If you want to see just how bad football has been in Lawrence, just check out last year’s attendance numbers. The Jayhawks had 24,000 folks show up for their season opening loss ...
Read More »Catholic Charities name change reflects move toward holistic services
In 2012, Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas began a shift away from one-time, crisis intervention programs towards self-sustainability by offering long-term wrap-around services. While Catholic Charities will always provide food, clothing and ...
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 »Sears is closing Independence, other Missouri stores
Sears is closing 26 Sears and Kmart stores in October including three Sears locations in Missouri. The company plans to close its locations in Cape Girardeau, the St. Louis suburb of St. Peters, and ...
Read More »Christian Education Summit to take up where Sunday School left off
At its roots, the Sunday School movement was a response to the need for education for children who worked in factories all week and found themselves aimless, uneducated and without purpose on ...
Read More »Topeka Rescue Mission facing possible closure due to financial shortfall
In a news release today, Topeka Rescue Mission (TRM), says it is facing possible closure after over 65 years of serving homeless and impoverished men, women and children in the Topeka area. ...
Read More »Kansas Congressional candidate Weir pushes back against charge she was recruited for her looks
Disability rights advocate Sara Hart Weir recently announced that she is running against Democratic Rep. Sharice Davids in Kansas’s 3rd District congressional race. Elizabeth Arnold, a progressive political activist from Johnson County, ...
Read More »Kansas, Missouri Governors: economic ‘border war’ is over
Kansas Governor Laura Kelly (D) has signed an executive order aimed at ending the economic “border war” between Missouri and Kansas. In the signing ceremony Kelly stated that the action “ends the border ...
Read More »C5Alive luncheons to feature Max Manning, Scott Perkins
Max Manning will be the featured speaker at the August C5 Luncheon, to be held August 8, 11:30am to 1pm at Forest Park Retreat and Convention Center, 3158 SE 10th St. Manning ...
Read More »Country star Josh Turner is coming to Kansas
The Topeka Performing Arts Center has announced that Josh Turner will be performing live on August 15. Turner is a double-platinum-selling singer, songwriter and disciple of traditional country music, a mentor to ...
Read More »“Choose LIFE” Kansas license plates available through end of year
After a 16-year battle, Kansans can finally pre-order the new “Choose LIFE” Kansas license plates. In 2002, the Kansas legislature approved the Choose Life license plate. However, the governor at the time, ...
Read More »National Night Out activities help keep neighborhoods friendly and safe
Safe Streets is about to embark on its 23rd year of National Night Out in the Topeka/Shawnee County community. This annual event, which will be held Saturday, August 10, brings neighborhoods together ...
Read More »Lawrence School Board votes to inhibit apprehension of illegal immigrants
The Lawrence, Kansas Public School Board has voted to obstruct Federal law enforcement with a resolution targeting Immigration and Customs Enforcement efforts to apprehend individuals who are in the country illegally. The ...
Read More »Garfield Community Center to offer more programs; Open House is July 26
A grand opening open house for ASPIRE Gymnastics’ new location at Garfield Community Center, 1600 NE Quincy, is scheduled for 5:30-7 p.m. on July 26. The opening of the location in the ...
Read More »Kansas new business decreases as nation grows
Kansas is the only state in the country with negative new business growth since President Trump took office, according to Bloomberg. Data from the US Census Bureau highlights new business growth across the ...
Read More »Summer brings more activities to NOTO Arts District
It’s the Summer of NOTO! The NOTO Arts & Entertainment District is celebrating with good art, good friends, and good fun! NOTO Art Center has announced its “Women of NOTO” exhibit inside ...
Read More »Gov. Kelly drafts controversial speech code for foster parents, state agencies
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly and her administration are telling foster parents to accept the self-identified gender roles preferred by children in their care and to address them by those pronouns no matter the ...
Read More »Topeka’s only “Float Therapy” business to hold open house Sunday
Casey Campbell of Midwest Float isn’t just a Float Therapy entrepreneur; he is his own best customer. After serving for eight years in the United State Army, Casey returned home suffering from ...
Read More »Free family event, Adventures in Wonderland, to be held at KC Renaissance Festival grounds
The Kansas City Renaissance Festival has announced an Alice in Wonderland-themed carnival to be held on the Festival grounds in Bonner Springs. The free family event, Adventures in Wonderland, will take place ...
Read More »Gathering seeks to unite Body of Christ for prayer and worship
There is something beautiful about the Body of Christ coming together in one accord to pray for one another, in a gathering for prayer and worship. REVIVE TOPEKA is an initiative to ...
Read More »Maranatha Christian Academy: more than just another school
Maranatha Christian Academy (MCA) is more than just another school. Maranatha is family, it is academic excellence, it is community. MCA has been providing excellence in Christian education in the Shawnee, Kansas, ...
Read More »Shawnee County Fair will bring many families to Topeka this month
The Shawnee County Fair starts with the 4‐H Horse Show on July 20th and 21st, and continues with public exhibits and programs from the 25th through the 29th. The Fair will be ...
Read More »Cyclists with Journey of Hope passing through Missouri, Kansas on 4,350-mile trip
Cyclists with Journey of Hope are on a trans-continental ride that includes stops across the nation. The participants are completing a 4,350-mile event across the country. This group of cyclists and crew ...
Read More »Judge shuts down Kansas’ telemedicine abortions
A Kansas judge has reversed an earlier court ruling and now says that a clinic cannot provide telemedicine abortions. The process takes place when a doctor guides a patient via video conference ...
Read More »C5Alive luncheons to feature Barry Feaker, Max Manning
Barry Feaker will be the featured speaker at the July C5Alive Luncheon, to be held July 11, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Aldersgate Village, 7220 SW Asbury Dr. The Aldersgate chef ...
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