TOPEKA — Kansas farmers and ranchers are paying close attention to tariffs and whether other countries will show up for negotiations, and they need a Farm Bill to pass in Washington, two agricultural specialists said.
My eighth grader graduated from middle school on Wednesday, and I’m not sure how I feel about it.
Violent tornado outbreaks, like the storms that tore through parts of St. Louis and London, Kentucky, on May 16, have made 2025 seem like an especially active, deadly, and destructive year for tornadoes.
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CherryRoad Media publisher Jeremy Gulban visited the McPherson Sentinel on May 13 and said the News-Record is among CherryRoad newspapers that will go from being printed as a broadsheet on newsprint to digital production on brighter paper the size of a magazine. Photo reproduction, especially color, will be superior, but the projected 12 pages in the new format will have about two-thirds of the space provided by eight pages of the current broadsheet – which three years ago was more than 10 percent wider than it is now.
I hate how we talk about politics.
TOPEKA — Administrators of public universities in the Kansas Board of Regents system proposed student tuition increases for undergraduate resident students in the upcoming academic year ranging from 2.5% at Pittsburg State University to 4% at Fort Hays State University. The outlier was Emporia State University, which responded to steady enrollment declines by requesting no increase in tuition for the second consecutive year.
A confession: I’m trying to quit my podcast habit.
Following are annual year-end awards, honors, and scholarships given to seniors of Smoky Valley High School. Math & Science Award: Lily Heline LPD Perseverance Award: Hensli Lofdahl, Dakota Dankenbring Steve Malm Outstanding Senior Athlete Award: Katja Blanchat Top 10 Percent Award: Ezekiel Baker, Gabriel Baker, Emmalee Harris, Jillian Hett, Cael Kibler, Tessa Replogle Kansas Designated Scholars and Curriculum Completers: Gabriel Baker, Ezekiel Baker Kansas Curriculum Completer: Avery Spencer Governor’s Scholar & KWCH Top of the Class: Jillian Hett Thespians 2-Star Thespian: Kean Anderson, Ella Stambaugh-Tubbs 3-Star Thespian: Jill Hett, Avery Spencer, Torsten Nelson 5-Start Thespian: Esther Clark, Sebastian McGinty-Kinderknecht, Tessa Replogle, Eli Spooner Honor Thespian: Sophia Fruits (6-star), Emmalee Harris (9-star), Cael Kibler (9-star) Scholarships Millie Marston Spirit of Volunteerism Scholarship: Taytum Reed The Poppy Scholarship: Ashlynn Barleen, Jillian Hett Sons of the American Legion Scholarship: Gabriel Baker, Ezekiel Baker American Legion Post No.
Lindsborg’s City Council members and staff members began the months-long process of budgeting for next year and planning how to make capital improvements over the next five years, which included the possibilities of a $7 million recreation center, a $500,000 golf course clubhouse, $400,000 to replace the Sundstrom Conference Center’s heating and air conditioning, and $100,000 to make the front desk at City Hall easier for use by people with disabilities and protect employees from angry visitors. The numbers presented by staff at a four-hour meeting April 28 at the Sundstrom are estimates for projects that might be years in the making, and not all of which can be funded.