The Associated Press has done a Fact Check on statements by Democrat candidate Sharice Davids, who is running in the Third Congressional District that encompasses Overland Park and Johnson County Kansas. The ...
Read More »New GraceMed clinic opens in former Dillon’s location
GraceMed has opened a central Topeka community health center in a vacant Dillon’s grocery store at 1400 S.W. Huntoon. They have closed their former location at 1615 S.W. 8th Ave. An Open ...
Read More »Why reaching the campus with Christ is critical
If you could change the world, where would you start? Would you start by ridding the world of tyrants? Would you re-do the education or legal system? No, you would go to ...
Read More »Income Tax Course to be offered in Topeka
This fall, students will fill H&R Block offices across the country several nights a week. Yes, students and not taxpayers, will head into offices to study the tax code. H&R Block is ...
Read More »Blood shortage declared as plea for help goes out
A blood shortage emergency has been declared by the Community Blood Center of Kansas City, Kansas. The center says there is an urgent need for blood donations after a busy Labor Day ...
Read More »Plan to expand zoo includes increased taxes
Kansas City leaders have heat over the last few years for spending decisions involving light rail and an expanded international airport. Now, the city is being asked to help build a $75 ...
Read More »Aquatic wildlife propagation center opens in SE Kansas
The future for some of Kansas’ most imperiled aquatic species got brighter Thursday, August 16, with the grand opening of the Kansas Aquatic Biodiversity Center (KABC) at the Farlington Fish Hatchery in ...
Read More »Local media group plans conference to help small businesses make use of modern media
A couple decades ago the way we used media began to change. Technology and the internet have made things that were financially impossible to most people, possible. As branding, advertising and marketing ...
Read More »FROM THE CHEAPSEATS: College football prospects
What are the prospects for the Washburn Ichabods in the MIAA Conference against such teams as Fort Hays State and Northwest Missouri State? How will the Kansas State Wildcats do this year ...
Read More »Tropical storm on path towards Kansas City
Tropical Storm Gordon is expected to cross the Gulf this week, making a beeline straight for Kansas City. The National Hurricane Center issued a tropical storm watch on Sunday for parts of ...
Read More »“Your kids are at risk,” trafficking expert says
Human trafficking is a growing problem in Topeka, in Kansas and Missouri, and across the nation. It’s a form of modern-day slavery that includes labor and sex trafficking, organs, and sex tourism. ...
Read More »That is My Dream! by Langston Hughes, to represent Kansas
Each year as part of the Great Reads program at the Library of Congress National Book Festival, every state offers a book that highlights its literary culture and history. At this year’s ...
Read More »Christian school administrator accused of lewd acts against students
A local Christian school administrator has been arrested for lewd acts against children, including fondling. Dennis Regal Creason of Bonner Springs, was taken into custody late Thursday. He is the co-founder and ...
Read More »Software glitch created delay in Johnson County vote count
Johnson County election results typically take longer to tabulate that out-state results. That’s mainly because of the number of ballots being tabulated in this urban Kansas county. Turn-out was extremely high for ...
Read More »Failed challenge to Orman shows Dem concern for “disenfranchised” to be hypocritical
If memory serves it was a just a few months back that the media and the Democratic Party shed many a tear over the fate of the voters allegedly “disenfranchised” by a ...
Read More »Topeka police officer’s lip-sync tribute to fallen LEOs goes viral
A Topeka Police officer is going viral in recent weeks with a lip-sync challenge video with a unique spin. The video, which was posted July 6, has over 10.8 million views. Law ...
Read More »Operation Backpack helps needy school children
Topeka North Outreach, Inc., Youth Ministry has begun its 13th year providing Weekend Food Sacks to area children in need through its Operation Backpack program. To start the new school year, backpacks ...
Read More »Kansas man also filmed up skirts of women at church
Court records say a Wichita State University student who’s accused of taking more than a dozen up-the-skirt videos of women on campus also filmed unsuspecting people at a church and in a ...
Read More »A look back at ‘Romper Room’ and local host
From 1953 to 1994, Romper Room, a television series for children five and under, aired in the United States. If you’re old enough, you may remember watching the show as a young ...
Read More »Two charged in Church of the Resurrection shooting
Two men have been charged in a shooting that erupted after a high school graduation at United Methodist Church of the Resurrection in Leawood. The May 17 shooting wounded two people, including ...
Read More »Kansas News Briefs
Here are the latest Kansas news briefs. Short and sweet. Two men killed in golf cart The Dickinson County sheriff says two men are dead after a golf cart they were ...
Read More »Who has more bad drivers: Missouri or Kansas?
State Line Road and a river divide Kansas City between two states. Now, something else divides the metro–how good a driver you are. A new study says Missouri drivers are some of ...
Read More »Bob Dole’s final mission: Greet each WWII vet who visits memorial he helped build
After a lifetime of serving his country, Bob Dole, a former U.S. senator and presidential candidate, has a final mission: continue to serve his country. At 94, his service looks a little ...
Read More »Elderly Kansas couple murdered at carnival
Alfred “Sonny” and Pauline Carpenter were your average friendly carnival workers, usually seen selling bears and other toys. They were murdered in a scheme orchestrated by fellow Kansas carnival worker Kimberly Younger ...
Read More »Oops, Overland Park out money in broken sculpture incident
An Overland Park official admits he was mistaken about who paid for a $132,000 sculpture at the city’s community center that was damaged by a young boy. City spokesman Sean Reilly said ...
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