Beginning on Monday and continuing through June 2, drivers can expect increased police presence on McPherson city streets as the McPherson Police Department joins more than 140 other law enforcement agencies in aggressively enforcing Kansas occupant restraint and other traffic laws as part of the 2013 Kansas Click It or Ticket traffic enforcement...
As legislators in Topeka duke it out over the future of the state tax system, local residents are considering how changes could affect their pocket books.
Event highlights1. The Ninth Annual Thunder on The Smoky Motorcycle Rally will be from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. Highlights include a bike show from 10:30 to 2:30 p.m. at the city park (spectator voting for first and second place); a poker run at 10:30 p.m.;...
The McPherson school district will vote “no” in June regarding a proposed split of Class 4A into two divisions for post-season and state championship competition.
Controversy bubbled up yet again surrounding the Central Kansas Conservancy’s Rails to Trails project during a McPherson County Commission meeting Tuesday.
USD 418 staff and college graduates across the community cast off their formal attire Thursday in favor of college T-shirts.The school district usually encourages its staff twice a year to wear college apparel of a school they attended or support in order to encourage discussion with youth...
Long after the bands’ music has faded into memory and the lights of the carnival have dimmed, one contribution to this year’s 100th celebration of All Schools Day will live on.
The Sandzén Gallery’s spring exhibitions present paintings by Jacklyn Garlock, Clear Lake, Iowa, paintings and ceramics by Dale Hartley, Emporia, and watercolors by Susan Lynn, Kansas City, Mo.
The questionAre there any regulations in place that state how brightly a sign, or any light, can shine within city limits?The answerTom Stinemetze, McPherson planning and zoning administrator, said a sign within...
A Windom resident was seriously burned in a fire Thursday night.Firefigthers were called to the 200 block of South Avenue at about 6:45 p.m. Thursday for a fire at a double wide trailer after being alerted to the fire by a passer-by.The resident of the home, whose name was not released, was in the house at the time the...
Bethany College senior artist Alexandria DeLong will exhibit her senior art show, “Caesura,” from today through Tuesday at Mingenback Art Center on campus.
Three event highlights1. There will be two demonstrations of a team of students assembling a fully functional Model T from a pile of parts in less than 15 minutes. One demonstration will be at 10 a.m. and the other at 2 p.m. at Harnly Gardens north of the...
A white, curly-haired French poodle will use the McPherson County All Schools Day parade as a larger platform to spread the message he has promoted his entire life.
McPherson Superintendent Randy Watson reported the results of a survey regarding the district’s College and Career Advocates during a recent Board of Education meeting.