LIBERAL — Janeth Vasquez’s journey is a common story in southwest Kansas. Her parents immigrated to Kansas from Mexico in the 1980s, seeking a better life for their baby daughter in the growing Hispanic community that rose up around Liberal’s meatpacking plant.
Rep. Aaron Coleman, D-Kansas City, Kan., was arrested and charged with driving under the influence Saturday morning in Douglas County, just weeks after the embattled lawmaker was arrested and charged with domestic battery.
Did humans come from monkeys? Go around town talking about that, and some people will clap in agreement while others will be completely offended. Certainly, a species as great as humans could not have come from monkeys, right? That is correct.
Gov. Laura Kelly has appointed Janet Stanek as the new secretary of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, less than two weeks after firing Lee Norman.
HESSTON — Thousands upon thousands of lights light the trail at Dyck Arboretum of the Plains and two McPherson area artists' work is on display as part of the annual Luminary Walk at the 29-acre arboretum owned by Hesston College.
HAYS – The Olpe Eagles crowd chanted, “Green machine, green machine, green machine,” a rendition of Mean Machine from The Longest Yard. Olpe (13-0) used a dominant ground attack to flourish its way to a second consecutive state championship, beating the previously undefeated Inman Teutons (12-1) 35-6 in the Class 1A Kansas state high school football championship game Saturday at Fort Hays State’s Lewis Field Stadium.
The Meade Buffaloes took a 16-0 lead on its first two plays and held off Little River for a 22-14 win Saturday in the Eight-Man Division I championship game at Fischer Field. Little River was held scoreless in the red zone several times in the game.
LAWRENCE - Funeral services for Mary Alice Barr, 94, Lawrence, KS, will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, December 11, 2021, at First United Methodist Church in Lawrence, KS, with a visitation starting at 9:00 a.m., also at the church. Masks are strongly recommended by the Church. Burial will be held at McPherson Cemetery in McPherson, KS at 10:00 a.m., Monday, December 13, 2021. Mary Alice passed away on Tuesday, November 23, 2021, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital in Lawrence, KS, surrounded by family.
BELLE PLAINE - Frank Anderson, 92, died Monday, November 22, 2021. Visitation: Thursday, December 2, 2021, from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm at Smith Mortuary, Derby.
MCPHERSON - Dean Ahl Brungardt, 59, of McPherson, passed away Saturday, November 6, 2021, at his home with family by his side under hospice care. He had courageously fought his cancer for two and half years. He was born October 8, 1962 in Omaha, NE, to Al Brungardt (deceased) and Marilyn (Brungardt) Bishop. Dean moved to McPherson, Kansas in 1990 and worked as an electrical lineman for the Board of Public Utilities for 31 years. He had numerous interests including dirt track racing (most recently at 81 Speedway near Wichita), bowling, boating, motorcycle riding and golfing.