…really isn’t much. But I’ve been there a few times. And I’ve had my heart broken there more than a few times. Once, we were walking back at ...
Read More »Is government killing private daycare?
As the government steadily assumes responsibility for services previously provided by the private sector, small businesses shutter. It is hard for enterprising individuals to compete with widespread, “free” (i.e., taxpayer-funded) government offerings ...
Read More »Name of new federal Juneteenth “Independence” holiday criticized
Federal employees will now have more than two weeks off work for holidays after Congress passed a bill making Juneteenth the 11th such day off. The bill, which gained bipartisan support, was ...
Read More »How people end up living at airports for months or … years
Are people really living in airports? In January, local authorities arrested a 36-year-old man named Aditya Singh after he had spent three months living at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport. Since October, he ...
Read More »Cancel culture catches up with Obama the ‘oppressor’
“Obama is another oppressor.” Those are not my words. Instead, they are the words of immigrant activist Julie Contreras, who “works with a group that runs shelters for undocumented children at the ...
Read More »Evangel University becomes latest school to drop Crusader mascot
Evangel University is retiring the use of its Crusader mascot after a lengthy review process. The Crusader has been the official mascot since the school’s creation in 1955. According to a press ...
Read More »The black doctor who performed open heart surgery in 1893
While the world celebrates open heart surgery as a modern triumph of science, it was a black doctor in 1893 Chicago that really made history. In July of that year, Dr. Daniel ...
Read More »Chicago pastor on a prayer walk to end violence
Pastor Edgar Rodriguez’s son knelt in prayer on the colorful United States map painted near where 10-year-old Lena Nunez died June 29. Nunez was watching TV in her home when she was ...
Read More »Forget the polls as political science professor says Trump headed for a landslide
Four years ago national polls showed Hillary Clinton 12 points ahead of then candidate Donald Trump. On election day, Trump won in an electoral college landslide. Fast forward to 2020 and polls ...
Read More »World Vision activating distribution network to help needy families
World Vision is activating its widespread network of existing partners to distribute food and supply kits to needy families during the coronavirus pandemic. The ministry is working from 13 strategic locations across ...
Read More »Internet preachers like Marcus Rogers are drawing millions online
As those under the age of 35 increasingly avoid brick-and-mortar churches, they are logging in to listen to online preachers who unashamedly share Jesus and Biblical truths through social media. One of ...
Read More »Restaurant employee assault on Eric Trump leads to Secret Service arrest
Chicago police said officers assisted the U.S. Secret Service with “a law enforcement matter” regarding a federal protectee understood to be President Donald Trump’s son Eric Trump. Chicago Police Department Chief Communications Officer Anthony Guglielmi said in a ...
Read More »Cubs player Albert Almora sobs after line drive hits child
Chicago Cubs player Albert Almora Jr. openly sobbed and was consoled by teammates after his line-drive collided at 90 mph with a toddler in the crowd at the Houston Astros Stadium. The ...
Read More »Chick-fil-A gets last laugh after boycott attempts
Every so often, there’s another flicker of outrage against Chick-fil-A. This month, the San Antonio City Council blocked the restaurant from opening an outpost at the city’s airport. It’s a reminder that ...
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